A heat record that had stood for almost 80 years in Switzerland has been broken. On Thursday, shortly before 3 pm, temperatures exceeded 37.0 degrees at no fewer than four monitoring stations. This is the highest temperature ever recorded in Switzerl...

Faced with US tariffs, sluggish global growth and geopolitical tensions, the Swiss economy is holding up well and is expected to continue to do so, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Domestic demand, zero interest rate and recent wag...

Switzerland faces multiple and growing threats including espionage, cyberattacks and terrorism. Russia is regarded as the most immediate threat, according to a statement issued on Thursday by the Swiss Federal Intelligence Service (SRC). The internat...

Switzerland will send emergency aid to Venezuela, which has been hit by two powerful earthquakes that have claimed the lives of at least 160 people. The Swiss plan to deploy a team of 80 rescue workers, eight search dogs and 18 tonnes of equipment. T...

All parties have lodged an appeal following the conviction of a family of Serbian origin for human trafficking in the Bernese Oberland. The three defendants are accused of having lured women from their home country to Switzerland over a period of sev...