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...

The federal government recommends rejecting the fireworks initiative that will be voted on by the Swiss people on November 29. It argues that the cantons and municipalities already have the legal basis to restrict fireworks. The popular initiative re...

Artificial intelligence is transforming the Swiss labour market, but it is unlikely to resolve the skills shortage caused by demographic trends. Human workers remain in demand in sectors such as care, the skilled trades and transport, as a study by D...

The Federal Supreme Court has dismissed Erwin Sperisen’s appeal against his conviction for aiding and abetting murder. It thereby upheld the 14-year prison sentence imposed by the Geneva Cantonal Court in 2024. Sperisen was Director-General of the ...

Two European nationals, a Swiss woman and an Austrian woman, who were kidnapped in Niger over a year ago, have been released. They have arrived in Benghazi, in eastern Libya, a local television channel announced during the night between Wednesday and...

Nestlé gained momentum in the third quarter. The food group recorded organic growth of 4%, up from 3.7% in the previous quarter. The Swiss food and beverage giant will also deconsolidate its Russian business from its consolidated financial statement...

The Switzerland–EU bilateral deal has reached a new milestone. The House of Representative's Foreign Affairs Committee has reacted positively to the package of treaties. Following the marathon debate in the Senate during the autumn session, the EU ...

Over the course of thirty years, the plumage of Swiss barn owls has become more reddish-brown and spotted. A long-term study by the University of Lausanne interprets this as a sign of rapidly advancing evolution, as it announced on Wednesday. Accordi...

From January 1, 2027, married couples will once again be able to use a double surname in Switzerland. The government will bring this amendment to the Civil Code, which was passed by parliament, into force on that date. From next year spouses will onc...

The Swiss government remains opposed to the national poison information centre being funded solely by the public sector. It now intends to use legislative amendments to compel the pharma and chemicals industry to contribute to the funding of Tox Info...

The governing Federal Council wants to ensure a level playing field between Swiss cement and cement from abroad. To this end, a COâ‚‚ compensation levy is to be imposed on cement imports above a certain quantity. A COâ‚‚ border adjustment mechanism i...

Zurich Airport is carrying out a partial reshuffle of its senior management. Chief Operating Officer Stefan Tschudin is leaving the company in mid-2027. Chief Commercial Officer Stefan Gross is moving to India, where he will take on a leading role at...

The Gösgen nuclear power station in the Swiss canton of Solothurn was reconnected to the grid on Tuesday evening following an automatic emergency reactor shutdown. The Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (Ensi) had granted authorisation for th...

Whilst the initiatives on fireworks and tax fairness are enjoying broad support and the proposal to fund the 13th pension payments is likely to be rejected, the outcome of the vote on the War Materiel Act remains to be seen. These are the findings of...

Following a technical fault, Skyguide’s air traffic control systems are now operating normally again. Capacity has been increased to 80% and Skyguide intends to restore full capacity following a 24-hour stabilisation phase. Skyguide’s experts hav...

A large number of Tamedia employees gathered for a rally against planned redundancies at the Swiss media group. Outside the main building of the Tamedia publishing house in Zurich, media workers called for an immediate halt to redundancies. According...

A Swiss tuba player's bid to overturn a noise pollution ban has fallen on deaf ears in court. The musician failed to convince the judge to measure the noise impact of his instrument. He demanded an official measurement to define what constitutes unre...

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has approved Switzerland’s first bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). The regulator has approved the first publicly traded fund to invest directly in the cryptocurrency, emphasising that inves...

Swiss International Air Lines and its sister airline Edelweiss are expanding their summer timetables. SWISS is now flying to Toulouse and offering more flights within Europe and to Asia. The holiday airline Edelweiss is offering more flights to Flori...

Four years after a NASA probe struck the asteroid moon Dimorphos in the first planetary defence crash test, Europe’s Hera space probe is in place to measure the impact. The forensic investigation, with Swiss participation, is now underway and Heraâ...