Around 250 kilograms of debris from an aeroplane that crashed in 1963 have been recovered from the Hüfifirn Glacier in canton Uri in central Switzerland. A mountaineer had informed the Uri cantonal police about the exposed wreckage. Investigations c...

The Swiss government has joined the European Union in banning the purchase and import of Sudanese gold. The ban applies to the purchase, import and transit of gold of Sudanese origin, as well as to the provision of services and the granting of financ...

US President Donald Trump is contributing to a decline in travel to the United States among Swiss travellers. After falling last year, bookings for the US dropped even further in the first half of 2026. Between January and June, 120,000 Swiss travell...

Businesses and energy companies launched a new alliance in Bern on Wednesday to back an electricity agreement with the European Union (EU). The group says the deal is key to ensuring a secure and affordable electricity supply. The Swiss Electricity A...

Christoph Mäder, the outgoing chair of economiesuisse, the Swiss Business Federation, has warned that Switzerland is losing ground to rival economies when it comes to competitiveness. He said the Swiss government has shown little appetite for measur...

After a stormy night across Switzerland, MeteoSwiss recorded nearly 12,000 lightning strikes by Wednesday morning, making it one of the most lightning-active days on record. + Lightning density in Switzerland second highest in Europe MeteoSwiss said ...

According to Social Democrat parliamentarian Gabriela Suter, around 1,900 Kalashnikov rifles are registered in canton Aargau. Speaking on Tele M1's programmeTalkTäglich, the Aargau politician said the figure was based on police data. "We are committ...

A report published on Tuesday by the Intercantonal Centre for Information on Beliefs (CIC) confirms that conversion therapy is being practised in religious and spiritual settings in the cantons of Geneva and Vaud. The report also includes testimonies...

One person died in a fire at a commercial building in the Swiss canton of Solothurn on Tuesday. According to police, the building was completely destroyed. Damage is estimated at several hundred thousand Swiss francs. The body was found inside the bu...

UN investigators say Israel detained dozens of Syrians inside Syrian territory before reportedly transferring them to Israel. Speaking in Geneva on Tuesday, they said the actions could amount to war crimes. At the end of June, 49 people, including tw...

Switzerland has called for independent investigations following reports of torture and sexual violence in detention, as well as attacks on civilians in Israel, the Palestinian territories, Lebanon and Iran. Speaking to the Human Rights Council on Tue...

Switzerland’s army chief Benedikt Roos has warned that the country is in Russia’s sights, but many Swiss people remain unaware of the potential threat. Roos believes Switzerland faces both hybrid and military threats, but says many people have ye...

Former defence minister Viola Amherd is in Oslo to attend the funeral of Norway’s King Harald V. Royals and dignitaries from Norway and around the world have travelled to the Norwegian capital for the occasion. Amherd will attend the funeral as Swi...

The failure to adhere to the fixed price agreed for the procurement of the new F-35 fighter jets is linked to administrative failings. The parliamentary oversight body has heavily criticised the actions of the Swiss government and the defence ministr...

The physical fitness of Swiss soldiers has declined since 2006, according to a study. Yet the soldiers say they are fitter than ever. Since the mid-2000s, the average number of points achieved by recruits in the army’s fitness test has fallen from ...

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) and the Swiss Museum of Transport have announced a joint museum project for the last Airbus A340-300 in the SWISS fleet. The aircraft is due to be incorporated into the aviation exhibition in Lucerne in early 202...

Electricity prices will fall slightly in 2027. Tariffs will fall by an average of 4%, according to the Electricity Commission (Elcom). For a typical household, the annual electricity bill will be CHF53 ($65) lower. However, there are regional differe...

The Schaffhausen Youth Prosecution Service has brought charges against two 18-year-olds for supporting terrorism. They were arrested in 2024 and are suspected of having planned attacks. The two 18-year-olds are to stand trial on charges of repeatedly...

A black day for investors in the Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis: shares in the market heavyweight plummeted by over 10% at one point during early trading on Tuesday following the failure of a trial into a drug for a muscle disorder. Following th...

In the 2025 PISA study, Swiss schoolchildren performed significantly worse in reading and mathematics than in previous years. Their performance in science remained stable. Overall, however, their results are above the OECD average. In the core subjec...

Significant “bureaucratic obstacles” are complicating family reunification in the context of asylum in Switzerland, says the Swiss Observatory on Asylum and Foreigners (ODAE-Switzerland). Children are particularly affected. In a report published ...

Researchers at the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) have created a detailed 3D model of the Blatten region in southwestern Switzerland to study mass movements. The experiments are intended to help assess natural hazards more reliab...

On Tuesday the Swiss Federal Criminal Court found Pierre Mirabaud guilty of bribing foreign public officials and money laundering. The former president of the Swiss Bankers Association has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence. The Federal ...

The Lausanne Police Court on Monday convicted two people in connection with a serious accident involving a Russian skater during a practice session at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne. The defendants, technicians at an events organisation com...

On Sunday night, Locarno in southern Switzerland recorded its third consecutive tropical night. This phenomenon remains rare in September: since records began at the Locarno-Monti station in 1935, only nine tropical nights have been recorded there. E...

The Swiss stock exchange operator SIX is launching a new service for real-time stock market data. The platform gives professional market participants and retail investors access to price data from stock exchanges in Switzerland, the UK and 16 EU mark...

Swiss Post has announced plans to cut costs by the end of 2027, which could result in up to 110 redundancies. The post office justifies says the cost-cutting measures are necessary to ensure its long-term financial independence. Swiss Post attributes...

A study to assess the potential for exploiting deep geothermal energy in the Swiss canton of St Gallen concludes that the region is “geothermally attractive”. Buchs, Ebnat-Kappel and Widnau/Diepoldsau are among the locations mentioned as potentia...

Bern cantonal police are searching for four fans suspected of setting off flares and firecrackers at the Wankdorf Stadium at the cup final between Biel and Basel in 2025. The Public Prosecutor’s Office has ordered a multi-stage public appeal for in...

The Swiss labour market continues to show signs of strength against a backdrop of geopolitical and economic uncertainties. This was stated by Jérôme Cosandey, head of the labour division at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), while c...