According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a new round of negotiations on the war in Ukraine is also expected to take place in Switzerland. He also stressed the importance of the negotiations process for Europe. + Get the most important new...

Fatton, 30, who lives in western Switzerland, claimed the top spot in the first-ever Olympic ski mountaineering event, in Bormio on Thursday. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The reigning world champion made the difference...

An investigation by the Transparency and Truth initiative of the NGO OxySuisse reveals links between the tobacco industry and several Swiss universities. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox OxySuisse said it had identified 29...

The Swiss parliament is considering limiting the steady rise of healthcare costs by granting discounts on best-selling medicines in the country. The government is now submitting this measure to a consultation process. + Get the most important news fr...

French-Swiss writer and journalist Corinne Desarzens has been awarded the Swiss Literature Grand Prix 2026, the Federal Office of Culture announced on Thursday. Seven other writers were also awarded prizes. + Get the most important news from Switzerl...

More use of ketamine and crack cocaine, but slightly less of cannabis and crystal meth: these are the results of analyses of wastewater conducted by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag). + Get the most ...

A 49-year-old man was killed by an avalanche on Tuesday afternoon while skiing with his 15-year-old son in Graubünden, eastern Switzerland. The two were travelling off a marked piste in Parsonz. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your...

Switzerland will host the next World Summit on Artificial Intelligence in Geneva in 2027. President Guy Parmelin made the announcement on Thursday in New Delhi at the 2026 AI Summit in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. + Get the mo...

Swiss cantonal police forces need to be able to exchange data with each other. The federal justice authorities have created a platform for this purpose, but this must still be approved by parliament and the cantons. A consultation procedure has been ...

Switzerland will attend the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace in Washington on Thursday as an observer. The Swiss are interested in supporting reconstruction efforts in Gaza. But the question of membership has not yet been decided. "Switzerland...

The federal government has set out the broad lines of the future agricultural policy, to be in force from 2030. The aim is to improve Switzerland's food security. To achieve this, it has set out measures in four areas. + Get the most important news f...

The two‑day negotiations in Geneva between Russia and Ukraine on bringing an end to the nearly four‑year‑old war have ended without any concrete progress. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Russian delegation left ...

The Swiss government has ended the year with a surplus of CHF300 million ($389 million) instead of the expected deficit of CHF800 million, more than CHF1 billion better than forecast. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The i...

The 27 member states of the European Union (EU) approved the signing of the package of agreements with Switzerland on Wednesday morning in Brussels. The decision will now go to the General Affairs Council on February 24 for formal adoption. + Get the...

Three Swiss nationals who fought for the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group and were being held in northeastern Syria have been transferred to Iraq. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Their relatives, including a Swiss woman...

Canton Zurich has donated two fire engines to a Ukrainian aid organisation, with two more to be delivered soon. The vehicles are still in working order but no longer meet the standards required for use in Switzerland. + Get the most important news fr...

Cracks in the snowpack can race across the surface at more than 100 metres per second – far faster than theory suggests is possible. Experiments in Davos Platz, in eastern Switzerland, have revealed rupture speeds that even exceed the limits predic...

The Swiss government has asked Parliament to approve the deployment of a further 12 armed military personnel to the European Union’s peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, EUFOR Althea. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in you...

Talks between the United States, Ukraine and Russia have resumed in Geneva, a source close to the discussions has said. The delegations met again on Wednesday morning at the Intercontinental Hotel. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in yo...

A Swiss‑led research team has extracted a 228‑metre drill core from beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. This is the longest ever recovered from sediments below any ice sheet. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused US President Donald Trump of putting excessive pressure on Ukraine to strike a peace deal with Russia after nearly four years of war and not on Moscow. + Get the most important news from Switzerland ...

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has urged his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, to ensure the protection of civilians. During their meeting on Tuesday afternoon in Geneva, Cassis underlined the importance of respecting fundamental freedoms. ...

The Zurich Pride Festival will not go ahead in 2026. The decision was taken at an extraordinary general meeting, the Zurich Pride Association’s board confirmed to the Keystone‑SDA news agency, as reported by the Blick newspaper. + Get the most im...

The United States, Ukraine and Russia are around the same table in Geneva to move towards a resolution of the four-year conflict between Kyiv and Moscow. Talks began early on Tuesday afternoon at the Intercontinental Hotel. + Get the most important n...

While trains between Lausanne and Renens are still cancelled or delayed on Tuesday, they will probably be running again without restrictions from Wednesday morning, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) announced on Tuesday. In the meantime, replacement buses...

The first victims of the Crans-Montana fire that were treated abroad are to be repatriated to Switzerland. Most of them will first be transferred to a specialist hospital, then to a rehabilitation clinic. + Get the most important news from Switzerlan...

The Swiss government must disclose contracts concluded with pharmaceutical companies for the procurement of Covid vaccines. The Federal Administrative Court has upheld the appeals of three private individuals. + Get the most important news from Switz...

The Swiss old-age and survivors’ (AHV/AVS) pension and disability insurance (IV) ended 2025 in the black. The Swiss Federal Social Security Funds, compenswiss, reported a net return of 6.34% on Tuesday. However, it fears that the payment of a 13th ...

The United States and Iran have begun their second round of indirect talks in a few weeks in Geneva. On Tuesday morning, the two delegations arrived at the residence of the Omani ambassador to the UN in Cologny. + Get the most important news from Swi...

The Competition Commission (Comco) is extending its investigation into possible bid-rigging agreements in the canton of Jura. Based on previous investigations, this will now be extended to a total of 20 companies, Comco announced on Tuesday. + Get th...