Swiss football star Xherdan Shaqiri was granted permission to build his planned villa in Rheinfelden in canton Aargau. This was decided by the Administrative Court of Aargau, which put an end to a long legal battle. +Get the most important news from ...

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has signed a joint ministerial declaration urging the Israeli authorities to guarantee unrestricted access for humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip. The declaration was signed by ten countries and sponsored by the ...

The drought has led to the risk of forest fires in some high-altitude regions of Switzerland. The canton of Bern, for example, called for increased caution when handling fires and fireworks in sunny and snow-free locations. Areas above around 1,000 m...

When the euro is introduced in Bulgaria on January 1, 2026, it will be difficult to exchange the previous Bulgarian national currency, the lev, in Switzerland. Local banks have stopped the exchange. The banks are no longer able to resell the lev bank...

The administrative costs of the Swiss healthcare system are out of control, according to Arnaud Perrier, the president of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS). He argues major savings should be made on patient documentation. +Get the most imp...

Swiss retailers enjoyed a positive festive season, with some reporting solid sales growth despite cautious consumer sentiment. For Manor department stores, Christmas sales were slightly up on the previous year, a spokeswoman told the AWP news agency,...

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) is pleased with the programme it is running with Swiss Animal Protection (SAP) for the adoption of laboratory rats by private individuals. Since the project began in April 2022, some 254 ro...

Expectations for the Swiss economy improved again in December. Following the slight increase in the previous month, the KOF Economic Barometer is rising again somewhat more strongly and has now risen for the fourth month in a row. Specifically, the e...

The Swiss army plans to massively expand its research budget by 2030 and work more closely with universities to bring the army up to speed technologically. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Drone research, cyber security, su...

The mood among consumers in Switzerland is tense. A survey shows that around a third of the population wants to tighten their belts and save money in the new year. This is particularly the case in French-speaking Switzerland and Ticino. +Get the most...

The terrorist attack in Sydney, Australia, has reinforced the measures taken by the security forces at the World Economic Forum in Davos. "Such events can happen anywhere in the world," said the commander of the cantonal police in Graubünden, Walter...

The United States has made ⁠a $2 billion (CHF1.58 billion) pledge for UN humanitarian ⁠aid, a US State Department official said on Monday, following major foreign ‌aid cuts by the Trump administration in 2025. The US slashed its aid spending th...

With the cold nights, the demand for places in emergency shelters is increasing. The cities of Geneva and Lausanne have opened additional emergency shelters to meet the demand. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The city of B...

Pornographic images or videos showing adults digitally rejuvenated to make them appear underage are illegal. This was decided by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (FSC), upholding the conviction of a man by the Zurich courts. +Get the most important ne...

Some 47 high-profile people from central Switzerland launched their voting campaign against halving the television and radio licence fee on Monday. They warn that halving the fee for the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), Swissinfo's parent co...

The Swiss franc is not weakening, despite the shock of the US tariffs that threatened to hit the Swiss economy. According to experts, the Swiss currency should continue its upward trend of recent years in 2026. What are the arguments in favour of the...

The number of women on the boards of directors (BoDs) of companies listed on the Swiss stock exchange will increase in 2025. This is the result of a data analysis by the economic news agency AWP. After a 2024 characterised by an above-average number ...

Swiss Post sorted and delivered 23 million parcels between Black Friday at the end of November and Christmas. That's 3.1% more than the previous year, the Post said in a press release on Monday. The peak of activity was recorded on December 2. On tha...

Almost half of Swiss parliamentarians remain silent about their additional income. According to a new report by Lobbywatch, 44% of members of parliament do not declare any income from mandates in companies and associations. Only 27% disclose all of t...

Several Swiss universities will increase tuition fees from next year to cope with growing deficits. The main reason for this is the planned cuts in federal subsidies from 2027, which will impose annual reductions of CHF120 million ($152 million) for ...

In mid-December, the Swiss government deported a second Afghan criminal. After a failed repatriation attempt last year, Switzerland's negotiations with the Taliban regime now appear to be yielding results. Another offender was deported to Kabul in mi...

Switzerland was quickly and successfully reintegrated into Horizon Europe, the European Union's programme to support scientific research, according to the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI). The interim balance is positiv...

Former Swiss parliamentarian and mayor of Lausanne Daniel Brélaz is dead. He died of a sudden cardiac arrest at Lausanne University Hospital in the early hours of Sunday, his family announced. The 75-year-old was in hospital because of a kidney prob...

Despite some successes in species conservation, the overall balance for wildlife remains negative, according to WWF's annual list of winners and losers. Switzerland is no role model either, wrote the WWF on the publication of its new list of winners ...

UN austerity measures do not threaten Geneva's position as a hub for international diplomacy, at least according to General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock. "Geneva is a crossroads of multilateral diplomacy and is not in danger as a seat, she sa...

A 39-year-old man has been found guilty of embezzlement by the criminal court because he wanted to ship a car rented in Lucerne from the UK to Ghana. He received a conditional prison sentence of 11 months. The judgement published on Saturday is legal...

Despite the Russia's attack on Ukraine almost four years ago, army chief Thomas Süssli rates the Swiss political response as blasé. "I don't have the feeling that a jolt has gone through the country since then," he says in an interview with the NZZ...

A power failure paralysed the baggage sorting system at Zurich Airport on Saturday morning. As a result, several flights had to take off without their checked-in baggage, a spokeswoman for the airport told the Keystone-SDA news agency. There were als...

According to the Swiss People's Party, unknown persons painted slogans at the entrances homes of its Zurich politicians. Those affected have reportedly filed a criminal complaint. Zurich city police confirmed at least one such case on Friday at the r...

The Nez Rouge home transport service brought 9,134 people home safely over Christmas. A total 766 volunteers made more than 5,000 trip on Christmas eve and Christmas day, Nez Rouge (Red Nose) announced on Friday. The volunteer drop-off service will c...