More than nine months after the Crans Montana fire tragedy, the Swiss government still doesn't know how to settle the bill for the medical care provided to the Italian victims – which amounts to CHF1.5 million, Swiss public broadcaster RTS has lear...

Swiss train manufacturer Stadler Rail has been awarded the second part of a major order from Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Arabian Railways (SAR) has ordered a further ten Intercity trains worth CHF300 million. With this order, the SAR has exercised an opt...

A Swiss popular initiative aimed at loosening planning rules on solar power plants has failed due to a high number of invalid signatures. The 18-month deadline for collecting 100,000 valid signatures has now passed. The construction of solar power in...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has hailed Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace Prize as “a very strong signal” for international justice. This award “is a collective success for human rights”, the Austrian told the press in G...

An external software supplier to the Bern Pension Fund and the Bern Teachers’ Insurance Fund in Switzerland has fallen victim to a cyber attack. The Swiss canton has no evidence that any data has been stolen. The cyberattack took place at the end o...

Eye researchers at the Swiss city of Basel are hopeful of a breakthrough in the treatment for blind people after initial positive indications that a new form of therapy works. Blind people learning to see. What sounds like a fairy tale is becoming re...

Swiss luxury goods group Richemont is restructuring its Locle-based watch brand, Montblanc, in response falling demand. The luxury group is currently organising the transfer of 17 employees to other companies within the group and has also made six st...

Swiss energy group Axpo, the canton of Aargau and the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture have begun construction of an agri-PV research facility to boost agriculture with solar power. The Swiss dairy foods processor Emmi will use the energy di...

According to the Mexican government, the Swiss food company Nestlé plans to double its investment in Mexico to $2 billion. The investments are to be made during the current government’s six-year term, Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum announced ...

Swiss construction chemicals company Sika has acquired Azpects Group, a British manufacturer of polymer-modified sands for landscaping. The canton Zug-based Sika is seeking to expand its product portfolio and distribution network in the United Kingdo...

Switzerland's Valcambi, one of the world’s largest gold refiners, plans to open a new plant in Hong Kong, bolstering the city’s push to become a global bullion hub. The Swiss firm signed a letter of intent with Hong Kong’s sole steelmaker Shiu ...

With their black beady eyes and Zorro-like masks, raccoons are undoubtedly cute. But they pose a threat to native wildlife and cause considerable damage. Their spread is unlikely to be halted in the Swiss canton of Zurich. "Not exponential, but gradu...

Switzerland has condemns Thursday’s Russian attack on two Ukrainian civilian buses, which left at least 30 people dead and 18 injured. The Russian air strike took place near Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region, which has not yet been fully captured by...

Swiss national football team captain Granit Xhaka has been put on two years’ probation after he admitted obtaining a fake vaccination certificate during the COVID-19 pandemic. He has also been fined 50 daily rates of CHF3,000 ($3,598) each by the L...

French screenwriter Fanny Herrero and Indian-American director Mira Nair, mother of the Mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, will be among the international celebrities joining the 32nd Geneva International Film Festival. Fanny Herrero, who has made a ...

Six years before the tragic fire on January 1, the owner of the bar Le Constellation wrote to his employees that the sparklers could set the bar on fire. This message raises the question of whether he should be charged with manslaughter. The WhatsApp...

With the arrival of autumn, the season for respiratory infections has begun in Switzerland. While the flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are still circulating to a limited extent, cases of Covid-19 are already on the rise in some regions. Howe...

At the start of autumn 2026, the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) had issued more permits for the preventive culling of wolves than in the same period last year. A legally binding permit decision has been issued for 39 packs. In 2025, the fi...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked Russia for information regarding a possible further death from pneumonia in Irkutsk. WHO expert Abdirahman Mahamud, speaking in Geneva, emphasised that the organisation was referring to a media report whi...

Raiffeisen’s economists have significantly revised their forecasts for the Swiss economy upwards and expect the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to bring its zero-interest-rate policy to an end in the near future. In an analysis published on Thursday, the...

Artificial intelligence is creating new opportunities in the Swiss labour market. However, not everyone is benefiting equally from the growing demand for AI specialists. The job market for artificial intelligence (AI) is booming in Switzerland. Betwe...

In Switzerland, a third of all animal and plant species are threatened with extinction. According to the WWF’s new Living Planet Report, this proportion is higher than in any of Switzerland’s neighbouring countries. The main reasons for this are ...

According to a study, collectors under the age of 30 are very keen to buy art. However, even for so-called Generation Z, inherited pieces remain an important gateway into the world of collecting. According to a press release issued by Swiss bank UBS ...

Data has been leaked following a cyberattack on an external software supplier to the Swiss federal pension fund Publica. It is not yet clear exactly which data has been affected. The Office of the Attorney General has launched an investigation, annou...

In its first resolution on the issue, the UN Human Rights Council warned on Tuesday in Geneva of the threats posed by artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The resolution, which was adopted by consensus, states that AI systems must comply with intern...

Swiss online retailer Galaxus reports that sales of so-called smart glasses are rising sharply. It also says that men account for nine in ten purchases of the devices. Manufacturers estimate that millions of smart glasses will be in use worldwide by ...

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a wire-shaped motor that could one day be used in robotic suits to help people move. The “FiberMotor” is between one and three millimetres in diameter, accord...

The Swiss food giant Nestlé has signed a multi-year international marketing partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA). The deal covers 21 markets across four continents. As part of the partnership, Nestlé brands Milo, Nescau and Ne...

Swiss voters are likely to have their say on the relationship between collective labour agreements and cantonal minimum wages. A coalition of trade unions and political parties has submitted more than 100,000 signatures against plans to override cant...

Switzerland’s property market continued to rise in the third quarter. Buyers paid an average of 0.8% more for properties than they did in the previous quarter, and 3.3% more than a year earlier, according to the CIFI private property price index pu...