Following a technical fault, Skyguide’s air traffic control systems are now operating normally again. Capacity has been increased to 80% and Skyguide intends to restore full capacity following a 24-hour stabilisation phase. Skyguide’s experts hav...

A large number of Tamedia employees gathered for a rally against planned redundancies at the Swiss media group. Outside the main building of the Tamedia publishing house in Zurich, media workers called for an immediate halt to redundancies. According...

A Swiss tuba player's bid to overturn a noise pollution ban has fallen on deaf ears in court. The musician failed to convince the judge to measure the noise impact of his instrument. He demanded an official measurement to define what constitutes unre...

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has approved Switzerland’s first bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). The regulator has approved the first publicly traded fund to invest directly in the cryptocurrency, emphasising that inves...

Swiss International Air Lines and its sister airline Edelweiss are expanding their summer timetables. SWISS is now flying to Toulouse and offering more flights within Europe and to Asia. The holiday airline Edelweiss is offering more flights to Flori...

Four years after a NASA probe struck the asteroid moon Dimorphos in the first planetary defence crash test, Europe’s Hera space probe is in place to measure the impact. The forensic investigation, with Swiss participation, is now underway and Heraâ...

The former mayor of Chermignon, Jean-Claude Savoy, has appeared for a third time before prosecutors investigating the fire at the Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. The authorities are keen to get to the bottom of events of 2015 that ma...

Levi Strauss has won a court order to examine whether the decorative stitching on its jeans and other clothing should be protected as a generic mark in Switzerland. Levi Strauss has secured a partial victory before the Federal Administrative Court. T...

Comet, the Swiss-based specialist in X-rays and radio frequencies, has seen its growth accelerate sharply in the third quarter of 2026. This growth is being driven by the recovery in the semiconductor sector. Its turnover has soared and orders have a...

Swiss engineering and technology firm ABB is setting up a joint venture with Mitsubishi Electric for low-voltage products in the Asia-Pacific region. The industrial group is acquiring a 51% majority stake in the joint venture for the equivalent of ar...

Drought and environmental pollution are posing an increasing threat to the Swiss population’s drinking water supply, according to experts. In the search for solutions, numerous experts in wastewater and water protection are meeting in Zurich with r...

The Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche has acquired the rights to a portfolio of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) developed by its Chinese competitor Hansoh Pharma, for $510 million (CHF420 million). The transaction consists of an initial instalment o...

In recent years, the Swiss army has considered collaborating with Palantir five times but rejected overtures from the controversial United States technology company each time. This is shown by research conducted by the online magazine Republik and th...

The Reformed Church of the Swiss canton of Zurich has apologised after admitting it failed to investigate reports of sexual assault by a minister properly. The incidents occurred between 1992 and 2006. The church leadership is said not to have fulfil...

Zurich is to have an international commercial court after the cantonal council voted in favour of the proposal. The Swiss canton had already sought to introduce such a court six years ago. The Swiss People's Party did not wish to consider the motion,...

Securitas, a Swiss company operating in the security services market, is alleged to have forced employees to work many excessively long shifts for years. Some experts have told the Swiss public broadcaster SRF that the group’s practices constitute ...

Researchers at the Swiss federal institute of technology ETH Zurich are testing a radar drone to accurately measure and predict landslides before they happen. The permafrost is thawing, which means monitoring the Alpine region to predict landslides a...

Partners Group co-founder Alfred Gantner is calling for Swiss companies that hire foreign workers to be taxed and for the resulting revenues to be distributed among the population as way to reform the country’s immigration system. In an interview w...

According to Greenpeace, at the current rate, the global marine conservation target will not be achieved for another 265 years. The Swiss-based environmental organisation is calling for more protected areas as the UN Conference on Biological Diversit...

Swiss trading group DKSH is expanding in the healthcare sector through an acquisition in the Middle East and North Africa. Its Healthcare division is acquiring Newbridge Pharmaceuticals, a Dubai-based distributor of specialist medicines. The purchase...

Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli has parted ways with CEO, Adalbert Lechner, following two profit warnings within a year. The board of directors believes new leadership is needed to put the company back on track for growth. Former group...

Riots broke out in Bern during an unauthorised demonstration on Saturday night. Emergency services were attacked with fireworks and dangerous objects. The police used rubber pellets and rubber bullets. No one was injured. The Bern Cantonal Police rep...

Due to the summer heatwave, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has recorded nearly 100 cases of track warping and compression deformation. In response to the exceptional heat of summer 2026, the company set up a working group. When asked about this, SBB co...

Next year, 46,000 Ukrainian refugees in Switzerland will be eligible to receive social assistance for the first time. The federal government now wants to allow the cantons to decide for themselves on the level of these payments. Local authorities con...

This summer’s drought has severely impacted the truffle season. The truffles are smaller than usual and scarce in the forests of canton Vaud, which has driven up prices. At the truffle market in the region La Côte, for example, the price per kilog...

A James Bond fan and gun collector from the canton of Solothurn has been refused a silencer. His love of the films was not deemed sufficient grounds for an exemption. The man wanted to fit his Walther PPK pistol – familiar from the James Bond films...

The earth shook during the night in Linthal in canton Glarus leading into Sunday with a magnitude of around 4.0 on the Richter scale. This earthquake is likely to have been felt throughout Switzerland, according to the Swiss Seismological Service at ...

The world’s largest pink Carac was made by a Neuchâtel-based confectioner as part of the Pink October campaign to raise awareness of breast cancer. Around 200 people, most of them dressed in pink, turned out on Saturday in Neuchâtel to enjoy a sl...

Stadler Rail has achieved a world's first: a narrow-gauge hydrogen-powered train. The train is intended for use in Sardinia and is currently being tested on a dedicated test track built in Switzerland. Regional transport in southern Italy is partly c...

Switzerland is preparing a bid to host the 2038 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Following approval by the Swiss House of Representatives, the relevant committee of the Senate has backed the proposal, which provides for federal financial support ...