Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut saw its profits increase in the 2024/25 financial year (to the end of August), despite a selling less chocolate. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Revenues rose by 42.4% to CHF14.79 bill...

The terrorist financing trial of cement maker Lafarge, which is a subsidiary of the Swiss company Holcim, has begun in Paris. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The first hearing focused on legal issues, in this case priority...

United States President Donald Trump has met with high-ranking representatives of Switzerland to discuss trade issues. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Trump announced the talks on his Truth Social platform. US trade repres...

The government of Swiss canton Glarus has spoken out in favour of the EU treaties in principle, but only if the Landsgemeinde, an open-air assembly, is not affected. Otherwise, it is calling on the government to take countermeasures. +Get the most im...

The Swiss Army has lost more than 30 professional military pilots in the past five years. In order to remain attractive, it plans to bring its working conditions into line with those in the private sector. +Get the most important news from Switzerlan...

The city of Fribourg has inaugurated Barbe Schinner Square. In doing so, it is honouring the memory of a woman renowned for her humanitarian commitment and devotion to those wounded in war. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox ...

The initiative “No to ten million Switzerland”, also known as the sustainability initiative, should be submitted to the electorate without a counter-proposal, says the responsible committee of the Senate. +Get the most important news from Switzer...

Switzerland holds the European record for road deaths: the number of fatalities on Swiss roads has risen by 34% over the past five years, to 250 last year alone. In contrast, this figure has fallen in most European countries. +Get the most important ...

The climate in Switzerland is becoming hotter, drier and more unpredictable. These are the findings of new Swiss climate scenarios. Temperatures in Switzerland could rise even more than predicted, according to a report published on Tuesday. +Get the ...

Eleven dogs have died in a kennel in the district of Uster in canton Zurich. The cause of death is unclear, but the police suspect poisoning. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The police were called out after a dog owner rep...

Swiss Defence Minister Martin Pfister will give a public lecture at the University of Geneva on Wednesday on the new package of bilateral agreements between Switzerland and the European Union. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inb...

The majority of the Swiss population live in rented flats, most of which have four to 4.5 rooms and between 71 and 110 m2 of living space, according to a representative Comparis survey. Level of education and income influence the type of accommodatio...

There has been an outbreak of the infectious disease diphtheria at the federal asylum centre in Embrach, canton Zurich. One person is in hospital. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox All contact people of the infected resident...

The Protestant Reformed Church of Switzerland is commissioning a scientific study to investigate sexual and spiritual abuse in the church. On Monday, the church parliament instructed the church council to commission such a study. + Get the most impor...

A Swiss man in his 80s has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison in South Korea for drug smuggling. The man was accused of having brought close to three kilogrammes of methamphetamine to Jeju Island. + Get the most important news from Sw...

The federal government intends to strengthen measures against antibiotic resistance and support hospitals in setting up appropriate programmes. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The director of the Federal Office of Public ...

The Swiss city of Zurich is implementing a net-zero neighbourhood in the Binz and Alt-Wiedikon area. Over the next six years, residents, businesses and schools will be testing new approaches to climate protection and sustainability. + Get the most im...

Construction workers' strikes took place in French-speaking Switzerland on Monday, after the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino and Bern in recent weeks. According to the unions Syna and Unia, close to 7,000 people demonstrated in Geneva, Lausanne, Fr...

The bodycams used by the transport police in the past year have proved useful as a deterrent in conflict situations and for collecting evidence, the Swiss Federal Railways said on Monday. It has drawn up a positive assessment of the measure. + Get th...

The first small-animal hatch in Switzerland opened on Saturday near Thun, in canton Bern. The foundation which runs the hatch aims to prevent the abandonment of rabbits, guinea pigs and other rodents. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in...

In Switzerland, the outlook for employment has improved slightly. The indicator from the KOF economic research centre at the federal technology institute ETH Zurich shows job gains in the construction industry and the services sector. + Get the most ...

The Swiss-based logistics group Kuehne+Nagel is buying the Irish company Eastway Global Forwarding, which was previously family-owned and specialises in logistics services for the aviation industry. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in y...

Two men from the Balkans will appear before the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona today, charged with supporting and participating in an extremist group that had planned to destabilise a region of Kosovo. + Get the most important news from S...

Swiss retailer Migros is marking its 100th anniversary this year, but there is not much reason to celebrate. According to the SonntagsZeitung, the cooperative giant is continuing to lose market share in its core business, while Coop is growing. + Get...

Since the beginning of September, applications for temporary protection status S from 18 to 22-year-old Ukrainians have risen sharply in Switzerland. Around 1,000 Ukrainians in this age group have submitted an application. This is probably due to the...

Water supply is becoming increasingly critical in the Middle East. Switzerland is ready to contribute its expertise in this area. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "The Tigris has never been so low," is a common refrain in ...

According to a new study, the so-called opt-out solution for organ donation is having unexpected side effects. In countries where it was introduced, donations from deceased individuals rose slightly, but at the same time, the number of living donors ...

Despite the delicate geopolitical context, the Swiss government is optimistic about the upcoming 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Brazil, which opens on November 10. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox...

The various cantonal and communal police forces stepped up their presence on Halloween night. In Meilen in canton Zurich, youths committed robbery offences, but in many places it remained largely quiet. +Get the most important news from Switzerland i...

The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs is providing over CHF1 million ($1.24 million) in aid to the Caribbean to help recover from the severe damage caused by Hurricane "Melissa" in the Caribbean. The money is intended to benefit the affecte...