International patent applications reached a new record in 2024, rising to 3.7 million, up 4.9% year-on-year. Switzerland is ninth on the global list. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox China is once again the country from whi...

The Swiss property market recovered significantly in 2025 after a two-year correction phase. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Prices for residential investment properties rose by 5.2% year-on-year in the second quarter, whi...

A diamond-studded brooch once owned by Napoleon Bonaparte has been sold for CHF3.5 million at auction in Geneva. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The auction house Sotheby's announced that this was a record price. According...

Swiss Economics Minister Guy Parmelin has touched down in Washington to hold talks with United States trade representative Jamieson Greer. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The talks are "ongoing", ministerial spokesperson M...

Human remains have been found on the Swiss mountain Obergabelhorn, belonging to an alpinist who has been missing for over 30 years. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Climbers in canton Valais discovered the human remains on ...