More than nine months after the Crans Montana fire tragedy, the Swiss government still doesn't know how to settle the bill for the medical care provided to the Italian victims – which amounts to CHF1.5 million, Swiss public broadcaster RTS has lear...

Swiss train manufacturer Stadler Rail has been awarded the second part of a major order from Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Arabian Railways (SAR) has ordered a further ten Intercity trains worth CHF300 million. With this order, the SAR has exercised an opt...

A Swiss popular initiative aimed at loosening planning rules on solar power plants has failed due to a high number of invalid signatures. The 18-month deadline for collecting 100,000 valid signatures has now passed. The construction of solar power in...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has hailed Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace Prize as “a very strong signal” for international justice. This award “is a collective success for human rights”, the Austrian told the press in G...

An external software supplier to the Bern Pension Fund and the Bern Teachers’ Insurance Fund in Switzerland has fallen victim to a cyber attack. The Swiss canton has no evidence that any data has been stolen. The cyberattack took place at the end o...