The number of antisemitic incidents in German, Italian and Romansh-speaking Switzerland remained high in 2025, according to a report published on Tuesday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Last year, almost 2,200 online inci...

The conflict launched by Israel and the US against Iran has caused oil prices to rise further today. The situation prompts industry experts in Switzerland to forecast higher petrol prices in the future. Just four days ago, the Touring Club of Switzer...

On Monday, an alliance of politicians and business leaders warned of the 'devastating consequences' of a right-wing initiative to limit the Swiss population to 10 million. The rigid cap of 10 million residents proposed by the Swiss People's Party wou...

The Swiss government is now ready to disclose its contracts for the purchase of Covid vaccines. On Monday, it announced that it would not appeal against the Federal Administrative Court's decision in support of disclosure. However, the vaccine manufa...

The Zurich Zoo has euthanised 10 healthy geladas because there was no more room for them. Before the removal of 10 animals, the clan at the zoo consisted of 48 individuals, the zoo announced on Monday. Zurich Zoo was forced to kill the primates due t...

UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti received a total remuneration of CHF14.9 million (about $19 million) last year, the same amount as in 2024. His salary consists of a fixed part of CHF2.8 million and a variable part of CHF12.1 million, according to the annual r...

The Valais public prosecutor's office has opened a criminal investigation against five more people in connection with the bar fire in Crans-Montana. Among them is mayor Nicolas Féraud. The four other individuals are the former municipal council memb...

Geneva's minimum wage will be reduced by a quarter for summer jobs. The amendment to the law was approved on Sunday by 60.61% of voters. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Voted for by the political right, employers and the c...

In a unique case in Switzerland, the canton of Aargau will restrict the use of speed cameras. On Sunday voters clearly approved a popular initiative for an authorisation requirement. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On Sund...

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is not planning another special flight to bring stranded Swiss travellers from the Middle East back home for the time being. The situation remains very volatile, it said. +Get the most important news from Switzer...

Around 3,000 people responded to the call of the collective "Grève féministe Vaud" (Feminist Strike Vaud) in Lausanne on Saturday. They demonstrated "against imperialist wars" on the occasion of International Women's Day on Sunday. +Get the most im...

Swiss Defence Minister Martin Pfister has criticised the belligerent states in the conflict with Iran. "The Americans and Israel have attacked Iran from the air. In doing so, they, like Iran, have violated international law," he told the SonntagsZeit...

Two special flights with 404 passengers, operated by the Edelweiss carrier, took off from Oman for Zurich on Saturday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The two Edelweiss planes left Muscat and Salalah and are expected to ar...

On Friday, the government rejected the initiative to make solar compulsory on all new buildings and renovations, arguing that it would constitute an infringement of private property. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The gov...

Lonza is selling its capsules and health ingredients business to the British private equity firm Lone Star Funds. The deal, worth CHF2.3 billion ($3 billion), is expected to be completed in the second half of 2026. +Get the most important news from S...

Elisabeth Baume-Schneider took part in a ceremony in Cortina, Italy, on Friday with Swiss athletes at the opening of the Winter Paralympic Games. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Interior Minister Baume-Schneider made a poi...

Alain Berset, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, said in a speech on Saturday that he does not believe in a world in which women have limited rights and limitless fears. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Ahead o...

The situation in Swiss medical institutions remains “extremely tense”, with more patients, fewer staff, and tight finances, according to the head of the national umbrella organisation of Swiss hospitals H+. +Get the most important news from Switz...

Owing to a technical error, electronic votes in Sunday's nationwide ballots will probably not be counted in canton Basel City. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This was announced by the State Chancellery on Friday. More tha...

The Patriot air defence system ordered in the US has been delayed by several years. The Swiss government is therefore examining whether Switzerland should purchase an additional system for ground-based air defence, preferably produced in Europe. +Get...

The Swiss army will probably receive only 30 new F-35 fighter jets instead of 36. This is the government's current assumption. It is forgoing an additional CHF1 billion ($1.25 billion) loan and is only requesting a CHF394 million loan to cover additi...

From April 1, a ban on setting off pyrotechnics in publicly accessible areas will apply throughout Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This was decided by a body of the Concordat of Building Directors of all 26 ca...

Two hundred women from all over Switzerland gathered at the Federal Palace on Friday for International Women's Day on Sunday. The programme included round tables, discussions and speeches on the theme of "Women and AI: between potential and risks, wh...

The Swiss embassy in Tehran remains open despite incessant US and Israeli bombing raids on the Iranian capital since Saturday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The foreign ministry confirmed this to the Swiss News Agency Ke...

Private restaurateurs are allowed to refuse children entry to their establishments. Aargau cantonal government says the economic freedom of publicans carries more weight in this case than the ban on discrimination. +Get the most important news from S...

Geneva's official chestnut tree, the Treille, put out its first leaf on Thursday. Recorded since March 16, 1818, this event symbolically marks the arrival of spring at the end of the lake. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "...

Meat consumed in Switzerland from imported animals must be better regulated. Following on from the Senate, the House of Representatives narrowly approved a motion to this effect on Thursday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox...

The bear on the coat of arms of canton Bern will continue to display its red penis, the cantonal government has ruled. The direction in which the animal faces will also remain the same. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The ...

After record sales in 2024, Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) saw numbers fall again last year. Turnover dropped by 2.6% to CHF5.5 billion ($7 billion), the airline said on Friday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Opera...

The Kunstmuseum Basel is opening the exhibition "The First Homosexuals" on Saturday. With around 80 works, it traces how new images of sexuality, gender and identity were formed from the first use of the word "homosexual" in 1869. +Get the most impor...