Swiss engineering and technology firm ABB is setting up a joint venture with Mitsubishi Electric for low-voltage products in the Asia-Pacific region. The industrial group is acquiring a 51% majority stake in the joint venture for the equivalent of ar...

Drought and environmental pollution are posing an increasing threat to the Swiss population’s drinking water supply, according to experts. In the search for solutions, numerous experts in wastewater and water protection are meeting in Zurich with r...

The Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche has acquired the rights to a portfolio of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) developed by its Chinese competitor Hansoh Pharma, for $510 million (CHF420 million). The transaction consists of an initial instalment o...

In recent years, the Swiss army has considered collaborating with Palantir five times but rejected overtures from the controversial United States technology company each time. This is shown by research conducted by the online magazine Republik and th...

The Reformed Church of the Swiss canton of Zurich has apologised after admitting it failed to investigate reports of sexual assault by a minister properly. The incidents occurred between 1992 and 2006. The church leadership is said not to have fulfil...

Zurich is to have an international commercial court after the cantonal council voted in favour of the proposal. The Swiss canton had already sought to introduce such a court six years ago. The Swiss People's Party did not wish to consider the motion,...

Securitas, a Swiss company operating in the security services market, is alleged to have forced employees to work many excessively long shifts for years. Some experts have told the Swiss public broadcaster SRF that the group’s practices constitute ...

Researchers at the Swiss federal institute of technology ETH Zurich are testing a radar drone to accurately measure and predict landslides before they happen. The permafrost is thawing, which means monitoring the Alpine region to predict landslides a...

Partners Group co-founder Alfred Gantner is calling for Swiss companies that hire foreign workers to be taxed and for the resulting revenues to be distributed among the population as way to reform the country’s immigration system. In an interview w...

According to Greenpeace, at the current rate, the global marine conservation target will not be achieved for another 265 years. The Swiss-based environmental organisation is calling for more protected areas as the UN Conference on Biological Diversit...

Swiss trading group DKSH is expanding in the healthcare sector through an acquisition in the Middle East and North Africa. Its Healthcare division is acquiring Newbridge Pharmaceuticals, a Dubai-based distributor of specialist medicines. The purchase...

Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli has parted ways with CEO, Adalbert Lechner, following two profit warnings within a year. The board of directors believes new leadership is needed to put the company back on track for growth. Former group...

Riots broke out in Bern during an unauthorised demonstration on Saturday night. Emergency services were attacked with fireworks and dangerous objects. The police used rubber pellets and rubber bullets. No one was injured. The Bern Cantonal Police rep...

Due to the summer heatwave, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has recorded nearly 100 cases of track warping and compression deformation. In response to the exceptional heat of summer 2026, the company set up a working group. When asked about this, SBB co...

Next year, 46,000 Ukrainian refugees in Switzerland will be eligible to receive social assistance for the first time. The federal government now wants to allow the cantons to decide for themselves on the level of these payments. Local authorities con...

This summer’s drought has severely impacted the truffle season. The truffles are smaller than usual and scarce in the forests of canton Vaud, which has driven up prices. At the truffle market in the region La Côte, for example, the price per kilog...

A James Bond fan and gun collector from the canton of Solothurn has been refused a silencer. His love of the films was not deemed sufficient grounds for an exemption. The man wanted to fit his Walther PPK pistol – familiar from the James Bond films...

The earth shook during the night in Linthal in canton Glarus leading into Sunday with a magnitude of around 4.0 on the Richter scale. This earthquake is likely to have been felt throughout Switzerland, according to the Swiss Seismological Service at ...

The world’s largest pink Carac was made by a Neuchâtel-based confectioner as part of the Pink October campaign to raise awareness of breast cancer. Around 200 people, most of them dressed in pink, turned out on Saturday in Neuchâtel to enjoy a sl...

Stadler Rail has achieved a world's first: a narrow-gauge hydrogen-powered train. The train is intended for use in Sardinia and is currently being tested on a dedicated test track built in Switzerland. Regional transport in southern Italy is partly c...

Switzerland is preparing a bid to host the 2038 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Following approval by the Swiss House of Representatives, the relevant committee of the Senate has backed the proposal, which provides for federal financial support ...

US President Donald Trump has once again been invited to the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos in January. “All the heads of state of the G20 countries already have the invitation on their desks,” Alois Zwinggi, the Forum’s pre...

Some 114,000 children in Switzerland are affected by poverty in Switzerland and another 315,000 children are at risk of poverty. Children from single-parent households and large families are particularly at risk. The Swiss Network for Children’s Ri...

Researchers at the Swiss federal insitute of technology ETH Zurich will be able to monitor changes on Earth from a newly opened Swiss Geolab. The facility will analyses data on landslides and crops from its home in canton Lucerne. The establishment o...

The Swiss canton of St Gallen has unveiled new drones for speed enforcement on the mountain pass road to Hulftegg, between Toggenburg and the Tösstal valley in Zurich. Since the start of the year, the St Gallen cantonal police have been making targe...

The spotted Sika deer from Japan could soon be migrating to the Swiss canton of Zurich in greater numbers. This is due to a European Union directive for member states to cull the animals. In Germany and Austria, the EU decision announced in the summe...

Fuel prices in Switzerland have risen again following a brief lull. Both petrol and diesel have recently gone up by five cents per litre, according to the latest figures from Touring Club Switzerland (TCS). Accordingly, the average price of a litre o...

The United Nations and Switzerland will host a major coordination meeting in Geneva on peace initiatives for Sudan. The parties to the conflict will not be attending. A total of 27 delegations are expected at the Palais des Nations for this sixth mee...

A revision of legislation governing the Swiss postal service has drawn criticism from both the left and the right of the political spectrum during a consultation process., which concluded on Thursday. Swiss Post said it welcomed the government’s pr...

Following a cyberattack on an external software provider, personal data at the Zurich pension fund – and possibly also that of Swiss Post – was also stolen. The Swiss city of Zurich said that the pension funds and payments are still functional. O...