Alois Zwinggi, director of the World Economic Forum (WEF), has declared his support for Davos in eastern Switzerland. In an interview with Tamedia published on Friday, he admitted that work needed to be done to convince some locals. +Get the most imp...

Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter met her US counterpart, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in Washington on Thursday. In a “productive exchange” they discussed “the possibilities for better cooperation”, Keller-Sutter said. +Get the...

Switzerland and China want to resolve the problem of United States tariffs through dialogue. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox These were the words of Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis following a meeting with his Chine...

The number of Swiss vacationers to the United States fell sharply in February and March. The decline was particularly pronounced among young people and families, according to US government data. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your ...

Switzerland's first removable solar power facility on a railway line has been inaugurated in the canton of Neuchâtel. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Passenger trains will be travelling over a photovoltaic installation t...

After reaching a low point at the end of 2024, the Swiss job market showed the first signs of a slight recovery in the first quarter. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The opportunities for career starters are particularly ...

The Swiss canton of Basel City is making sustainability a top priority ahead of hosting the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) and the European Women's football championships. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Fort example, a la...

The mood among employees in Switzerland is increasingly gloomy, according to a survey conducted by the consulting firm Gallup. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Only 45% of surveyed workers said they were satisfied and conf...

Switzerland's dioceses are making arrangements for the faithful to attend the Pope's funeral on Saturday. Several public screenings are planned across the country. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The funeral will be broad...

More tenants are evicted in Zurich than anywhere else in Switzerland, research from the federal technology institute ETH Zurich reveals. This particularly affects older people on low incomes, who are being forced out of their homes. + Get the most im...

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) suffered a fall in net profit in the first three months of the year, due to the poor performance of its foreign currency investments, which the rise in the value of gold was unable to offset. + Get the most important new...

Participation in the EU education programme Erasmus+ will cost Switzerland three times more than current spending if it joins from 2027. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox However, the European programme offers a greater num...

Countries like Switzerland and Sweden often top the charts for gender equality. But a new study from the University of Bern reveals that men in these nations face significant pressure to maintain their high social status. + Get the most important new...

Ivorian opposition politician and former CEO of Credit Suisse Tidjane Thiam has been barred from running in the October presidential election due to a court ruling on his nationality. He told AFP on Wednesday that his party would not replace him. + G...

Swiss and French pharmaceutical companies Novartis and Sanofi are pushing for higher medicine prices in Europe. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In an open letter published on Wednesday in the UK’s Financial Times, they ...

During a routine inspection, the Federal Customs and Border Security Office discovered 30 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a car. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Two men have been reported to the public prosecutor’s offic...

Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche has secured CE mark for its chest pain triage algorithm, aimed at enhancing the detection of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The test is designed to help A...

Switzerland adopted further Russia sanctions imposed by the European Union including widening an advertising ban on media organisations, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) said in a statement. Swiss companies are now forbidden to adver...

Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter has confirmed on X that she will attend Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday morning. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox “I will be travelling to Rome to represent Switzerland at Pope Fr...

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is reportedly investigating its founder, Klaus Schwab, according to the Wall Street Journal. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Schwab announced his immediate resignation as WEF chairman on Eas...

The WHO’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Tuesday that US budget cuts are putting the UN agency in financial trouble, forcing it to scale back operations and lay off staff. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in you...

On Tuesday, Economics Minister Guy Parmelin met with Swiss business leaders in Washington during the IMF and World Bank’s spring meeting. The IMF also announced it expects Switzerland’s GDP to grow by 0.9% this year. + Get the most important news...

On Monday, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the ACES set of atomic clocks. It will be docked to the International Space Station (ISS) to measure the effect of gravity on the passage of time. Switzerland was involved in the atomic clocks. + Ge...

The swearing-in ceremony of the Pontifical Swiss Guard, which usually takes place on May 6 each year, has been postponed to a date to be announced next autumn. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox “In these days of grief and...

Bern-based injection device manufacturer Ypsomed announced on Tuesday that it was selling its diabetes-related activities to another Swiss company TecMed. The transaction is worth CHF420 million ($517 million). + Get the most important news from Swit...

The heavy snowfall that covered much of canton Valais in southern Switzerland at the end of last week is still wreaking havoc on the canton. An avalanche is still preventing all traffic through the Great St Bernard tunnel. + Get the most important ne...

Swiss writer and former professor of German literature Peter von Matt died on Monday in Zurich at the age of 87, following a long illness. Von Matt’s family informed the German press agency dpa of the news on Tuesday. + Get the most important news ...

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has spoken with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi about the current dialogue between the US and Iran. This was confirmed by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) on Monday. + Get the most importan...

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis called for cohesion and dialogue at the opening of the Swiss National Day at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, on Tuesday. The motto of the world expo, “Designing Future Society for Our Lives”, is more important tha...

The “142” emergency number, which aims to help victims of domestic violence, will not be operational until May 2026. Its launch, initially planned for November 2025, has been postponed. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox...