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...

During the night from Thursday to Friday, Switzerland once again experienced a tropical night in many regions. The Basel region recorded the highest temperatures, following the 38 degrees Celcius reached during the day on Thursday in Binningen. At th...

Swiss private equity firm Partners Group is to build a luxury apartment tower in Miami, Florida, on behalf of the watch brand Breitling. The Zug-based group will invest $220 million on behalf of its clients in this property development, equivalent to...

Swiss voters will decide on nationwide fireworks restrictions following the rejection of a counter-proposal in parliament. The initiative committee decided to go ahead with a nationwide vote on Friday. The popular initiative “For a restriction on f...

Swiss watch maker Swatch is seeking $170 million in damages in a trademark dispute against the South Korean technology giant Samsung, as reported by the Financial Times. The legal dispute in London, which has been ongoing for years, concerns 26 digit...

A heat record that had stood for almost 80 years in Switzerland has been broken. On Thursday, shortly before 3 pm, temperatures exceeded 37.0 degrees at no fewer than four monitoring stations. This is the highest temperature ever recorded in Switzerl...

Faced with US tariffs, sluggish global growth and geopolitical tensions, the Swiss economy is holding up well and is expected to continue to do so, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Domestic demand, zero interest rate and recent wag...

Switzerland faces multiple and growing threats including espionage, cyberattacks and terrorism. Russia is regarded as the most immediate threat, according to a statement issued on Thursday by the Swiss Federal Intelligence Service (SRC). The internat...

Switzerland will send emergency aid to Venezuela, which has been hit by two powerful earthquakes that have claimed the lives of at least 160 people. The Swiss plan to deploy a team of 80 rescue workers, eight search dogs and 18 tonnes of equipment. T...

All parties have lodged an appeal following the conviction of a family of Serbian origin for human trafficking in the Bernese Oberland. The three defendants are accused of having lured women from their home country to Switzerland over a period of sev...

Switzerland's net migration figure for the European Union and European Free Trade Association stood at 50,900 people, according to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). This figure is down on the previous three years. However, the number...

New figures from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) show that full-time workers in Switzerland earned significantly more in 2025. The median salary was higher than in the 2024 survey. Anyone who had a full-time job in Switzerland last year ea...

The powerful earthquakes in Venezuela were detectable as far away as Switzerland. The Swiss Seismological Service’s seismometers registered the tremors, the service said in response to an enquiry from the Keystone-SDA news agency. The two powerful ...

It was a record-breaking day on the Swiss stock market on Wednesday. The benchmark SMI index climbed above the 14,000-point mark during a rally and, in the early afternoon, broke the all-time high set in February. In a market with little news, it was...

The Swiss Competition Commission (Comco) is expanding an investigation launched in 2020 into possible bid-rigging cartels in the construction sector in the Italian-speaking region of Moesa, in the canton of Graubünden. Nine companies are now under i...

Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has experienced a number of disruptions to the railway infrastructure and rolling stock caused by the heat. This includes overheating of traction motors or faults in air-conditioning systems. According to a statement issu...

According to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a technical working meeting between the US and Iran is planned for June 29-30 in Switzerland. The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in Bern has not confirmed this. Rubio announced the latest meeting...

Switzerland has qualified for the round of 32 at the World Cup as group winners. The Swiss national team beat co-host country Canada 2–1 in Vancouver on Wednesday. The Swiss goals came early in the second half, scored by Ruben Vargas (46’) and Jo...

On Wednesday, the River Aare in Bern set a new June record, reaching its highest temperature ever recorded for the month. At 5pm, official figures put the Aare’s temperature at Marzilibad at 23.4°C — above the previous June record of 22.79°C, s...

Following criticism, the Federal Council has scaled back a planned increase in the VAT rate to fund the armed forces. It proposes 0.5% rather than 0.8% as originally planned; this would remain in force for 12 years, not 10. The standard rate (for the...

Switzerland plans a full withdrawal from development programmes in Latin America. The Federal Council on Wednesday outlined its 2029–2032 international cooperation strategy. With federal finances under pressure, the focus will shift toward humanita...

Further cuts to the federal budget will not be needed in 2027, Switzerland's Federal Council (executive body) said on Wednesday. It announced that revenue is CHF1.8 billion ($2.2 billion) higher than had been estimated in February. But the 2027–202...

The heatwave danger level was raised from 3 to 4 across much of canton Ticino on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the high-risk zone (level 4) already extended across the central Swiss Plateau region and French-speaking Switzerland. The level‑4 heatwave warn...

Swiss men will be required to serve in the security sector, whether in the armed forces or in disaster response. In response to a request from Parliament, the federal government decided on Wednesday to merge civil defence and civilian service. The ai...

The electricity agreement between Switzerland and the European Union has cleared its first hurdle in the Swiss Parliament. The Senate's Energy Committee decided to proceed with the bill by 6 votes to 4, with 3 abstentions. The agreement forms part of...