The Swiss parliament wants murder to be one of the crimes for which there is no statute of limitations. After the Senate, the House of Representatives also voted in favour of this motion on Tuesday. The Swiss canton of St. Gallen provided the impetus...

Parliament has decided that Switzerland must continue to authorise international adoptions. The House of Representative is adamant about maintaining international adoptions. It refused to give the government the choice between a ban and a better regu...

A new popular initiative wants to hold tech giants to account. Proponents want Big Tech to take stronger action against illegal content such as child abuse, fraud and disinformation. The text of the initiative was published in the Federal Gazette on ...

In 2025, 1,421 people made use of Exit Switzerland's services in the German and Italian-speaking parts of the country. This is higher than in 2024, when 1,235 cases of assisted suicide were registered. + Get the most important news from Switzerland i...

On Monday, Swiss officials commemorated the 550th anniversary of the battle of Grandson, which saw the Confederates defeat the army of the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, on March 2, 1476. To mark the occasion, the castle was reopened to the publ...

On the first day of the spring parliamentary session, the House of Representatives held a minute's silence in memory of the victims of the New Year's fire in Crans-Montana. It is parliament's duty to "never forget" the disaster, said the president of...

Over 4,000 travellers from Switzerland are currently stranded in the Middle East, the foreign ministry said on Monday. So far the ministry has ruled out repatriation assistance. Because several countries have closed their airspace, the Swiss foreign ...

Swiss President Guy Parmelin and the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, signed a package of accords in Brussels on Monday. The accords are meant to consolidate and strengthen relations between the two partners. + Get the most...

Students along with teaching and research staff "continue to categorically reject" the Swiss government's plans to cut subsidies for the education and research sector. Their associations and trade unions are calling for any budget cuts to be abandone...

The war in the Middle East is leading to losses on the world's major stock exchanges at the start of the week. However, the Swiss Market Index (SMI) did not fall quite as sharply in early trading as its key European counterparts. + Get the most impor...

A new analysis shows that pandemics and power shortages pose the greatest risks to Switzerland. Earthquakes and heat waves are also among significant dangers, officials say. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Federal Off...

Switzerland has moved up one place to 20th in a ranking of equality in the workplace, but its situation is stagnating. The pay gap between men and women has widened to 17.4% and the proportion of women working full-time has fallen, according to the P...

Swiss President Guy Parmelin has expressed "deep concern" over the ongoing escalation in the Middle East, "a region where I was so warmly welcomed last month", he said in a statement on X. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox ...

Beekeeping and environmental organisations want to enshrine the protection of bees and other pollinating insects in the constitution. They consider current measures to be insufficient in the face of the decline in these essential species. BienenSchwe...

The demand for firefighting products has risen sharply in Switzerland in January and February. Fire blankets, fire extinguishers and smoke detectors are particularly in demand. A survey conducted by the Keystone-SDA news agency among suppliers of fir...

Around 200 people demonstrated in favour of overthrowing the Iranian regime outside the Iranian embassy in Bern on Saturday. "Free Iran" was written on one of the banners, as reported by a correspondent for the Keystone-SDA news agency. Pictures of t...

The Swiss foreign ministry is not aware of any Swiss nationals who have been injured or killed in the region since the attacks by the US and Israel against Iran. However, several people are unable to leave the country due to air traffic restrictions....

The president of the ICRC, Mirjana Spoljaric, has called for restraint and de-escalation in Afghanistan and Pakistan following clashes. On Friday in Geneva, she called on the two countries to protect civilians, the wounded and those hors de combat. "...

The Swiss government wants to make it compulsory for women to attend the orientation day for the army and civil defence. In this way, it hopes to attract more women into voluntary service. While left-wing parties reject the obligation, it is welcomed...

After Iran was attacked by the US and Israel on Saturday, Swiss International Airlines will no longer be flying to Israel until March 7. As many airspaces are closed, the airline also cancelled its Saturday and Sunday flights to Dubai. A total of 14 ...

Swiss data centres and server rooms have the potential to improve energy efficiency by 46% if technology and operations are systematically optimised. According to the Swiss Energy Platform of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy, savings are possible t...

Two people died and several others were injured in a tram accident in Milan on Friday afternoon. The derailed tram was manufactured by Swiss firm Stadler Rail. "We confirm that the tragic accident in Milan involved a Tramlink Milano vehicle," a Stadl...

Switzerland has already slightly reduced the number of staff working at the embassy in Iran in recent days. However, the representation remains in operation. The Swiss embassy staff has been reduced from 14 to 10 people in recent days, the foreign mi...

Following the escalation in the Middle East on Saturday night, the Swiss government advises against travelling to Israel. The same advice has been in place for Iran for some time. After the Israeli government declared a state of emergency and closed ...

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has ordered the liquidation of MBaer Merchant Bank, which has been labelled a money laundering risk by the United States. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The superv...

The Swiss canton of Aargau has rejected a blanket ban on headscarves and other religious symbols in primary schools. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Legal hurdles, constitutional concerns and a Supreme Court ruling are th...

Humans have significantly shaped the dog brain through domestication, according to a study led by the Natural History Museum Bern. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Swiss study is the first of its kind comparing the neu...

An initiative to protect Swiss food from genetically modified organisms (GMOs), backed by 137,000 supporters, has been submitted to the Federal Chancellery in Bern. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Food Protection Init...

At a meeting with the economic ministers of German-speaking countries in Zurich on Friday, Swiss president Guy Parmelin urged trade cooperation on the continent. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox European measures should no...

Swiss prosecutors have brought charges against a former Swiss Federal Railways employee and four other people accused of committing a CHF5 million fraud. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Charges from the Office of the Atto...