Elon Musk’s company SpaceX wants to set up 40 antennas in Leuk in the Swiss canton of Valais. These are to serve as connection points (gateways) for his Starlink satellite network. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Accordi...

The Zurich city parliament has spoken out in favour of an income limit for people renting private, affordable flats. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This was the second time the issue had been debated in Zurich’s parliam...

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has called on Israel to allow more aid for the Gaza Strip. At the end of his lightning trip to the Middle East, the Swiss foreign minister considered the recognition of a Palestinian state to be premature, but sa...

The smoke from Canada is causing poor air quality in Switzerland. Some measuring stations recorded values on Wednesday that are considered unhealthy. According to the Swiss environmental company IQAir, particulate matter pollution is particularly hig...

Following the results of a provenance search, the Kunstmuseum Bern relinquished ownership of a work by the English painter Alfred Sisley. The heirs of the Jewish entrepreneur Carl Sachs, who was persecuted by the Nazis, had claimed the painting. The ...

The export of Swiss war materiel is to be made easier. On Wednesday, the Senate decided to give prior authorisation to applications from 25 Western countries. The Senate also wants to allow these countries to re-export Swiss equipment without authori...

Swiss municipalities employ more and more staff. An analysis by the Institute for Swiss Economic Policy (IWP) at the University of Lucerne shows that the number of administrative positions per inhabitant has risen sharply, particularly in suburban mu...

The Uri-based industrial group Datwyler is streamlining its production network in the US. The closure of one site in Ohio will probably result in the loss of the vast majority of the 70 or so jobs there. Datwyler announced on Wednesday that the produ...

On Tuesday, the Swiss Senate has followed the House of Representatives and unanimously approved the government's direct counter-proposal to the popular initiative of the Swiss Freedom Movement (MLS). The constitution will be amended accordingly. The ...

According to a recent survey, a majority of the Swiss population felt primarily Swiss. Only 4% said they felt primarily European, according to a survey by the market research institute YouGov Switzerland. According to the survey, 69% of respondents d...

Gabriel Brenna, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Liechtensteinische Landesbank (LLB) since 2021, has been appointed head of Raiffeisen Switzerland. The new CEO will take up his post on December 1, according to a Raiffeisen press release issued on Wed...

On Wednesday, Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis will raise humanitarian concerns about the Gaza Strip with Israel. On Tuesday evening in Jerusalem, he began a whirlwind visit by meeting representatives of three organisations active in the territory. "W...

More than a third of Swiss are in favour of excluding the party they like least from elections, votes or public debates. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox These are the findings of a study by Pro Futuris and the Mercator Swi...

“Wait and see" seems to be the position adopted by large Swiss companies in the face of US President Donald Trump's trade policy. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Few are currently considering Trump's invitation to invest...

The Eurostar railway company wants to offer a direct connection between Switzerland and the UK for the first time. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On Tuesday the subsidiary of the French railway group SNCF announced an exp...

The Locarno78 Career Achievement Award goes to American actor Lucy Liu. The award will be presented on August 14 on the Piazza Grande. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Known to the general public as one of "Charlie's angels...

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis is travelling to the Middle East on Tuesday and Wednesday for official visits to the Palestinian and Israeli authorities. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The trip is part of Switzerlan...

This year's Zurich city lake crossing is planned for July 2. Should the weather not play ball or the water be too cold, two alternative dates are planned. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox If the first date does not work out...

Although pay inequality persists, large companies are ignoring the basic provisions of the Equality Act, Swiss trade union Unia criticised on Tuesday. At the same time, right-wing parties are attempting to weaken or abolish wage analyses. +Get the mo...

The Israeli army has committed crimes against humanity of extermination by targeting civilian refugees in schools and religious sites, according to UN investigators. They denounced on Tuesday in Geneva a desire to affect the next "generations". +Get ...

A 54-year-old woman fell around 70 metres and died on Monday during a hike from Äscher in the direction of Seealpsee in the Alpstein mountains of canton Appenzell Inner Rhodes. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to...

A large majority of cantonal finance directors reject both the popular initiative in favour of individual taxation and the counterproposal. They support the joint taxation of spouses. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Co...

Swiss environmentalists and scientists have found microplastics in the faeces of roe deer, deer, wild boar, hares, chamois, foxes, martens, badgers and wolves. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Plastic contamination affects ...

The Swiss are very satisfied with the security and online banking services offered by their banks, but they criticise the low interest rates and high fees. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox These are the findings of the annu...

The situation in the upper Val de Bagnes in Valais, southwestern Switzerland, is likely to remain tense for the next two weeks. This is the assessment made by the municipal and cantonal authorities of Valais on Monday following a briefing on the late...

Swiss Air-Rescue Rega was called out over 100 times in Switzerland Over the Whitsun weekend. Rega was most frequently called out to help people suffering from acute illnesses. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox These people w...

The Lake Geneva shipping company CGN needs CHF500 million ($608 million) to CHF600 million to modernise its fleet and expand its services. A rescue plan is to be presented to shareholders by the end of the year. +Get the most important news from Swit...

A pro-Palestine demonstration in western Switzerland on Monday was still causing restrictions on rail services on Tuesday morning. Due to delays and cancellations, trains were unable to travel to their respective depots, the Swiss Federal Railways sa...

In its 150 years of existence, the Arth-Rigi Railway has repeatedly played a pioneering role in rail transport. It celebrated this history with an anniversary festival on Whit Sunday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Opened...

Despite the sunshine, the air in the Swiss mountains is not completely clear. The reason for this is the smoke from the forest fires in Canada, which has now reached Europe. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On the Jungfrauj...