The Swiss government sees great potential for a direct rail link between Switzerland and the British capital, London. However, travellers will have to be patient: the government faces numerous challenges in establishing the connection. +Get the most ...

All primary school pupils in Switzerland are to learn a second national language. The government intends to enforce this through legislative amendments. This is in response to efforts in German-speaking Switzerland to remove early French from the tim...

The seven members of the Swiss government made slightly more use of planes and helicopters last year. A total of 104 more flight hours were recorded than in the previous year, according to the latest figures from the Federal Air Transport Service. +G...

The duration of the ban in Switzerland on Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has been in force for a year, is to be extended from five to ten years. In addition, the Swiss government has submitted a draft bill to extend the ban to the Lebanese H...

The federal government is covering the costs of the large-scale police operation deployed for Donald Trump Jr.’s private meeting in Zurich in early June. The authorities are not disclosing the exact amount of the costs. +Get the most important news...

The Swiss government aims to strengthen relations with Vietnam through a comprehensive partnership in the fields of politics, business and research. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Cooperation between Switzerland and the S...

The Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) has granted PostBus Switzerland a special permit to operate self-driving vehicles in eastern Switzerland. Safety drivers are still on board. From 2027, the “AmiGo” vehicles are set to carry passengers. +Get the mo...

Despite the recent rainfall, the spectre of drought continues to hang over Switzerland. Water levels in many rivers and lakes on the Swiss Plateau have reached record lows. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "The rainfall has...

A new saliva test could in future detect fatigue at the steering wheel. Researchers at the University of Zurich (UZH) have identified a kind of metabolic fingerprint in saliva that reliably indicates whether someone is suffering from acute sleep depr...

A parliamentary committee wants to establish more precise criteria for the removal of asylum-seekers. Associations and organisations believe the proposal goes too far – whereas the right-wing Swiss People’s Party doesn’t think it goes far enoug...

As the men’s football World Cup kicks off in North America, demand for new television sets has risen significantly in Switzerland, though the effect is less pronounced than in previous tournaments. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in y...

The municipality of Yverdon-les-Bains in western Switzerland has decided to rename Rue de l'Ancien-Stand as Rue Pauline-Buisson, in tribute to a black domestic worker who was born into slavery in Saint-Domingue and brought to Yverdon in 1776. +Get th...

Last year Swissaid supported nearly 300,000 people in ten countries through development cooperation and emergency aid projects. Despite numerous crises, the Swiss aid organisation reported positive results for 2025. +Get the most important news from ...

Due to the G7 summit in Evian, France, canton Geneva has largely closed its border with France. Since Thursday afternoon, 25 of 35 border crossings have been closed, which is disrupting daily life for residents and affecting traffic. +Get the most im...

The CHEOPS space telescope can continue its research for longer. The European Space Agency ESA has extended the Swiss-led mission until 2029. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The ESA had already extended the mission by thre...

The Swiss Senate has not yet decided whether the EU treaty package requires a majority of the cantons as well as a majority of the people. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On Thursday, the Senate initially only concluded th...

The Swiss House of Representatives has voted in favour of foreign nationals with a long-term residence permit performing civil defence duties in Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The House reached its decision w...

The technology group Hitachi Energy is building its new Swiss headquarters in Otelfingen in the canton of Zurich. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Otelfingen municipal council is extremely pleased with Hitachi's decisio...

A few days before the start of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, thousands of army and police personnel as well as customs officers are being deployed at Geneva airport and border crossings. Tension is rising as US President Donald Trump is a...

From Gorillaz to Raye, Sting to Theodora, the Swiss festival season opens with a musical divide between legends of the 1970s-1990s and stars born on social media platforms. It's a trend that runs through the summer's main line-ups, from Montreux to N...

The Swiss parliament wants to make electronic prescribing and dispensing of medicine compulsory. This is seen as an important step towards greater digitalisation in healthcare. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On Thursday, ...

On Thursday, the Swiss Senate approved a committee proposal that the 13th payment of the Swiss old-age and survivors' (AHV/AVS) pension be financed by employee contributions and Value-Added Tax (VAT). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in ...

The Swiss asset management industry reached a new record high, consolidating its position as Europe's third largest after the United Kingdom and France. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Assets under administration reached C...

Hostility towards US President Donald Trump is growing in Switzerland: for 41% of the population he is now an enemy (26%) or a rival (15%). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A large segment 45% continue to see the US as an a...

Two lawyers are calling to increase the charges against the owners of the Crans-Montana bar where a deadly fire occurred on January 1. They would like to prosecute the two defendants for murder with eventual intent rather than for negligent manslaugh...

Reports of deepfakes, sextortion and digital sexual violence are rising sharply in Switzerland, according to the portal clickandstop.ch. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Child Protection Switzerland is calling for urgent ac...

Sociologist and former Swiss politician Jean Ziegler died on Wednesday in Geneva at the age of 92 from complications related to Parkinson's disease, his family told Swiss public broadcaster RTS. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your i...

The St Gallen cantonal council has approved a cross-party motion that will result in a ban on headscarves for female teachers. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The motion and subsequent debate was triggered by a case in Esc...

Around 30 people held an authorised rally "for Israel and against anti-Semitism" in the Swiss city of Basel, which was disrupted by a similar-sized counter-demonstration. After a physical altercation, police intervened with a counter-demonstrator. +G...

Nespresso is to cut up to 178 jobs in its marketing and customer service activities in France, the flagship brand and coffee subsidiary of Swiss giant Nestlé said. The cuts will not affect the sales network. +Get the most important news from Switzer...