Almost half of Swiss parliamentarians remain silent about their additional income. According to a new report by Lobbywatch, 44% of members of parliament do not declare any income from mandates in companies and associations. Only 27% disclose all of t...

Several Swiss universities will increase tuition fees from next year to cope with growing deficits. The main reason for this is the planned cuts in federal subsidies from 2027, which will impose annual reductions of CHF120 million ($152 million) for ...

In mid-December, the Swiss government deported a second Afghan criminal. After a failed repatriation attempt last year, Switzerland's negotiations with the Taliban regime now appear to be yielding results. Another offender was deported to Kabul in mi...

Switzerland was quickly and successfully reintegrated into Horizon Europe, the European Union's programme to support scientific research, according to the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI). The interim balance is positiv...

Former Swiss parliamentarian and mayor of Lausanne Daniel Brélaz is dead. He died of a sudden cardiac arrest at Lausanne University Hospital in the early hours of Sunday, his family announced. The 75-year-old was in hospital because of a kidney prob...

Despite some successes in species conservation, the overall balance for wildlife remains negative, according to WWF's annual list of winners and losers. Switzerland is no role model either, wrote the WWF on the publication of its new list of winners ...

UN austerity measures do not threaten Geneva's position as a hub for international diplomacy, at least according to General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock. "Geneva is a crossroads of multilateral diplomacy and is not in danger as a seat, she sa...

A 39-year-old man has been found guilty of embezzlement by the criminal court because he wanted to ship a car rented in Lucerne from the UK to Ghana. He received a conditional prison sentence of 11 months. The judgement published on Saturday is legal...

Despite the Russia's attack on Ukraine almost four years ago, army chief Thomas Süssli rates the Swiss political response as blasé. "I don't have the feeling that a jolt has gone through the country since then," he says in an interview with the NZZ...

A power failure paralysed the baggage sorting system at Zurich Airport on Saturday morning. As a result, several flights had to take off without their checked-in baggage, a spokeswoman for the airport told the Keystone-SDA news agency. There were als...

According to the Swiss People's Party, unknown persons painted slogans at the entrances homes of its Zurich politicians. Those affected have reportedly filed a criminal complaint. Zurich city police confirmed at least one such case on Friday at the r...

The Nez Rouge home transport service brought 9,134 people home safely over Christmas. A total 766 volunteers made more than 5,000 trip on Christmas eve and Christmas day, Nez Rouge (Red Nose) announced on Friday. The volunteer drop-off service will c...

At least 2,000 Swiss residents will spend the Christmas holidays in bed with the flu. Regionally, the highest rate is in canton Ticino, with 66.59 confirmed cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The figures were announced on Wednesday by the Federal Office ...

The flow velocity of debris above the evacuated mountain village of Brienz in canton Graubünden is the lowest in 15 years, according to the authorities. The velocities measured on the Rutschung Dorf have continued to decrease since mid-December, the...

Swiss and Liechtenstein police are conducting investigations into the deaths of four members of the same family. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The first body of a man was found on the banks of the Rhine in Sevelen, St Ga...

The Cinémathèque suisse in Lausanne is devoting a major cycle to the close relationship with fashion and cinema. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The event features some 40 films from the 1930s to the present day. A speci...

Around 652,000 people visited the Christmas market in Montreux, Switzerland, within a month. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The organisers of the Riviera Noël drew a consistently positive balance. The market also attract...

Swiss government minister Guy Parmelin wants to remain in office at least until the end of the current legislative term, barring serious health problems. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This was revealed by the 66-year-old...

The Zurich Administrative Court says protestors who squatted in a woodland will not have to pay police costs for removing them. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The court said their was not a sufficient legal basis to pass ...

Several webcams installed at Swiss mountain resorts, such as Chasseral, Mont Gibloux, and Mont Pèlerin, will be deactivated next year when the 3G network is switched off. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Swiss telecoms ope...

The Zurich public prosecutor has dropped a probe against online portal Inside Paradeplatz, which was accused of violating banking secrecy. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The prosecutor said that the protection of journali...

A phase of strong growth in meat substitute products is over, according to the CEO of Swiss food producer Bell Food Group. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Sales of Bell's meat substitute range are only growing by 0-1% per ...

Switzerland has extradited a suspected espionage agent to Germany, more than seven months after his arrest. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The suspect was brought before the investigating judge at the Federal Court of Jus...

Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai will be in Lausanne on January 17. He will attend the premiere of the film Silent Friend by Ildikó Enyedi in which he stars alongside Swiss actor Luna Wedler. Leung Chiu-wai's presence was communicated by the Swis...

More than a quarter of all deaths among Swiss residents last year were due to cardiovascular disease. Overall, cardiovascular disease remains the most frequent cause of death among women. According to federal statistics on causes of death published o...

Jacques Baud is to appeal to the European Union (EU) against the sanctions imposed on him in connection with the war in Ukraine. The former agent of the Swiss Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) is accused of serving pro-Russian propaganda. His lawyer...

Citizens will decide whether Switzerland will join the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). A citizens' committee submitted more than 135,000 signatures to the Federal Chancellery in Bern on Tuesday. The TPNW came into ...

The largest Swiss banks have advertised few jobs, while the number of unemployed people who previously worked in the banking sector is rising sharply. The 10 largest Swiss banks currently have 505 job advertisements on their websites. Compared to the...

Black Friday has clearly lost its lustre for the Swiss retail trade who lost CHF100 million (about $127 million). Consumers have given retailers the cold shoulder this year. According to a recent study by the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (GDI), this...

In April 2029, a camera from the University of Bern will help to analyse the asteroid Apophis which will pass close to Earth. The information obtained should help to improve measures against asteroid impacts. On April 13, 2029, Apophis will pass the ...