Long queues have formed outside the Serbian Consulate and the Kongresshaus in Zurich ahead of Sunday’s upcoming elections in Serbia and Brazil. Initial results for both countries are expected late this evening and overnight. Many Brazilians living ...

The European Union has extended the sanctions against Jacques Baud, a former colonel in the Swiss Army General Staff, who is accused of spreading pro-Russian propaganda, until October 9, 2027. He remains subject to an asset freeze and travel restrict...

Ernst Tanner, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Lindt & Sprüngli, has no intention of stepping down in the current difficult situation. “I am convinced that I can make a significant contribution to getting the company back on track,” he told...

Data security breaches in Switzerland have surged in 2026, with the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC), Adrian Lobsiger, reporting 455 incidents so far this year. There were 343 such incidents throughout 2025. However, the a...

The Swiss are overwhelmingly in favour of a direct train service to London. A survey confirms widespread support for this rail link, which is seen as essential for competing with air travel and reducing the impact on the climate. The introduction of ...

From 3 am on Sundat, standard time will once again be in force in Switzerland and most European countries. Clocks will be set back by one hour. Night owls will therefore have an extra hour to go out on the night from Saturday to Sunday. In Europe, su...

Around 16 kilometres of rivers in the Jura were the subject of rescue fishing operations during this summer’s drought. Nearly 9,600 fish, including 6,500 trout, were caught and then relocated to suitable sections of the main watercourse within the ...

Following the cyberattack on PK Softech, a software provider for several Swiss pension funds, the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner has launched a formal investigation. Where there are indications of a possible breach of data prote...

During the serious riots in France, a shop belonging to the Swiss watchmaker Breitling in Marseille was also vandalised. The financial extent of the damage cannot yet be quantified, said CEO Georges Kern in an interview with Tamedia. The police first...

In view of the situation in the Middle East and its uncertain future, Swiss has decided to extend the suspension of its flights to Dubai until November 25, 2026. These services were originally due to resume on October 27. "The passengers affected wil...

Winter is making itself felt in the Alps, forcing the early closure of major mountain roads. The Swiss Touring Club (TCS) reports on its traffic information portal that the Gotthard and San Bernardino passes are already closed to traffic. Rainfall an...

The landscape around Welschenrohr in the Swiss canton of Solothurn generally offers suitable living conditions for bison. This is the conclusion reached by the Wisent Thal association in a report. The trial period involving animals in an enclosure la...

Sunrise is cutting 358 jobs as part of a reorganisation of its business model. The second-largest Swiss telecoms group had originally considered cutting up to 450 jobs. Sunrise announced on Friday that, thanks to proposals from the employee represent...

Seven men and one woman have put themselves forward as candidates to replace Guy Parmelin in the governing Federal Council. The Swiss People's Party's nomination committee announced the candidates after the deadline had passed at noon on Friday. Two ...

The patient is the wife of a Swiss employee at the embassy in Abuja, Nigeria. The Swiss foreign ministry has confirmed that a Swiss woman has contracted Ebola. Reports to this effect by the Reuters news agency were accurate. The patient is the wife o...

A significant proportion of the Swiss population finds it difficult to spend less than a third of gross household income on accommodation. According to a representative survey commissioned by the online comparison service Comparis, 16% of those surve...

Following criticism of the alleged fixed price for the F-35 fighter jets, the governing Federal Council has accepted six out of seven recommendations made by the parliamentary oversight body. At the same time, it has rejected the accusation that the ...

Population growth is slowing down and, driven by high rents and a persistent housing shortage, is shifting from major cities towards the outskirts of urban areas. This is the conclusion reached by an analysis by UBS published on Friday. Driven by str...

Zenith, a watch brand based in Le Locle and owned by the French luxury giant LVMH, has launched a consultation process with its staff in view of a possible mass layoff. A company spokesperson confirmed the news published in the Le Temps newspaper, st...

Technology in sport represents a significant sector of the Swiss economy, with over 400 companies generating an estimated turnover of CHF8 billion ($9.6 billion) accounting for around 17,000 full-time jobs. The sector’s scale is comparable to that ...

Roche's chief executive officer has lambasted Europe’s lack of pharmaceutical innovation and support for the industry, which he said deprive patients of access to the latest medicines. “The US and Asia really play to win, and I feel Europe is mor...

After a few months in which the Swiss franc was not in particularly high demand, it has recently been rising sharply once again. This is primarily due to the weakness of the euro. Political developments in France are weighing on the single currency. ...

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis welcomed his Finnish counterpart, Elina Valtonen, to Bern on Thursday. Their working lunch focused on security in Europe, the situation in Ukraine and the role of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in...

A research team at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich has created robots with real muscles. They can jump, swim, walk and grasp objects. Until now, muscle tissue grown in the laboratory often contracted so weakly that movements were...

At Roche, the headwinds from currency fluctuations have eased somewhat after nine months. The third quarter, in particular, brought some relief thanks to a weaker Swiss franc. On Thursday, the pharmaceutical group confirmed its previous targets for t...

Swiss firm Nestlé along with Coca-Cola and Danone are amending their recycling claims on plastic bottles. This comes after discussions with the European Commission and EU consumer protection authorities. The aim is to correct misleading statements r...

The Zurich Cantonal Council’s Supervisory Commission for Education and Health (ABG) has criticised the university, or rather its management. It claims that there are people in management positions who are not suited to the role. Normally, the appro...

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Switzerland must pay former prisoner Brian Keller CHF5,000 ($6,095) in compensation for procedural irregularities. The court did not address the complaints regarding the conditions of detention. The j...

Burglaries are soaring in Switzerland. Thieves are particularly active during the winter months and in French-speaking Switzerland, with the cost per incident reaching record levels, according to an analysis by the Swiss insurance company AXA. Since ...

New rules are coming into force in Switzerland on November 1 that concern the transmission of air passenger data and Schengen personal data, as well as the modernisation of identity documents. AVIATION SECURITY: Airlines will be required to submit de...