The Pontifical Swiss Guard received 34 new recruits at a swearing-in ceremony at the Vatican on Monday. Swiss President Viola Amherd was also in attendance. During the traditional oath taken in Italian, German and French, the guards swear to protect ...

China supports a peace conference on the Ukraine war that would see equal participation of all parties, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui said in an interview with Russia's RIA state news agency in remarks published on Tuesday. “China suppo...

UBS Group AG returned to profit after two loss-making quarters, with both wealth management and the investment bank adding to sustained progress in the integration of Credit Suisse after its emergency rescue last year. The Zurich-based bank said net ...

At its plenary meeting in Solothurn, the Group for a Switzerland without an Army (GSoA) passed a resolution "against the billion-euro plans of the arms industry". Instead, it called for "a sober threat analysis". The participants also decided to supp...

The Swiss are open to assisted reproduction when it comes to having children. This is the result of an initial analysis of a representative survey published by the University of Zurich on Monday. As part of the "Swiss Assisted Reproduction Longitudin...