Swiss banks are recruiting fewer staff, according to analysis of job vacancies published on the websites of the country’s ten leading banks. Overall, in August, the number of job adverts fell by 10% (to 524) compared with July, according to a surve...

Attempts by the Swiss army to order Patriot air missile systems via Germany have broken down, according to research by Swiss public broadcaster SRF. The proposed German deal was set up to mitigate mounting delays and costs of ordering the systems dir...

This summer’s heatwave led to the worst potato harvest in Switzerland since records began. To make up for this, 130,000 tonnes of potatoes had to be imported. This year, Swiss farmers harvested just 333,000 tonnes of potatoes, the industry umbrella...

A public-sector union is launching a petition to halt the outsourcing of jobs abroad by Swiss Post and Swisscom. The campaign, launched by the union Transfair, is urging the Swiss government and parliament to take action to put a stop to what it cons...

On Thursday in Fribourg, France and Switzerland celebrated the inclusion of the 1516 "Eternal Peace" treaty in UNESCO’s international Memory of the World Register. The official ceremony took place in the presence of the President of the Swiss Confe...