Countless ice hockey fans cheered on the Swiss national ice hockey team in the bars on Zurich's Langstrasse on Sunday evening. But cheers turned to silence when the dream of gold was abruptly shattered. +Get the most important news from Switzerland i...

Bern should not introduce a legal obligation for restaurants and hotels to accept cash payments, according to the cantonal government. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The government thus recommends rejecting a motion table...

Switzerland’s cantonal banks keep significantly more equity capital than legally required – but unlike for UBS, their capital levels go largely unnoticed. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A bank’s size is measured by ...

The 19-year-old Lady O from canton Vaud won the 2026 edition of The Voice on French public television, TF1, on Saturday night. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Coached by French musician Florent Pagny, Lady O is the first S...

Some 26 of the country’s 32 largest lakes have seen surface temperatures never before recorded at this time of year, the Tages-Anzeiger has reported. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Lakes Zurich, Geneva, Maggiore, Lucern...

Around 2,500 people marched in Zurich on Saturday afternoon against what they called “a city of the rich”. They criticised rising rents, lease terminations, and neighbourhood gentrification. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your i...

The government’s proposed VAT increase to finance defence spending has been rather poorly received in a consultation process which ended on Saturday. Almost all political parties are critical of the idea. +Get the most important news from Switzerla...

In just over two weeks, Swiss President Guy Parmelin will meet various heads of state in Geneva as they arrive for a G7 summit in Evian, France. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox “There are always last-minute unforeseen ev...

UBS has cut a further several hundred jobs across Europe, the Middle East and Africa as part of its takeover of Credit Suisse, according to the Bloomberg news agency. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The latest round of red...

Common and Alpine swifts, barn swallows, and house martins: volunteers have documented hundreds of breeding sites for such birds in the city of Zurich. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A total of 1,859 such sites are now re...

Between radicalisation and psychological problems: Saturday’s newspapers feature views from forensic doctors and psychologists on Thursday morning’s knife attack in Winterthur. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox For Germa...

On Friday, the Engelberg ski area in canton Obwalden unveiled the conversion of an antenna tower into a visitor attraction featuring a restaurant and shop. At an altitude of 3,020m, it marks a European record. +Get the most important news from Switze...

Swiss prosecutors have requested pre-trial detention for a man who stabbed three commuters at Winterthur train station. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Federal Prosecutor’s Office is conducting criminal proceedings o...

The spring of 2026 went down in Swiss statistics as the third warmest since records began. Persistent high pressure led to very dry conditions, plenty of sunshine and a heatwave with new temperature records in May. +Get the most important news from S...

With the Furka, Grimsel and Nufenen passes, three more Swiss Alpine crossings have been reopened on Friday after the winter closure. The Susten and Great St Bernhard Passes remain closed. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Th...

An operation to cleanup a World War II ammunition depot in Switzerland will be delayed by two years after unexpectedly high levels of contaminated materiel was discovered. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Because of the lar...

Average wages are tipped to increase this year in Switzerland between 1.5% and 2%, in line with inflation. Niche profiles, which are more difficult to find on the labour market, will be the main beneficiaries of the biggest adjustments, according to ...

The former president of the Federal Court has called on two judges to resign after concealing a romantic relationship. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In an interview with CH Media, Ulrich Meyer said the affair between Yve...

Two Swiss lawyers and a notary have been indicted in Paris in connection with a legal complaint involving the transfer of Hermès shares. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The heir to the French leather goods house Hermès c...

The year got off to a good start for Switzerland's technology industry, with a sharp rebound in new orders and growth in both sales and exports. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox However, this trend is based on "fragile" fou...

The sunny early summer weather has led to greatly increased ozone levels in central Switzerland. People are advised to avoid physical activity outdoors to prevent health problems. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Current me...

Swiss companies are allegedly helping to manage part of Iran's secret fleet of oil tankers and conducting transactions that finance the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Quds Force, according to the United States. +Get the most important news...

A psychiatric unit at the Swiss city of Winterthur has initiated an external investigation after a discharged patient stabbed three people at a train station. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The perpetrator was categorised...

The stabbing of three people at Winterthur train station by an Islamic attacker has been described as an act of terrorism. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Mario Fehr, canton Zurich director of security, referred to the inc...

Swiss pharma firm Sandoz is stepping up its criticism of imports of low-priced antibiotics from China. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Swiss generics giant has submitted a draft complaint to the European Commission. Th...

Contrary to previous assumptions, cannabis use does not lower testosterone levels in young men. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A study by the University of Geneva on the fertility impact of the drug found an increase in t...

Swiss researchers are calling for a rethink of how digital tools such as artificial intelligence (AI) will impact schools, the media and the labour market. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Switzerland can only seize the opp...

The delivery of F-35 fighter jets to Switzerland has reached a new milestone with assembly of the first aircraft starting at the Lockheed Martin plant in Georgia, United States. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Production o...

Swiss researchers have created an artificial intelligence (AI) version of a mouse that would replace live animal testing by assessing the effects of new active compounds on a computer. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The S...

The latest poll on voter intent for the Swiss 'No to ten million' initiative on immgration control shows a slight tendency towards a 'no' vote. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The YouGov Switzerland research institute surv...