The summer drought and hail storms caused CHF59.2 million in crop damage, according to agricultural insurer Hagel Schweiz. This is almost three times as much damage as last summer. The months of April to August were the driest and hottest since recor...

The House of Representatives does not support the popular initiative ‘Yes to the security of medical supplies’. Parliamentarians instead endorsed the government’s direct counter-proposal. The chamber agreed that while the initiative addresses a...

Swiss residents move home five times on average during their lives, and despite a housing shortage, only about half spend more than three months searching for a new place. These are the two main findings of a survey conducted by the property portal N...

Archaeologists in Basel have uncovered an almost intact medieval hot-air heating system during renovation work at the site of the former Gnadental monastery, a find described as unique in Switzerland. The heating system was uncovered in the courtyard...

Lawmakers wants to set an upper limit on the size of the wolf population in Switzerland. If this threshold is exceeded, it should be possible to cull wolves in the affected region. After a vote in the Senate, the House of Representatives also passed ...