The director of the Swiss meteorological service MeteoSwiss has warned of the consequences of government austerity measures. Investments such as the replacement of weather radars are at risk, which could lead to less accurate forecasts, Stefan Uhlenb...

The number of unemployed bank employees is rising steadily as the number of vacancies in the banking sector remains at a low level. Across Switzerland, 4,474 people who had most recently worked in a bank were registered as unemployed with regional jo...

The 25th edition of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) ended on Saturday with the jury awarding top prize to Hen by South African filmmaker Nico Scheepers. As the NIFFF wrote, the jury found Hen to be a “striking portrayal...

Saturday was busy at the country’s biggest airport: up to 110,000 passengers flew off on holidays from Zurich on Saturday, with queues unavoidable. The most popular summer destinations are Spain – particularly Madrid, Alicante and Barcelona – a...

A new nuclear power station would generate CHF1.6 billion ($1.97 billion) for the Swiss economy each year and create over 2,900 jobs, according to an analysis. The study, published on Sunday, was carried out by the BAK Economics research institute on...

Swiss President Guy Parmelin and Sports Minister Martin Pfister have congratulated the men’s national football team after it was knocked out of the World Cup at the quarter-final stage by Argentina. “Thank you very much for the emotions, and a hu...

The music festival on Bern’s “local mountain” has put a heat protection plan in place due to the forecasted high temperatures. Among other measures, this means more water, new misters, and free sun cream. Around 150 free drinking water points w...

Janine Bunte, the director of the Swiss Youth Hostels network, says local authorities “make a living from tourism, yet complain about the large numbers of visitors”. For her, a more direct debate is needed. Many local authorities have neglected t...

A French minister has expressed regret about how authorities in Switzerland and Geneva handled the run-up to the recent G7 summit in Evian (France). Rather than using the event to raise Geneva’s profile, “there was a lack of openness from the out...

Martin Pfister is heading to Kansas City for this weekend’s World Cup quarter-final between Switzerland and Argentina. In a video posted to social media platform X on Saturday, the sports minister is seen standing in front of an aeroplane, explaini...

The man from canton Valais, who won silver in the downhill race at the Sapporo Winter Olympics in 1972, had been battling illness for two years. Ultimately the illness proved stronger than the thrill-seeking skier who loved to brave the planet’s st...

When primary schools start back after the summer break in canton Nidwalden, new rules introduced last year will continue to apply: mobile phones are only for educational purposes and emergencies. Since August 1, 2025, mobiles, laptops, tablets and ot...

In the first six months of 2026, Swiss cinemas recorded 5.3 million admissions, the best half-yearly figure since 2023. The increase was particularly marked in Italian-speaking Switzerland, with a 33% rise in audience numbers. This is according to th...

One of the three Swiss prosecutors conducting an investigation into the January 1 fatal fire in Crans-Montana has announced her resignation. A post for a prosecutor will be advertised shortly, according to the Valais Public Prosecutor’s Office, whi...

Zurich police have arrested three people following a paint attack on the Turkish consulate. They are two Swiss nationals aged 18 and 20, and an 18-year-old woman from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Shortly after 10pm, a Zurich police patrol stationed near t...

According to the Swiss government’s latest natural hazards bulletin, the current heatwave will last on the northern side of the Alps until at least Thursday next week and Friday in the south. A “slight increase in the humidity of the air mass” ...

Switzerland is a country of contented people with a critical view of their homeland, which has strengths at home but a weaker performance on the international stage, according to a survey. Security, nature and direct democracy are at the heart of Swi...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) says Switzerland violated the freedom of expression of the newspaper Le Courrier in a legal dispute with businessman Jean Claude Gandur. The ECHR ruled against Switzerland in a judgement handed down on Thursd...

The requirement for priests and monks to serve in the Swiss army from June 1 has angered Swiss Churches. The three main national Churches and the Network of Evangelical Churches have expressed their discontent and demanded action in a letter to the g...

The legendary Swiss Gotthard Fortress will be transformed into a lunar research station to train astronauts. Ten future astronauts from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne EPFL Space Centre – including one from Zurich and one from La...

Burglaries at gun shops have been on the rise in Switzerland recently, mostly perpetrated by international gangs of young people. The Federal Office of Police (Fedpol) has recorded 23 cases of burglaries or attempted burglaries at gun shops since the...

Swiss energy companies welcome the lifting of the ban on the construction of nuclear power stations. But no company believes a nuclear project is economically viable for the moment. A new nuclear power station is not a realistic prospect in the short...

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) is calling on banks to do more to address the risk posed by powerful quantum computers. Quantum computing could breach current cryptographic systems, putting communications, customer data and f...

The Swiss municipality of Albula/Alvra has approved a loan of CHF82.56 million to relocate residents of the landslide-hit village of Brienz. The mountain village in southeast Switzerland has been sliding down the valley for years and is repeatedly af...

Three weeks after the G7 summit in Évian, France, it has become clear that negotiations have failed to convince France to contribute to Swiss security costs. The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) confirmed to Swiss public broadcaster SRF ...

The Middle East conflict has depleted European gas storage capacities below the normal range. Experts do not expect the shortfall to be made up in time for winter. "European gas storage levels are very low, and they are likely to remain low as we hea...

Swiss reservoirs are significantly less full than usual for this time of year. There are fears of an energy shortfall in the event of a dry autumn and winter. If reservoirs remain low, more electricity will have to be imported from abroad. + Should S...

Despite economic uncertainties, the majority of Swiss small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are optimistic about the future. According to a survey, 86% of respondents expect their business to still be in operation in ten years’ time. At the sam...

Switzerland has asked the European Union for greater flexibility in operating Entry/Exit System (EES) border control systems at airports. Switzerland, together with eight other countries, sent a letter to this effect to the European Commission. Switz...

Uber Eats Switzerland has suffered a legal setback and must be registered as a provider of postal services. The food delivery service is therefore subject to the registration requirement imposed by the Federal Postal Commission (PostCom). The Federal...