Swiss businessman Pascal Jaussi has been jailed for five and a half years after being found guilty of embezzlement, fraud, forgery and arson. The Freiburg Commercial Criminal Court handed down the sentence on Jaussi, who was once hailed as the “Swi...

Trade negotiations in Washington have failed to yield a breakthrough between Switzerland and the United States, according to Swiss president Guy Parmelin. Parmelin said a meeting with US Trade Representative Jamesion Greer had taken place in a friend...

In 2025, more than 140,000 tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment were recycled in Switzerland for the first time – around 144,000 tonnes, to be precise. This represents a 6% increase on the previous year, according to a report publish...

New heatwave records were set on Monday at several Swiss weather stations. By midday, Bern/Zollikofen, Payerne, Buchs/Aarau and Pully had recorded 13 days with temperatures above 30°C. Zurich/Fluntern, Schaffhausen, Delémont, Fribourg and Altdorf h...

A trans woman is at the centre of a controversy at the Marzilibad in Bern. She was taken away by the police on Sunday following an altercation in the women’s section of the public open-air swimming pool. "The police operation was disproportionate,"...

Investing in cryptocurrencies is becoming increasingly popular in Switzerland. Almost one in five people in the country holds cryptocurrency investments, according to a survey by the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU). Around 18% ...

New nuclear power stations in Switzerland are not competitive under current conditions, according to a new study. They could become profitable only with state subsidies, risk mitigation and significantly lower construction costs. This is the conclusi...

Overcrowding in Swiss prisons has led to a deterioration in prison conditions and is infringing on the fundamental rights of prisoners. This is the conclusion reached by the commission against torture in its latest annual report. According to a state...

The US data firm Palantir has accepted the ruling of the Zurich Commercial Court in its dispute with the online publication Republik and has decided not to appeal. The British Guardian has covered the story, as has the Financial Times. At the centre ...

Swiss construction giant Implenia announced on Monday that it had secured a contract worth over CHF250 million ($310 million) in Sweden. The Zurich-based group is to build the Korsvägen underground station in Gothenburg, on the country’s west coas...

The City of Zurich Lake Crossing will not take place on Wednesday. The weather conditions are too changeable, the Zurich Sports Office announced on Monday. Following a heatwave that has lasted for weeks, the risk of thunderstorms is too high, it said...

The "Opera House for All" event, held over three days for the first time, attracted around 15,000 people at the weekend despite the summer heat, according to Zurich Opera House. The open-air festival, which took place from Friday evening to Sunday ev...

During a ceremony commemorating the Battle of Sempach, Defence Minister Martin Pfister strongly advocated the further development of the Swiss Armed Forces. Exactly 640 years after the victory over the Habsburgs, Pfister said it was time to celebrate...

The 32nd Swiss Yodelling Festival in Basel came to a close on Sunday with a festive parade. Earlier in the afternoon, performers and spectators braved temperatures topping 35°C in Basel city centre. The final parade set off at around 2pm from Münst...

Partially treated sewage entered the River Limmat near Werdinsel in Zurich early on Sunday after a power cut. Zurich City Police are advising people not to swim or use boats in the affected stretch of the river. Following a power cut shortly before 3...

Pride Romande filled the streets of Lausanne, championing “the right to be oneself”, the slogan for the event. The highlight of the celebrations, the Pride march, drew several thousand people on Saturday afternoon. Gathered under the blazing sun,...

Ireland will take over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) on Wednesday, holding it until the end of the year. In this role, Dublin will chair ministerial meetings and help shape the agenda. The following elements of Ire...

Temperatures rose again across Switzerland on Saturday, with 19 weather stations recording new all-time highs. The River Aare has also reached a new record temperature, narrowly surpassing its August 2022 level. The sharpest rises were seen in the mu...

Switzerland has paid an advance of CHF500 million ($617 million) to the United States for the purchase of F‑35A fighter jets, said Urs Loher, director of national armaments at the Swiss Federal Office for Defence Procurement (armasuisse). He added ...

The petition “Free and Protect the Rhône Glacier” was symbolically handed in on Saturday morning in the Conches Valley, close to the Swiss glacier itself. Addressed to the Valais government, it has attracted more than 8,000 signatures. The petit...

At the Photo Elysée Museum in Lausanne, artist Hannah Darabi explores Iranian popular dance as a form of resistance shaped by identity. Her project, Why don’t you dance? centres on three iconic figures, bringing together photographs, video and arc...

The Le Constellation bar, the centre of the tragedy in Crans‑Montana, “will never reopen as a bar”, Christophe Darbellay has said. The president of the Valais cantonal government added that he hopes the site will be repurposed for young people....

Hans Meyer, the former chairman of the governing board of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), has died. He passed away on June 17 at the age of 90, the bank said in an obituary published in the Tages-Anzeiger. The obituary said Meyer devoted his entire pr...

On Friday, 80 specialists from the Swiss rescue team landed in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. They aim to locate and rescue people affected by the earthquakes. The group arrived with 18 tonnes of emergency supplies. According to a statement on the ...

Swiss train maker Stadler Rail has moved closer to a new plant in Austria with the purchase of a 50 hectare plot near to Vienna. PCS Holding, an investment company of Stadler owner Peter Spuhler, has bought the industrial site in Leopoldsdorf. Stadle...

A fresh high temperature record for June was recorded in Switzerland for a second successive day. The Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss) said a weather station at Basel-Binningen recorded 38.8 degrees Celcius on Friday. This b...

The two Beznau nuclear reactors in Switzerland which are cooled by water from the river Aare, have been taken off grid due to the water overheating. The energy company Axpo announced the decision on Friday. Axpo stated that the two reactors are curre...

A simulator developed by the University of Applied Sciences of Graubünden uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse the aerodynamic racing position of skiers and to help them to optimise their posture. The 'digital wind tunnel' is intended to off...

Rail services at Lausanne station in Switzerland were completely suspended early on Friday afternoon. This is thought to have been caused by a power cut resulting from a fault in the railway infrastructure. An IC1 train had torn down an overhead powe...

Swiss telecoms operators are preparing to use satellite networks such as Starlink – developed by Elon Musk’s company - but not to replace terrestrial infrastructure in the near future. Satellite connections will serve more as a complement to exis...