Record temperatures were registered north of the Alps over the final weekend of September, with many locations reporting unprecedented highs. In Basel-Binningen, in northwestern Switzerland, temperatures reached 30.1°C. "Never before has a hot day b...

In Geneva, a CHF39.5 million ($47.7 million) funding package to co-finance cross-border transport infrastructure was approved on Sunday by a large majority of 56.8% of voters. For the cantonal minister in charge of mobility, Pierre Maudet, the result...

A vote was held today in Lucerne on two proposals aimed at reducing incidents of violence linked to FC Lucerne matches. The first proposal was the Centre Party's initiative ‘Against Fan Violence’, which called for tougher measures, and second was...

The canton of Zurich is set to become the first German-speaking Swiss canton to extend access to assisted suicide to all care homes – both public and private – as well as to hospitals and rehabilitation clinics. On Sunday, voters overwhelmingly a...

Exactly 25 years ago, on September 27, 2001, a man armed with an assault rifle killed 14 politicians and injured a further 15 in a two-and-a-half-minutes shooting spree in Zug's cantonal parliament. “Not even blind and senseless violence can defeat...