A Swiss parliamentary report on the absence of a fixed-price agreement for the procurement of new F-35 fighter jets from the US has sparked controversy. For now, however, no changes are expected, while former Defence Minister Viola Amherd has yet to ...

The Paris prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into France's largest prostitution website, “Meslibertines”, reportedly hosted in Switzerland and owned by a Swiss citizen living in Dubai, Radio France reports. The website “Sexemodel�...

Bitcoin Suisse plans to cut up to half of its 120 Swiss jobs as it reorganises from a primarily Swiss crypto firm into an international financial services group. A company spokesperson told the AWP news agency, following an earlier report on the fina...

Housing costs are the biggest concern for seasonal workers in Swiss holiday resorts, according to a study commissioned by the federal government and the cantons of Bern, Vaud and Valais. The study concludes that finding solutions will require a joint...

The Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) has called for targeted measures to protect Switzerland’s groundwater reserves, strengthen infrastructure resilience and improve water management. “Basically, groundwater is not doing so badly in Switzerland,...

The number of tourist coaches entering Lucerne city centre has fallen further since parking charges were introduced in 2025, prompting the city council to forgo stricter rules. Compared with 2024, the number of coaches at Schwanenplatz has fallen by ...

Oil prices could soar to $200 (CHF162) a barrel if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed for a prolonged period, UBS economist Alessandro Bee told the Keystone-ATS news agency, warning that such a scenario could trigger a global economic slump. "In our...

Five people were killed and 40 others injured, some seriously, after a coach carrying a Dutch tour group crashed in a remote part of southeastern Switzerland on Thursday, Graubünden cantonal police said on Friday. According to the Graubünden canton...

The Asian hornet is continuing to spread across Switzerland, with the country's reporting platform receiving between 150 and 250 reports a day, its operators told the Keystone-ATS news agency. "The Asian hornet is one of the most invasive species Swi...

The Zurich government is set to examine a ban on so-called smart glasses in swimming pools and other public facilities following a cross-party motion aimed at preventing covert filming through cameras embedded in the eyewear. Smart glasses are increa...

A Ukrainian IT specialist was sentenced in Zurich to 12 years and nine months in prison and banned from Switzerland for ten years for his role in ransomware attacks on several firms, including Stadler Rail. Prosecutors put the damage at around CHF100...

Canton Basel City is returning two skeletons and a skull of Kawésqar ancestors to Chile. On Thursday, Government President Conradin Cramer received a delegation from the Indigenous community at City Hall to mark the restitution. The Basel government...

A Dutch tourist coach crashed in the southeastern Swiss Alps on Thursday afternoon, leaving several people dead and others injured, police say. The Graubünden cantonal police have not provided a precise toll. A press conference is expected on Friday...

A majority of Swiss voters doubt the country’s political system’s ability to take effective action. At the same time, they are in favour of closer international cooperation and greater government investment in the future. These are the findings o...

The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) has published online the dossier held at the Federal Archives on Josef Mengele, the concentration camp doctor known as the "Angel of Death of Auschwitz". This followed a legal dispute over access to the do...

The Swiss Trade Union Federation is calling for across-the-board pay rises of 2.5% for 2027. The trade union umbrella organisation justifies this demand on the grounds of the low rate of wage growth over the last decade and the improving economic cli...

The Swiss government is facing opposition to its plans to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) to fund the armed forces. Two Senate committees have called for a smaller VAT increase than that proposed by the government, as well as an alternative funding mo...

The summer of 2026 was the hottest in Switzerland since records began. The average temperature for the period from June to August was 17.2°C, 0.4 degrees higher than that of summer of 2003, MétéoSuisse announced on Thursday. The national average t...

Swiss companies could receive as much as $2 billion in United States tariff reimbursements, according to economists at UBS bank. The biggest potential refunds for goods exported between April 2025 and February 2026 relate due on precision and medical...

Economists at Swiss bank UBS view China’s economic rise as a major challenge for the Swiss economy. The US tariffs, on the other hand, are likely to have only a temporary impact. Over the past decade, China has increasingly transformed itself from ...

Staff at US medical technology group Zimmer Biomet in Winterthur, northeast of Zurich, received bad news this week. As part of a restructuring of production, up to 580 of the 730 jobs at the site could be lost, the company announced on Wednesday. Zim...

The number of asylum applications in the European Union, as well as in Norway and Switzerland, fell again in the first half of this year. From January to June, the European Union’s asylum agency recorded a total of around 332,000 new applications, ...

On Thursday, the relevant committee of the European Parliament approved the package of agreements between Switzerland and the EU by a large majority. The item was passed in a matter of minutes without any discussion. In addition to the treaties, the ...

Every year, 219 tonnes of microplastics enter the soil and water bodies in Switzerland via the air, according to a new study. A research team from Swiss federal research institutes Empa (material science), Eawag (aquatic science) and Agroscope (agric...

Givaudan is opening a new development centre for its Fragrances and Beauty division in Casablanca, on Morocco’s west coast. The Vernier-based fragrance and flavour giant aims to meet growing demand in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. "Having...

Lonza is set to begin construction of a production site dedicated to spray-drying in the United States. The plant, which will be built in Bend, Oregon, is expected to be operational in 2029 and to create more than 80 jobs. The decision is part of the...

Around 250 kilograms of debris from an aeroplane that crashed in 1963 have been recovered from the Hüfifirn Glacier in canton Uri in central Switzerland. A mountaineer had informed the Uri cantonal police about the exposed wreckage. Investigations c...

The Swiss government has joined the European Union in banning the purchase and import of Sudanese gold. The ban applies to the purchase, import and transit of gold of Sudanese origin, as well as to the provision of services and the granting of financ...

US President Donald Trump is contributing to a decline in travel to the United States among Swiss travellers. After falling last year, bookings for the US dropped even further in the first half of 2026. Between January and June, 120,000 Swiss travell...

Businesses and energy companies launched a new alliance in Bern on Wednesday to back an electricity agreement with the European Union (EU). The group says the deal is key to ensuring a secure and affordable electricity supply. The Swiss Electricity A...