The Swiss authorities have finally concluded a contract for 40,000 vaccine doses of monkeypox vaccine. The first doses will arrive in early November and the rest will follow by the end of the year, the health authorities said on Friday. The Federal ...

Companies in the industrial and chemical industries are preparing to manage higher energy costs this winter, with some already shifting from gas to oil, according to a survey by the Zurich Cantonal Bank. The survey of ten companies in the industrial...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused the Swiss-run International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) of inaction in upholding the rights of Ukrainian prisoners of war and urged it to conduct a mission to a notorious camp in the Russian-oc...

Over the next decade, Switzerland expects a shortfall of tens of thousands of teachers in both primary and secondary level schooling. In two separate studies on Friday, the Federal Statistical Office said the number of teachers in primary and second...

More than 100 high-profile names from culture and science have called on the Swiss government to adopt economic sanctions against the Iranian regime. The open letter to the government comes amid a crackdown on anti-government protestors in Iran. Ir...

The percentage of Swiss residents over 15 with a migration background rose slightly last year to 39%. Federal Statistical Office figures published on Thursday show that 2.9 million permanent residents were of migrant origin in 2021, up 1% on the pre...

The Swiss army says it is exploring various measures to fill the shortfall in armed forces available over the long-term. This includes recruiting more women. In the first part of a study that looks at staffing in the Swiss army, the government said ...

Public transport workers in Geneva and management reached a deal on Thursday ending a one-day strike that complicated commutes in one of Switzerland's major cities. "At the meeting on Thursday morning, the management made a proposal that meets our d...

Swiss Energy Minister Simonetta Sommaruga has expressed optimism that the Alpine country is sufficiently prepared to deal with any energy shortages this winter. Switzerland is well prepared thanks to its hydropower reserves, support for the electric...

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has raised alarm bells that the hedgehog and two other species in Switzerland are at risk of extinction. The number of hedgehogs, brown hares and capercaillies have declined by 30-40% over the last few decades, accordin...

Exploratory talks between Bern and Brussels aimed at bringing both sides back together to negotiate future political ties continue to advance slowly. The issue of making the so-called cohesion contribution to Brussels more permanent was raised for th...

The Swiss government has asked the finance ministry to draft a bill to increase transparency of beneficial owners of legal entities to help tackle financial crime. The bill should introduce a central register for identifying beneficial owners and ne...

The Swiss government has added 30 people and seven organisations to its blacklist after Russia’s illegal annexation of four regions of Ukraine. Those added to the sanctions list are mainly “those involved in the so-called 'referendums' organised...

The Swiss government wants fines of up to CHF1,000 ($1,000) for people who break a ban on face coverings in public places. This is part of a bill sent to parliament on Wednesday to implement the so-called “burqa ban” proposed by right-wingers, w...

Switzerland’s federal technology institute ETH Zurich remains the top university in continental Europe, according to the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Oxford University in the United Kingdom retained first place in the r...

Heidi Tagliavini, a former Swiss diplomat in Russia, says it is crucial to negotiate even with war criminals to try to end armed conflicts. Tagliavini who was also a senior negotiator for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSC...

Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter says there is no need to extend the special legal status for Ukrainian refugees in Switzerland. If the Swiss government does not revoke it, the refugees could benefit from the protection for up to five years, bef...

After weeks of talks between Swissport and union representatives, employees will get a small pay hike and a safeguard against inflation. Employees of Swissport, the world’s largest airport ground services and cargo handling company, will receive a...

The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a complaint made by a Swiss widower alleging discrimination when it comes to survivor’s pension entitlement. On Tuesday the court found Switzerland guilty of unequal treatment of widowers compared to w...

A special board has been set up to ensure Swiss negotiations with the European Union reflect ground realities. The sounding board, comprising representatives from the cantons, social partners and the business community, convened for the first time ...

The Swiss government considers itself an established resettlement state for refugee despite the lack of humanitarian corridors or community sponsorship programmes. A study, carried out by the State Secretariat for Migration, compared its policy with...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has received the United Nation refugee agency’s top award in the Swiss city of Geneva. During Monday's ceremony she gave credit to the people behind the welcome of more than one million refugees, mostly from ...

Russia must pay $2.6 billion (CHF2.6 billion) to Yukos Capital after Switzerland's highest court rejected an appeal by Moscow. Russia had challenged whether a Geneva arbitration court was competent to hear the case brought by the financial arm of Yu...

Swiss President Ignazio Cassis has condemned Russia and called on it to immediately stop its "indiscriminate attacks". “Strongly condemn the attacks against residential areas in different Ukrainian cities. Switzerland calls on Russia to stop these...

A Pilatus PC-24 jet that was part of the official fleet of aircraft reserved for the governing Federal Council has been sold. The relatively new plane was sold to a private clothing company JoyVida International based in Interlaken that submitted th...

Covid-19 booster shots will be available free to Swiss residents from Monday. The Swiss authorities have recommended that people aged over 16, especially the most vulnerable, get a booster shot to contain a new wave of infections expected this autumn...

Five additional countries, including Nigeria, now benefit from an automatic exchange of banking information with Switzerland, taking the total to over 100 for the first time. On Monday, the Swiss Federal Tax Administration revealed that it had prov...

Climate activists who blocked the entrance to Switzerland’s main oil refinery, located in the northwest of the country, were arrested on Monday by police and their barricade was removed. Around a dozen activists had blocked the entrance road to th...

Russia’s Gazprombank has decided to cease operating in Switzerland after “a strategic review of various options”, it said on Monday. The bank had been one of the last remaining channels for financing trade flows between Russia and Switzerland ...

Consultancy firm PwC reckons the Swiss healthcare sector will need to recruit some 40,000 nurses by 2040, the NZZ am Sonntag reports. An annual report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which looks at the financial state of Swiss hospitals, also predi...