Swiss security policy experts from left-wing parties and the Swiss People’s Party are challenging plans to decommission F/A-18 fighter jets as planned from 2030 onwards. Starting next year, the first US F-35 stealth fighter jets are to be delivered...

Severe weather hit several regions of Switzerland on Thursday evening and overnight. In canton Zurich, the fire service was called out 268 times, according to a tally posted by the Zurich emergency services on the X social media platform. Most of the...

Swiss aviator and renewable energy pioneer Bertrand Piccard has secured the support of the European Commission to fly around the world in a hydrogen-powered aeroplane, non-stop and with zero CO₂ emissions. The new project by the Swiss explorer, cal...

House martins, barn swallows, common swifts and bats living are in sharp decline in urban Swiss areas. Yverdon-les-Bains has launched a protection plan. The plan proposes three main objectives: to promote the development of existing colonies, to comp...

Forty five bee colonies have been poisoned by a plant protection insecticide in southeastern Switzerland. Some colonies have been severely weakened, the canton Graubünden veterinary officer stated. + Switzerland’s battle of the bees The bee coloni...