The Basel-City cantonal police reported on Monday that the Basel Autumn Fair had been a peaceful event. Despite the sometimes very high numbers of visitors, the number of thefts remained “encouragingly low”. According to the press release, only t...

Three dead lynx found with gunshot wounds in northeastern Switzerland Three dead lynx were discovered in Appenzell Inner Rhodes, northeastern Switzerland, on Saturday. According to the police, the animals – which are a protected species – all had...

People affected by poverty will now have a say in Swiss policy: a 17-member committee, comprising those directly affected and experts, is beginning its work immediately. The committee is giving a voice to nearly 750,000 people affected by poverty in ...

The food delivery service Just Eat is cutting 373 of its approximately 700 jobs in Switzerland. This affects 193 directly employed couriers and 180 staff employed by external recruitment agencies in Zurich, Winterthur, Bern, Biel, Fribourg and St Gal...

The Swiss Federal Railways is launching a tender process for its IT infrastructure. The plan is to award framework contracts covering a period of up to 20 years, with an annual value of around CHF100 million ($122 million). The railway company publis...

After a scorching summer in 2026, early snowfall on ground that is still warm increases the risk of avalanches and pressure on permafrost, the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research says. A thick, early snowpack insulates the ground and preven...

Around two-thirds of Swiss firms consider the administrative burden placed on them to be high, according to a study carried out on behalf of the business federation economiesuisse. Almost as many companies believe that bureaucracy has increased over ...

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched an investigation to determine if Swiss pharma giant Novartis’ gene therapy Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec) poses a “serious risk” of malignant tumours developing in patients...

Faced with the threat of redundancies, Just Eat delivery riders in Zurich and the neighbouring Glatt Valley walked out on Sunday, the busiest day for orders. Their main demand was for permanent jobs. More than half of the shifts at lunchtime and in t...

Following the hot summer in Europe, expectations are high for the World Climate Conference which begins on Monday. However, no fundamental decisions are expected. For the Swiss delegation, the priority in the negotiations is to defend existing commit...

People are thought to have been using cannabis as long as 2,800 years ago, according to a new analysis with Swiss involvement. Researchers have detected traces of typical active compounds, such as cannabinol, in the hair of individuals buried in a mo...

Astrophysicist Thomas Zurbuchen, a former chief scientist at NASA, has been awarded the Prix Suisse 2026, a prize awarded annually to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution in the fields of economics, science, sport or culture. The eu...

The Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) has awarded the Reflet d’Or for Best Feature Film to La Gradiva, directed by French filmmaker Marine Atlan. The 32nd edition of the ten-day festival concludes on Sunday. The Reflet d’Or for Best Inter...

The iconic car KITT from the television series Knight Rider has failed to find a buyer at an auction held on Saturday at the Dolder Grand in Zurich. With a reserve price of CHF250,000 ($300,000) set by Broad Arrow Auctions, the highest bid reached ju...

Swiss cinema operator Edna Epelbaum has made it into the top 20 of the most influential women in the international film world for the first time. She has been recognised by the US magazine Celluloid Junkie for her commitment to Swiss cinema. The maga...

Further decisions on the EU treaty package have been taken by the House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee. A majority has endorsed Switzerland’s contribution of CHF193 million ($232 million) to the Erasmus+ exchange programme for next...

Fuel prices in Switzerland are falling again. For the first time since early September the average price of a litre of unleaded 95 petrol stands at CHF1.99 ($2.40), according to TCS figures published on Friday. Within a week, the average price for un...

Following a fatal dispute over a dirty kitchen, the Dielsdorf District Court in canton Zurich has sentenced a 28-year-old Eritrean man to ten years’ imprisonment. The judges classified the fatal stabbing of his flatmate as murder. The judges essent...

Sustainable funds in Switzerland have reached a record level of assets. A total of CHF1,363 billion ($1,643 billion) is currently invested in sustainable funds. This is 11% more than last year, according to a study by the Lucerne University of Applie...

Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis has reported nine cases of tumours in children worldwide who had previously been treated with the gene therapy Zolgensma for a rare inherited muscle disorder. In two cases, there are indications of a link to the t...

In recent years, US President Donald Trump and other political leaders have attacked science, particularly during the Covid pandemic. On Friday in Geneva, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it will launch a new initiative, “Together...

Princess Diana’s famous “revenge dress” will go on display in Geneva on Friday. She wore it shortly after Prince Charles publicly admitted he had been unfaithful. The dress is set to be auctioned by Sotheby’s in New York on December 9. The so...

In the Swiss canton of Graubünden, people with protection status S are set to receive less social assistance than local residents, even after living in the canton for five years. The cantonal government has approved a policy paper proposing a corres...

According to the UN, nearly 90 million refugees and internally displaced people face the threat of devastating climate-related disasters. Ahead of COP31, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expressed concern on Friday in Geneva that funding...

Last summer’s heatwave caused around 1,260 deaths in Switzerland between May and August, according to estimates published on Thursday by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH). This provisional figure is similar to the record hi...

Geneva will not set up a new body to monitor Airbnb rentals, despite an initial proposal calling for one. On Thursday, the cantonal parliament amended the motion, arguing that a new IT system to improve monitoring would be enough. The motion, tabled ...

Switzerland is once again preparing to return asylum seekers to Italy. At a technical level, Italy has provided written assurances that the cases will be examined, Daniel Bach of the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) said on the Heute Morgen prog...

Moscow has placed the Russian operations of Geneva-headquartered Japan Tobacco International (JTI) under compulsory administration. According to a decree, president Vladimir Putin transferred JTI assets to the joint-stock company Promyschlennye Aktiv...

The husband of a Swiss Ebola patient has been discharged from Zurich University Hospital (USZ). He had not developed any symptoms and had therefore been transferred to a quarantine facility outside the hospital. The man, an employee of the Swiss Emba...

A 23-year-old Swiss woman has been arrested at Dallas Airport by United States immigration (ICE) agents. She is threatened with expulsion despite being married to a US national and in the process of applying for a Green Card. The woman is currently i...