Unlike during the 1973 oil crisis, Switzerland is not threatened by a recession despite rising energy prices and the tense situation in the Middle East. Even if oil prices remain high, the economy should continue to grow in 2026. +Get the most import...

The association FIZ Advocacy and Support for Migrant Women and Victims of Trafficking registered 228 people in its victim protection programme last year. In 65 cases, special safe accommodation was used. People in need of protection increased by 20 c...

Switzerland is taking part for the first time as a member of a meeting of the international coalition for the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia. So far, it has only participated as an observer. “Switzerland has formally notified Ukrai...

Travellers are being asked to check their cars and luggage for the invasive beetle when returning from certain areas in Switzerland and abroad. The Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) announced on Monday that it is launching a campaign to raise awa...

Plans for a direct Switzerland–London train link moved a step closer after Swiss Federal Railways signed a memorandum of understanding with France’s SNCF and high-speed operator Eurostar. The letter of intent that has now been signed is an import...

There have never been as many people in Swiss police custody as at the beginning of 2026. At the same time, the number of short, unsuspended custodial sentences fell to an all-time low. As of January 31, 2026, the number of detainees in Swiss prisons...

Axpo chair Thomas Sieber supports building three to four gas-fired power plants to safeguard Switzerland’s electricity supply, favouring a mix of hydropower, other renewables and gas. Gas-fired power plants have major advantages because they can be...

Several hundred people gathered on Sunday at Europaplatz in Zurich to show their solidarity with those suffering from myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome. The organisers of the event are calling for improvements in diagn...

The director of the University Hospital Zurich (USZ), Monika Jänicke, expressed in an interview her gratitude to the informant who initiated investigations into the irregularities found at the heart surgery clinic. +Get the most important news from ...

The airline SWISS has extended its cost-saving measures to ground staff. “The aim is to reduce our administrative staff by around 10%,” said Jens Fehlinger, CEO of SWISS, in an interview with the newspaper NZZ am Sonntag. +Get the most important ...

Exactly 25 years ago on Saturday, Switzerland’s first baby hatch opened at Einsiedeln Hospital in canton Schwyz. Since then, 31 newborns have been left anonymously at eight locations in the country, said the Swiss Organisation for Mother and Child....

Swiss foreign minister Ignazio Cassis was the guest of honour at the general assembly of the non-partisan organisation European Movement Switzerland on Saturday. In his speech, Cassis supported the importance of a “stable” partnership with the Eu...

A Swiss national is among the crew onboard the cruise ship Hondius, which has been affected by an outbreak of the hantavirus. The man has no symptoms but is a contact case, said the director of the Federal Office of Public Health. +Get the most impor...

In recent weeks, feminine hygiene products have been disappearing from Swiss supermarket shelves, as several retailers negotiate prices with American giant Procter & Gamble (P&G), the manufacturer of brands including Tampax, Always and Gillette. +Get...

Séverine Chavrier, director of the Swiss theatre Comédie de Genève since 2023, has been dismissed. The Fondation d'art dramatique (dramatic arts foundation) said on Friday that it was ending its working relationship as controversy swirls around Ch...

A bilateral Franco-Swiss working meeting was held in Geneva on Friday evening. Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis met his French counterpart Jean-Noël Barrot. Discussions included the organisation of the G7 summit in Evian next June. +Get the most impo...

A Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) plane that made an unscheduled stop in Kazakhstan last Wednesday arrived back in Zurich on Friday morning with 221 passengers on board. The aircraft was forced to land in the central Asian country because of a ...

The conclusion of a trade agreement between Switzerland and the United States remains the Federal Council's top priority, regardless of Thursday's US court ruling that President Trump's tariffs are illegal. +Get the most important news from Switzerla...

Switzerland is planning to step up its fight against domestic violence by introducing round‑the‑clock, real‑time electronic monitoring of perpetrators, 24 heures and Tribune de Genève reported. Canton Vaud is set to launch a pilot project in t...

Most people in Switzerland are considered middle class, yet financial insecurity is common: roughly one in four people in the lower middle class could not meet an unexpected CHF2,500 bill ($3,200), according to the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). +...

Solar Impulse 2, a solar‑powered aircraft built in Switzerland that completed a landmark round‑the‑world flight in 2016, has been destroyed after crashing in the Gulf of Mexico. No one was on board. +Get the most important news from Switzerland...

A planned reform of unemployment insurance rules for European Union cross‑border workers could prove costly for Switzerland. According to estimates by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the change could result in additional annual c...

Swiss consumer confidence edged up in April, but economic expectations remain cautious and job insecurity elevated amid persistently high prices. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In April, the overall consumer confidence in...

Swiss glaciers received little snow this winter, with sizeable deficits in the Upper Valais, Ticino and Graubünden regions – a shortfall that could accelerate glacier melt this summer. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A ...

Only one Swiss national remains hospitalised abroad in connection with the Crans-Montana fire tragedy. He will be able to return to Switzerland next week. A total of 41 people died in the disaster, and 115 were injured; 38 remain in hospital or are r...

The Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO) says further cases of hantavirus are possible beyond the handful recently confirmed but insists this is “not the start of an epidemic”. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox S...

The war in the Middle East will lead to a "moderate decline" in overnight hotel stays this year, warns Switzerland Tourism. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox However, the industry's promotional organisation is expecting stab...

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche is expanding in the field of digital pathology with an agreement to acquire United States firm PathAI. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox With this acquisition, Roche aims to expand its positi...

Monaco's financial markets watchdog has fined UBS €6 million for "numerous serious breaches" in money laundering and terrorist financing controls. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "The number and repetition of these short...

More people received transplants in Switzerland in 2025 thanks to a record number of imported organs. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Last year, 185 deceased people in Switzerland donated their organs, according to the ann...