Almost half of Swiss parliamentarians remain silent about their additional income. According to a new report by Lobbywatch, 44% of members of parliament do not declare any income from mandates in companies and associations. Only 27% disclose all of t...

Several Swiss universities will increase tuition fees from next year to cope with growing deficits. The main reason for this is the planned cuts in federal subsidies from 2027, which will impose annual reductions of CHF120 million ($152 million) for ...

In mid-December, the Swiss government deported a second Afghan criminal. After a failed repatriation attempt last year, Switzerland's negotiations with the Taliban regime now appear to be yielding results. Another offender was deported to Kabul in mi...

Switzerland was quickly and successfully reintegrated into Horizon Europe, the European Union's programme to support scientific research, according to the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI). The interim balance is positiv...

Former Swiss parliamentarian and mayor of Lausanne Daniel Brélaz is dead. He died of a sudden cardiac arrest at Lausanne University Hospital in the early hours of Sunday, his family announced. The 75-year-old was in hospital because of a kidney prob...