The various cantonal and communal police forces stepped up their presence on Halloween night. In Meilen in canton Zurich, youths committed robbery offences, but in many places it remained largely quiet. +Get the most important news from Switzerland i...

The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs is providing over CHF1 million ($1.24 million) in aid to the Caribbean to help recover from the severe damage caused by Hurricane "Melissa" in the Caribbean. The money is intended to benefit the affecte...

According to a recent survey, a majority of Swiss voters would like to allow the construction of new nuclear power plants again. This reignites a decades-old debate. A look at history shows that the hurdles for specific projects would be high even if...

More than half of Swiss people (51%) believe that a majority of the people is sufficient to approve or reject the new package of bilateral agreements with the European Union. A poll published on Saturday shows that 39% of Swiss people want a double m...

The Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) opened on Friday in the presence of Interior Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider. British director Stephen Frears and US screenwriter Alan Ball will be among the guests at the festival that runs until Nove...