The Swiss food giant is setting up a joint venture called Peranel with the US private equity firm Platinum Equity. It will be based in Paris. The deal values the business, which includes brands such as Perrier and San Pellegrino, at €4.9 billion eu...

After a summer increase in drug use in public spaces, Zurich has responded with more intensive police checks and social work initiatives. The Swiss city said there has been an increase in the number of people seen using drugs, particularly around the...

The authorities on the Thai island of Phuket have arrested a Swiss national. He is accused of luring a 14-year-old boy and sexually abusing him. The Swiss foreign ministry confirmed the arrest of a Swiss national in Thailand. The embassy in Bangkok i...

In June 2026, the Swiss hotel industry recorded a decline in overnight stays for the fourth month running. This was once again due to a fall in the number of foreign guests. The number of overnight stays fell by 2.2% in June compared with the same mo...

Zurich city council has defended the decision to eschew toys in kindergartens for several weeks. In the "Toy-Free Kindergarten" project, the children have access only to boxes, cloths, chairs, tables, ropes, planks and natural objects. All convention...

For the time being, bathers are still permitted to wear full-body swimwear and burkinis at public swimming pools in the canton of Geneva. The Geneva courts have provisionally suspended the ban. The Constitutional Chamber of the Geneva Court of Justic...

The construction of the first Roman camp wall in Vindonissa (present day Windisch) is thought to have taken place during the early years of Emperor Tiberius’s reign. Tiberius was Roman Emperor from 14 to 37 AD. According to the Aargau Cantonal Arch...

For the fifth year running, the Franco-Swiss artist Saype has taken to the hills above Villars-sur-Ollon. He has created two new giant, temporary frescoes, painted on the grass using biodegradable paint. On arriving on July 8, Saype chose two sites w...

Generic drugs giant Sandoz said on Wednesday that it had “taken note” of Washington’s announcements regarding new tariffs on this type of medication, adding that it was “still too early” to assess the implications. “At this stage, it is t...

At least 15 people have died in swimming accidents over the past 30 days. This figure is higher than last year’s. Up to July 21, the number of deaths was higher than in 2024 and 2025, but still lower than in 2022 and 2023, according to a spokespers...

Swiss food manufacturer Nestlé plans to close a Hungarian factory specialising in the production of hollow chocolate figures, such as those sold at Christmas or Easter. This type of confectionery, which is also sold in Switzerland, will in future be...

The Fondation Franz Weber (FFW) nature conservation foundation is calling for an end to the gorilla breeding programme at Basel Zoo after two animal deaths. The foundation is also demanding that the zoo provide clarification on the circumstances that...

Swiss Federal Railways will continue selling alcohol at train stations despite a complete ban in Germany. Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s leading railway company, has imposed the ban to improve safety for passengers and staff. In Switzerland, the sale of ...

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is set to replace the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Palais Wilson, an iconic landmark of ‘International Geneva’. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is movin...

The body of the person found without a head or limbs just over two weeks ago in a field in Switzerland has been identified. She was a 71-year-old woman who had been suffering from health problems and had been reported missing several weeks earlier. T...

Cybercriminals have demanded a ransom of CHF10 million from Swiss rail equipment manufacturer Stadler Rail to return data stolen from one of its suppliers during a cyberattack. Stadler says its own IT systems were not compromised and production is co...

The white stork population in Switzerland has been growing again for 25 years. After these migratory birds were considered extinct in Switzerland, 1,300 pairs are now breeding. The organisation Storch Schweiz attributes this resurgence to a change in...

The snow reserves that built up this winter on Switzerland’s glaciers have already been used up. The Rhône Glacier in canton Valais is a testament to the scale of this phenomenon. Matthias Huss, director of Glamos, the Swiss glacier monitoring net...

Following the sharp decline in April and the stabilisation in May, sales of Swiss watches abroad began to rise again in June. According to figures released today by the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH), exports in the sixth month of 2026 s...

The current drought is helping to prevent the spread of Japanese beetles in Switzerland. Measures against the invasive pest are working despite discovery of new populations Bern and cantons St Gallen and Zug. The Japanese beetle has established itsel...

In the first half of 2026, the Swiss private bank Julius Bär increased profits to a new record high, thanks to higher revenues and the absence of one-off charges. But new money inflows to the Swiss private banking giant remained modest. At CHF673 mi...

Nature conservation groups are opposing plans by Jungfrau Railways to develope the Eigergletscher station tourist destination in Switzerland. Jungfrau Railways generated almost CHF200 million in revenue from the Jungfraujoch mountain tourist service ...

Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for a former Swiss cantonal politician who is accused of drugging and sexually abusing several women and a child. The man is accused of multiple counts of attempted murder, aggravated rape, aggravated sexual as...

Switzerland’s foreign trade picked up significantly in the second quarter, driven mainly by strong sales of pharmaceutical products and a rebound in trade with North America. Between April and the end of June, exports rose by 8.8% compared with the...

A car accident in the San Bernardino tunnel in southeast Switzerland led to the route being closed for several hours. Other cars were diverted via the San Bernardino Pass, whilst heavy goods vehicles and buses were held at the service areas in Campag...

New mothers in Switzerland should be able to claim six months’ maternity leave, according to a petition submitted to the Federal Chancellery with 110,000 signatures. According to Campax, the organisation behind the proposal, the measure would impro...

Around 50 passengers were evacuated from Zurich airport's Skymetro after it came to a halt in the tunnel due to a technical fault. The fully automated metro linking the airport’s main building to Terminal E came to a halt on the 1.1-kilometre route...

The organisers of the anti-abortion 'March for Life' have challenged Zurich’s decision to hold the rally in the suburb of Oerlikon instead of the city centre. The rally intends to appeal the city’s decision in the courts. Zurich had once again al...

Swiss food manufacturer Nestlé is expanding its pet food business and investing around CHF520 million in a factory and logistics centre in northern Italy. From 2029, the site will serve as a hub for wet food for dogs and cats, as well as providing l...

Over the past few weeks, water has been transported by helicopter to the Alps in the Swiss canton of St Gallen. However, according to a new motion tabled in the St Gallen cantonal council, it is unclear who is responsible and when the offers of assis...