Semi-automatic rifles with large magazines have been banned in Switzerland since a change in the law in 2019. However, with a special permit, sports shooters and collectors can still obtain them. Cantonal authorities are issuing many such permits, re...

A new helpline for victims of digital violence in German-speaking Switzerland is set to go live at the end of October. According to its founders, the platform, called hatehelp, will serve as a dedicated point of contact for tackling online hate. The ...

Swiss commercial fishers have launched a new label to identify wild fish from the country’s lakes. The “Swiss Wild Fish” label is intended to guarantee the product’s origin, traceability and quality. Swiss professional fishers' associations a...

The Beloved Foundation, which provides support to victims of the New Year’s Day fire in the Swiss town of Crans-Montana, has so far received around 70 applications. Some have been approved, whilst others are still being processed, said its director...

The grand opening ceremony for the new Saint-Antoine archaeological site (SaSA) delighted the public on Saturday in Geneva. Located beneath the Théodelinde Esplanade, this space, covering nearly 1,000m², showcases exceptional remains spanning two m...

The Valais cantonal government has rejected an appeal by the operator of the Rhône Glacier ice cave against an order that it restore the site and cease tourist operations. The attraction had been the subject of controversy for several years. This tu...

The canton of Valais has applied to the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) for authorisation to cull two wolf packs in their entirety: those in Augstbord and the Nanz Valley. This measure follows the death of 219 farm animals this summer. The ...

The Swiss Centre Party has launched its campaign for the 2027 federal elections. At its delegates’ assembly on Saturday in canton Fribourg, the party set out its ambition to secure a second seat on the Federal Council. "We want to become strong eno...

An estimated 300 people took part in a memorial march at the Schachen in Aarau, northern Switzerland, on Friday evening to remember victims of the shooting rampage at a rave last weekend. The event, arranged by the rave organisers, included a minute�...

Following the devastating floods in Nepal, Switzerland is doubling its aid to $2 million (CHF1.61 million). In addition, three experts are to travel to the country to assist with reconstruction and support disaster preparedness. Until now, the Swiss ...

The heatwaves and prolonged drought in Switzerland this summer are having a profound impact on the agricultural sector. With harvests decimated and production costs soaring due to the need for supplementary irrigation, the economic consequences are n...

The “temporary containment measures” put in place following the anti-G7 demonstration on June 14 in Geneva are deemed lawful, at least until the area was completely sealed off at 9.29pm. These are the conclusions reached by the Cantonal Departmen...

Switzerland's sole refinery in Cressier is no longer operational due to technical problems. But Bern insists that the supply of petroleum products in Switzerland remains secure. To cope with any temporary difficulties, it will be possible to draw on ...

Swiss suppliers to the automotive sector are expected, for the time being, to escape the worst of the major restructuring announced by the German giant Volkswagen. The Bern-based manufacturer Feintool, however, could be more exposed than other compan...

In 2025, 274 deaths of infants under one year of age and 363 stillbirths were recorded in Switzerland. Both infant mortality and stillbirths rose compared with the previous year. According to a survey published on Friday by the Federal Statistical Of...

The Federal Supreme Court has dismissed a complaint against Swiss public broadcaster SRF coverage of Gaza war protests at universities in 2024. In December 2024, the Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television (UBI) found that the princ...

A Swiss Senate committee has recommended that the parliamentary chamber votes in favour of a new treaty with the European Union. A clear majority of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee supported the content of the new Bilateral Agreements III, which...

More data has been seized from another property connected to a former Swiss local politician accused of committing a string of serious sexual offences against women and children. The public prosecutor’s office in the northern Swiss town of Baden, c...

A Swiss research project to test soil quality with buried underpants has been awarded an Ig Nobel Prize for entertaining, yet serious, science. More than a thousand people from all over Switzerland took part in the ‘Underpants as Evidence’ projec...

A severe storm on August 28 resulted in Swiss International Air Lines cancelling 125 flights. This affected a total of 15,572 passengers, as a SWISS spokesperson told the AWP news agency. “This figure includes not only flights that were cancelled o...

A Swiss regional court has acquitted all five defendants of manslaughter in connection with a fatal rockslide in Bondo in 2017. Parliamentarian Anna Giacometti was one of the five cleared of all charges. + Alpine debris flows becoming more intense an...

Swiss banks are recruiting fewer staff, according to analysis of job vacancies published on the websites of the country’s ten leading banks. Overall, in August, the number of job adverts fell by 10% (to 524) compared with July, according to a surve...

Attempts by the Swiss army to order Patriot air missile systems via Germany have broken down, according to research by Swiss public broadcaster SRF. The proposed German deal was set up to mitigate mounting delays and costs of ordering the systems dir...

This summer’s heatwave led to the worst potato harvest in Switzerland since records began. To make up for this, 130,000 tonnes of potatoes had to be imported. This year, Swiss farmers harvested just 333,000 tonnes of potatoes, the industry umbrella...

A public-sector union is launching a petition to halt the outsourcing of jobs abroad by Swiss Post and Swisscom. The campaign, launched by the union Transfair, is urging the Swiss government and parliament to take action to put a stop to what it cons...

On Thursday in Fribourg, France and Switzerland celebrated the inclusion of the 1516 "Eternal Peace" treaty in UNESCO’s international Memory of the World Register. The official ceremony took place in the presence of the President of the Swiss Confe...

The damage caused in Switzerland by a storm at the end of August is likely to prove very costly. According to initial estimates by insurers, it will be at least in the three-digit million range, a survey carried out by the AWP news agency shows. The ...

Geneva Airport, the operator of the international airfield at Cointrin, generates CHF3.3 billion ($4.08 billion) in added value and provides nearly 22,000 jobs, a new study shows. The airport's chief executive intends to continue strengthening air co...

The Swiss economy grew by 1.5% in the second quarter of the year, compared with the previous quarter, according to the second estimate published on Thursday by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). This figure, adjusted for sporting even...

For the first time in their history, the Ig Nobel Prizes are being awarded outside the United States. On Thursday evening, Zurich’s Kongresshaus will be the venue for one of the world’s most unusual scientific events. The awards recognise researc...