The Graubünden Cantonal Bank (GCB) and its subsidiary BZ Bank are facing a lawsuit demanding millions in compensation for alleged breaches of duty in connection with an investment product. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox...

Safaa Odah and Jimmy "Spire" Sseetongo are this year's winners of the Prix international de dessin de presse in Geneva. The Palestinian is being honoured for her humanitarian work in the Gaza Strip, the Ugandan for his cartoons critical of the govern...

There is a "very high" risk of fuel shortages in Switzerland, according to Florence Schurch, Secretary-General of the Swiss commodities trade association Suissenégoce. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Schurch expressed he...

Jonas Lauwiner, the self-proclaimed "King of Switzerland", has won a partial victory in the dispute over his armoured car before the Bern Administrative Court. The Road Traffic Office must reassess the withdrawal of his vehicle licence and number pla...

Riots broke out on the fringes of an unauthorised demonstration in Zurich's district 4 on Saturday night. On the way to the city centre, the city police pushed the demonstration back and eventually broke it up. + Get the most important news from Swit...

The United Nations and aid organisations have documented almost 10,000 attacks on healthcare facilities and personnel in just over ten years. This assessment was published as part of the 10th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 2286. + Get ...

The Swiss government is pursuing the acquisition of an additional long-range air defence system, designed to complement US Patriot missiles. To this end, it is collecting information from four countries. + Get the most important news from Switzerland...

The Swiss food and retail industries are particularly dependent on immigration, warns Migros CEO Mario Irminger in Schweiz am Wochenende. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "Demographic change is a major issue in Switzerland...

From May 7 to 9, the public in Geneva will be invited to explore the realities of humanitarian work through events marking World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, including open days and talks. The Jet d'Eau, the city’s iconic fountain that shoots wa...

Retailers in Switzerland’s Ticino are facing growing pressure as cross-border shopping in Italy rises sharply. Estimates suggest the annual value of purchases made abroad by Ticino residents has increased from CHF500 million (approximately $550 mil...

Nearly 3,000 people marched through Geneva on Friday for International Workers' Day, as trade unions combined traditional demands on wages and working conditions with visible opposition to the upcoming G7 summit in nearby France. + Get the most impor...

Talks in Geneva on a global system for sharing viruses and vaccines during pandemics have stalled, with members of the World Health Organization agreeing late Friday to extend negotiations for another year after failing to reach consensus. + Get the ...

Swiss foreign minister Ignazio Cassis has had a telephone conversation with Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi, with Iran locked in stalemate with the United States. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The call, confirmed tod...

Pupils at a Swiss primary school are being screened after their teacher was diagnosed with respiratory tuberculosis. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The teacher has been treated and is no longer present at the school in S...

A photo-trap has snapped a bear in the Valposchiavo valley in the southeast corner of Switzerland for the first time in several years. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Following the recent reports of a bear in the Lower En...

Some areas of Switzerland experienced the least April rainfall since records began. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On average across Switzerland, precipitation totals were just 27% of the 1991-2020 reference value, the F...

An anti-consumerist alliance has launched a people's initiative calling for a ban on all commercial advertising throughout the Swiss capital. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The text of the 'Bern without advertising' init...

A criminal complaint has been filed against rescue workers who responded to the fire disaster in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on New Year's Eve. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The complaint was filed by victims' lawyers, ...

Swiss citizens advice offices have been inundated with requests for help following a fatal New Year's Eve fire that killed 41 people. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The LAVI centres, which offer free help and advice, are...

Some 50 Labour Day demonstrations will take place in Switzerland on May 1 under the slogan "Defend jobs and wages. No to isolation". + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Low real wages and the high cost of living are driving w...

With a two-thirds majority, the Swiss House of Representatives voted against the popular initiative that aimed to simplify naturalisation. It also rejected counter-proposals put forward by minority members of the House. + Get the most important news ...

After a brief recovery in March, the number of vacancies at the ten largest Swiss banks plummeted in April to the lowest level since standard surveys began three years ago. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The figure confi...

Novartis is expanding its production capacity in the United States, with the announcement of a new site in Morrisville, North Carolina. This plant is the seventh site as part of the Swiss pharma's $23 billion (CHF18 million) investment plan in the US...

Six climate activists that demonstrated in front of Credit Suisse in 2019 are appealing their conviction for coercion to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. They believe their rights to freedom of expression and assembly have bee...

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) president Mirjana Spoljaric Egger warned that a return to war would be "catastrophic" for millions of Iranians. In Tehran, the Swiss-Croatian diplomat met the Iranian foreign affairs minister, Abbas Ara...

Switzerland was among 57 countries to take part in the first Conference on the Transition away from Fossil Fuels held in Santa Maria, Colombia. The Swiss government applauded moves towards concrete strategies to phase out fossil fuels. + Get the most...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the face of meteorology, promising faster and more efficient forecasts. But a new study from the University of Geneva finds AI isn't always living up to its potential. + Get the most important news from Switze...

The Swiss economy is showing timid signs of recovery, but does not yet appear to be at full strength: this is the indication that emerges from the barometer of the KOF Swiss Economic Institute. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your i...

The Swiss hotel industry generated CHF6.2 billion ($7.8 billion) from overnight stays in 2025. This corresponds to an increase of 3.9% compared to the previous year, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) on Thursday. + Get the most impo...

Researchers at the University of Bern have developed an artificial placenta. The aim is to use the laboratory model to find out how medication taken by a pregnant woman reaches the unborn child. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your ...