A 39-year-old man has been found guilty of embezzlement by the criminal court because he wanted to ship a car rented in Lucerne from the UK to Ghana. He received a conditional prison sentence of 11 months. The judgement published on Saturday is legal...

Despite the Russia's attack on Ukraine almost four years ago, army chief Thomas Süssli rates the Swiss political response as blasé. "I don't have the feeling that a jolt has gone through the country since then," he says in an interview with the NZZ...

A power failure paralysed the baggage sorting system at Zurich Airport on Saturday morning. As a result, several flights had to take off without their checked-in baggage, a spokeswoman for the airport told the Keystone-SDA news agency. There were als...

According to the Swiss People's Party, unknown persons painted slogans at the entrances homes of its Zurich politicians. Those affected have reportedly filed a criminal complaint. Zurich city police confirmed at least one such case on Friday at the r...

The Nez Rouge home transport service brought 9,134 people home safely over Christmas. A total 766 volunteers made more than 5,000 trip on Christmas eve and Christmas day, Nez Rouge (Red Nose) announced on Friday. The volunteer drop-off service will c...