In a poll, the Swiss people have come out against an increase in value-added tax (VAT) in favour of the army or the 13th month of old-age pension (AHV/AVS). These are the findings of a poll conducted on behalf of the newspaper Blick. +Get the most im...

Switzerland has lost ground in the fight against corruption in the public sector. In the latest ranking by the organisation Transparency International, it has dropped one place to 6th place. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox...

Teenage pranks like egg‑throwing are no reason to deny a Swiss passport, an Aargau court has ruled, as it upheld an Eritrean woman’s appeal against a naturalisation refusal. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The young wo...

Swiss pair Franjo von Allmen and Tanguy Nef won gold in the Olympic Alpine skiing men's team combined on Monday. Mathilde Gremaud also retained her Olympic title in the slopestyle freestyle skiing competition. +Get the most important news from Switze...

Swiss authorities are investigating a possible link between infant formula contaminated with the toxin cereulide and symptoms of illnesses that have appeared in babies in recent days. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Fe...