Researchers at the Swiss federal insitute of technology ETH Zurich will be able to monitor changes on Earth from a newly opened Swiss Geolab. The facility will analyses data on landslides and crops from its home in canton Lucerne. The establishment o...

The Swiss canton of St Gallen has unveiled new drones for speed enforcement on the mountain pass road to Hulftegg, between Toggenburg and the Tösstal valley in Zurich. Since the start of the year, the St Gallen cantonal police have been making targe...

The spotted Sika deer from Japan could soon be migrating to the Swiss canton of Zurich in greater numbers. This is due to a European Union directive for member states to cull the animals. In Germany and Austria, the EU decision announced in the summe...

Fuel prices in Switzerland have risen again following a brief lull. Both petrol and diesel have recently gone up by five cents per litre, according to the latest figures from Touring Club Switzerland (TCS). Accordingly, the average price of a litre o...

The United Nations and Switzerland will host a major coordination meeting in Geneva on peace initiatives for Sudan. The parties to the conflict will not be attending. A total of 27 delegations are expected at the Palais des Nations for this sixth mee...

A revision of legislation governing the Swiss postal service has drawn criticism from both the left and the right of the political spectrum during a consultation process., which concluded on Thursday. Swiss Post said it welcomed the government’s pr...

Following a cyberattack on an external software provider, personal data at the Zurich pension fund – and possibly also that of Swiss Post – was also stolen. The Swiss city of Zurich said that the pension funds and payments are still functional. O...

Swiss luxury goods group Richemont is reportedly part of a consortium that aims to buy South African diamond giant De Beers. According to Bloomberg, the Richemont is in talks with the major United States jewellery retailer Signet Jewelers to join a c...

Swiss online magazine Republik has fallen victim to a cyberattack. The magazine says user data was compromised, but no credit card details were leaked. Unknown individuals exploited a security vulnerability in an analytics tool. On Wednesday morning,...

Germany and France are opening the door for Switzerland to join the ‘Made in Europe’ industrial policy, subject to strict conditions. Switzerland would be treated on an equal footing with the countries of the European Economic Area and the United...

The Swiss federal government has authorised limited withdrawals from the compulsory aviation fuel reserves. This is to mitigate the risk of a shortage of aviation fuel at Zurich Airport. Up to 30,000 cubic metres of aviation fuel can be drawn down fr...

The Zurich Public Prosecutor’s Office has brought charges against the business journalist Lukas Hässig, whose series of revelations had triggered the case involving former chairman of the executive board of Raiffeisen bank Pierin Vincenz. Hässig ...

Swiss military technology company Ruag MRO Holding and the US aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin have formalised their collaboration on the Rigi project. Emmen in canton Lucerne will thus become one of only four sites worldwide for the final assem...

Siemens Switzerland will have a new headquarters in Zurich-Albisrieden. The technology group has sold its existing industrial and office site to the property investor Procimmo. The new building is due to be completed by mid-2031. The Siemens site cov...

The Swiss author Gerold Späth has died just two days before his 87th birthday. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was regarded as one of the most distinctive voices in Swiss-German literature. "With Gerold Späth, we have lost a great storyteller," wrote Le...

An investigation by Swiss public television SRF has revealed that company officials suspect China was behind a cyberattack on the Swiss state-owned space company Beyond Gravity. Beyond Gravity manufactures satellite and rocket technology and is owned...

Crime in Switzerland rose between 2022 and 2025, both according to police statistics and in terms of unreported cases. The increase is particularly evident in property offences and fraud. At the same time fewer and fewer people feel safe. This is the...

The Davos local government has set a cap of 125 on temporary construction projects for the 2027 World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting. According to a press release, a total of 190 planning applications were submitted. Some 146 projects fall withi...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has brought legal proceedings against Nestlé and its US subsidiary, Gerber Products, for misleading parents about the presence of toxic heavy metals in Gerber baby food. Gerber claimed that its products were safe, r...

The gifts presented in November 2025 by Swiss businessmen to US President Donald Trump were not intended personally for the then 79-year-old, but for the American people. This was stated by Helene Budliger Artieda, Director of the Swiss Secretariat f...

The Swiss labour market saw a modest improvement in the third quarter. The Swiss Job Market Index, compiled by Adecco in collaboration with the University of Zurich, rose by 0.8 points both quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year, reaching 131.5 points. ...

The average price of cars in Switzerland continues to fall, for both new and used vehicles. Among the factors contributing to the fall in prices is the growing competition from Chinese brands, which offer models at lower prices. According to a market...

The Swiss government plans to present a bill youth protection on social media platforms and search engines in June 2027. On Wednesday, the government took note of the results of the consultation on the Act on Communication Platforms and Search Engine...

The economic situation influences people’s perception of their own good fortune according to a recent survey. In Switzerland, almost nine out of ten wealthy people consider themselves lucky, compared with fewer than six out of ten among those with ...

Swiss International Airlines (SWISS) is heavily impacted by geopolitical instability. This results in longer routes, higher operating costs and greater difficulties in managing flights, says CEO Jens Fehlinger in an interview with Persönlich website...

The contingency plans of Switzerland's Postfinance bank in the event of severe financial difficulty have once again failed to impress the country's regulator. Two other systemically important banks, Zurich Cantonal Bank and Raiffeisen, have, on the o...

The Swiss government has launched a consultation process for a bill aimed at strengthening the voting rights of people with disabilities. At present, people suffering from “mental illness or mental incapacity” are deprived of their political righ...

The Federal Administrative Court has upheld an appeal by Swisscom to quash a CHF18 million Swiss fine due to the way in which it expanded its fibre-optic network. The fine was imposed by the Swiss Competition Commission on the telecoms group. The cou...

Swiss commodities group Glencore has begun trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on Wednesday with a secondary listing. There were no major price fluctuations shortly after trading began. Following a brief rise in the share price, the s...

Swiss health group Galderma is acquiring the United States skincare brand ZO Skin Health for US$1.5 billion. According to a press release issued on Wednesday, Galderma aims to strengthen its medical skincare business and drive growth in the segment o...