Around 800 people who, as children, were forcibly placed in institutions in Switzerland, gathered in Langenthal, near Bern, on Saturday. Addressing the gathering, Interior Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider described the deep scars left on society by...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague says Switzerland must not allow Vladimir Putin to enter the country – even for peace talks. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has re...

More than 1,000 experts from over 70 countries will convene in Davos, in southeastern Switzerland, from June 14–19 for the World Biodiversity Forum to explore solutions to global species extinction. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in ...

A dispute between Switzerland and Italy over the return of asylum-seekers appears to be nearing resolution. On Friday, the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) confirmed a media report that Italy is once again willing to take back asylum-seekers und...

NATO will scale back its KFOR force in Kosovo, but Swisscoy troops will remain unaffected and continue their mission on the ground. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In view of the stable security situation, NATO plans to gr...

The head of Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) expects US tariffs to persist beyond Donald Trump’s presidency, arguing that efforts to reindustrialise the American economy have broad, bipartisan support. +Get the most imp...

The Swiss government sees great potential for a direct rail link between Switzerland and the British capital, London. However, travellers will have to be patient: the government faces numerous challenges in establishing the connection. +Get the most ...

All primary school pupils in Switzerland are to learn a second national language. The government intends to enforce this through legislative amendments. This is in response to efforts in German-speaking Switzerland to remove early French from the tim...

The seven members of the Swiss government made slightly more use of planes and helicopters last year. A total of 104 more flight hours were recorded than in the previous year, according to the latest figures from the Federal Air Transport Service. +G...

The duration of the ban in Switzerland on Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has been in force for a year, is to be extended from five to ten years. In addition, the Swiss government has submitted a draft bill to extend the ban to the Lebanese H...

The federal government is covering the costs of the large-scale police operation deployed for Donald Trump Jr.’s private meeting in Zurich in early June. The authorities are not disclosing the exact amount of the costs. +Get the most important news...

The Swiss government aims to strengthen relations with Vietnam through a comprehensive partnership in the fields of politics, business and research. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Cooperation between Switzerland and the S...

The Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) has granted PostBus Switzerland a special permit to operate self-driving vehicles in eastern Switzerland. Safety drivers are still on board. From 2027, the “AmiGo” vehicles are set to carry passengers. +Get the mo...

Despite the recent rainfall, the spectre of drought continues to hang over Switzerland. Water levels in many rivers and lakes on the Swiss Plateau have reached record lows. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "The rainfall has...

A new saliva test could in future detect fatigue at the steering wheel. Researchers at the University of Zurich (UZH) have identified a kind of metabolic fingerprint in saliva that reliably indicates whether someone is suffering from acute sleep depr...

A parliamentary committee wants to establish more precise criteria for the removal of asylum-seekers. Associations and organisations believe the proposal goes too far – whereas the right-wing Swiss People’s Party doesn’t think it goes far enoug...

As the men’s football World Cup kicks off in North America, demand for new television sets has risen significantly in Switzerland, though the effect is less pronounced than in previous tournaments. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in y...

The municipality of Yverdon-les-Bains in western Switzerland has decided to rename Rue de l'Ancien-Stand as Rue Pauline-Buisson, in tribute to a black domestic worker who was born into slavery in Saint-Domingue and brought to Yverdon in 1776. +Get th...

Last year Swissaid supported nearly 300,000 people in ten countries through development cooperation and emergency aid projects. Despite numerous crises, the Swiss aid organisation reported positive results for 2025. +Get the most important news from ...

Due to the G7 summit in Evian, France, canton Geneva has largely closed its border with France. Since Thursday afternoon, 25 of 35 border crossings have been closed, which is disrupting daily life for residents and affecting traffic. +Get the most im...

The CHEOPS space telescope can continue its research for longer. The European Space Agency ESA has extended the Swiss-led mission until 2029. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The ESA had already extended the mission by thre...

The Swiss Senate has not yet decided whether the EU treaty package requires a majority of the cantons as well as a majority of the people. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On Thursday, the Senate initially only concluded th...

The Swiss House of Representatives has voted in favour of foreign nationals with a long-term residence permit performing civil defence duties in Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The House reached its decision w...

The technology group Hitachi Energy is building its new Swiss headquarters in Otelfingen in the canton of Zurich. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Otelfingen municipal council is extremely pleased with Hitachi's decisio...

A few days before the start of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, thousands of army and police personnel as well as customs officers are being deployed at Geneva airport and border crossings. Tension is rising as US President Donald Trump is a...

From Gorillaz to Raye, Sting to Theodora, the Swiss festival season opens with a musical divide between legends of the 1970s-1990s and stars born on social media platforms. It's a trend that runs through the summer's main line-ups, from Montreux to N...

The Swiss parliament wants to make electronic prescribing and dispensing of medicine compulsory. This is seen as an important step towards greater digitalisation in healthcare. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On Thursday, ...

On Thursday, the Swiss Senate approved a committee proposal that the 13th payment of the Swiss old-age and survivors' (AHV/AVS) pension be financed by employee contributions and Value-Added Tax (VAT). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in ...

The Swiss asset management industry reached a new record high, consolidating its position as Europe's third largest after the United Kingdom and France. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Assets under administration reached C...

Hostility towards US President Donald Trump is growing in Switzerland: for 41% of the population he is now an enemy (26%) or a rival (15%). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A large segment 45% continue to see the US as an a...