The price of used cars in Switzerland has risen by 28% since 2020. The reason for this increase is “on the one hand, the longer waiting times for new cars and, on the other hand, the fewer trade-in offers”, online comparison service Comparis sa...

The number of victims of human trafficking in Switzerland increased by 50% between 2019 and 2021. In 2021, the Swiss platform against human trafficking identified 207 new victims of trafficking compared to 142 in 2019. The overwhelming majority (81...

Swiss author Kim de l'Horizon has claimed the prestigious German Book Prize 2022 with the novel Blutbuch (Blood Book). The jury, which announced the winner of the best German language novel on Monday, said it was inspired by the “innovative power�...

Dozens of taxi drivers staged a strike in Geneva to protest a decision by the authorities to allow the ride-hailing company to resume business in the Swiss city. The strike follows months of dispute and failed negotiations over the conditions of Ube...

A 72-year-old woman, accused of hurling fireworks at the Turkish consulate in Zurich, has had her conviction and prison sentence overturned on appeal. The appeals court found that there was insufficient evidence to convict left-wing extremist Andrea...

Pilots from Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings have started a three-day strike. As a result, most Eurowings flights to and from Zurich are cancelled. At Zurich Airport a total of six rotations – flights to and from Zurich – will not take place on Mo...

Credit Suisse has agreed to pay $495 million (CHF496 million) to settle a case brought against it in the United States, the latest pay-out related to past blunders that have battered the Swiss bank’s reputation. Credit Suisse said it would make th...

There have been many accusations of Russian war crimes since the start of the Ukraine war, but documenting and punishing them will take time, says Philip Grant, director of Swiss NGO TRIAL International. The current situation should allow Switzerlan...

SWISS International Air Lines (SWISS) pilots on Sunday voted to go on strike over working conditions if management does not come up with a better offer by next week. More than 93% of participating pilots voted for the possible strike, on a turnout o...

The Aponte family in Geneva has become the richest in Switzerland, thanks to the pandemic, according to two Sunday newspapers. This family owns the Mediterranean Shipping company (MSC), which has the largest fleet of container ships in the world, wr...

Swiss growth will slow this winter, but a recession is unlikely, says Jan-Egbert Sturm, director of the Swiss Economic Institute (KOF) at Federal Institute ETH Zurich. “The foreseeable recession in Germany and also in other large European countrie...

Three anti-EU associations merged in Bern on Saturday to form Pro Suisse, the successor to the Action for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland (ASIN). In addition to ASIN, the employers' association against membership of the European Union (EU) an...

The southeastern Swiss canton of Graubünden on Saturday presented to a food fair what it says is the world’s longest capun, a traditional speciality made of meat and dough wrapped in chard leaves. This 17-metre long capun was transported to the O...

Hundreds of people have again taken to the streets of Swiss cities in solidarity with Iranians protesting repression in their country. For the third Saturday in a row, demonstrations took place in the afternoon in Zurich and Bern under the slogan "g...

As the autumn leaves fall, a Swiss animal rights group is urging people to think twice before using leaf-blowers. These devices are noisy, polluting, damage soil biology and endanger the lives of small animals, according to the Swiss Animal Protecti...

Two seven-year-old boys kidnapped in western Switzerland on Friday have been found in southwest France, police in canton Neuchâtel said on Saturday. They hailed cooperation with French police in finding the children, 13 hours after they were taken....

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...