Around 250 kilograms of debris from an aeroplane that crashed in 1963 have been recovered from the Hüfifirn Glacier in canton Uri in central Switzerland. A mountaineer had informed the Uri cantonal police about the exposed wreckage. Investigations c...

The Swiss government has joined the European Union in banning the purchase and import of Sudanese gold. The ban applies to the purchase, import and transit of gold of Sudanese origin, as well as to the provision of services and the granting of financ...

US President Donald Trump is contributing to a decline in travel to the United States among Swiss travellers. After falling last year, bookings for the US dropped even further in the first half of 2026. Between January and June, 120,000 Swiss travell...

Businesses and energy companies launched a new alliance in Bern on Wednesday to back an electricity agreement with the European Union (EU). The group says the deal is key to ensuring a secure and affordable electricity supply. The Swiss Electricity A...

Christoph Mäder, the outgoing chair of economiesuisse, the Swiss Business Federation, has warned that Switzerland is losing ground to rival economies when it comes to competitiveness. He said the Swiss government has shown little appetite for measur...