Former Iraqi President Barham Salih has been appointed as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox He will head the UNHCR in Geneva, which assists millions of people worldwide who have...

The University of Geneva is closing its IT centre after 50 years. The university also plans to expand its artificial intelligence capabilities. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The announcement led to protests among student...

Switzerland Tourism is expecting a record year for overnight stays by foreign guests in 2025. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Overnight stays are expected to grow by 1-2% compared to the previous year, Switzerland Tourism ...

Switzerland said it closely followed a European Union debate on using frozen Russian funds to support Ukraine. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In Brussels on Thursday, European heads of state failed to agree on this deploy...

Swiss bank UBS is preparing to start the next wave of layoffs in mid-January, Bloomberg claims based on sources inside the bank. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to the agency, another termination phase is planned...

A Swiss military court has sentenced a suspected Ukrainian mercenary to 18 months' imprisonment. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The sentence is suspended with a probationary period of four years. With his statements on Sw...

C committee of inquiry (CEP). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The House of Representatives rejected two initiatives tabled by the Social Democrats and the Greens following the publication of the Swiss Federal Audit Office'...

The departure of UBS bank from Switzerland would have a noticeable impact on the perception and stability of Zurich as a financial centre. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox There is a lot at stake for the city and canton of ...

The Zurich car number plate ZH 11 has been sold for CHF262,000 at an online auction. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The figure is below the record of CHF299,000 paid out in 2024 for the ZH 24 number plate. + Five suprisin...

Pesticides that are authorised in the European Union should be available more quickly in Switzerland, Swiss parliament has decided. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This applies particularly to neighbouring EU country, the ...

The United States has struck a deal with Swiss pharmaceutical giants Novartis and Roche to lower drug prices, according to media reports. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The deal is expected to be made public on Friday, Bl...

Swiss spending on international cooperation should be suspended until 2030, according to a Senate vote. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The parliamentary chamber agreed with the government on this point, by 25 votes to 18,...

Swiss watch exports continued to flag in November, falling by 7.3% to CHF2.2 billion, led by a dramatic decline in sales to the United States. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The leading market in terms of value, with CHF2...

The Swiss Senate does not agree with every point of a proposed government savings plan. Lawmakers partially rescued subsidies for climate policy and voted against slashing Swissinfo's budget. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbo...

Twenty Swiss banks have been fined CHF237.5 million by the Competition Commission (ComCo) after a long-running investigation into collusion on the financial market. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In total, ComCo investiga...

The United States has ramped up pressure on Switzerland by setting a March 31 deadline for sealing a legally binding tariff agreement. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox If this deadline is not met, the White House intends to...

The Swiss army will be more flexible to meet the needs of its personnel. On Wednesday, the two chambers of Parliament accepted the proposal on the draft amendment to the Armed Forces Act. The aim of the draft is to ensure that the armed forces are ad...

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, claims to have made progress after ten years at the head of the UN agency in Geneva. But he also regrets not having been able to do more, as he leaves his post at the end of December. Among the s...

So-called influence marketing - the promotion of products on social media by influencers - has become very important, but it is very opaque and presents considerable risks. This is according to a study - also carried out in Switzerland - by the Europ...

The desire to travel is increasing in Switzerland: in the new year, the Swiss want to take more holidays abroad than in 2025. On average, 2.2 trips abroad per person are planned for 2026, according to a survey published on Wednesday by the travel gro...

Shark species that existed for less than four million years die out more frequently than older ones. This is the result of a new study by the University of Zurich. "Understanding the mechanisms of extinction, including the characteristics that make c...

Disruptive asylum seekers will be housed in a separate area in federal asylum centres. The State Secretariat for Migration is trialling a new accommodation concept from summer 2026. The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) wants to ease the burden o...

The economic crisis and high costs are having an impact on Germans' plans for the winter. Swiss tourist destinations could feel the effects of this restraint. A share of 15% of Germans surveyed want to cut back on either holiday plans or leisure acti...

Around 100 people gathered in Bern's town hall square on Tuesday evening to celebrate the Jewish festival of lights, known as Hanukkah. The event was overshadowed by the terror attack at Bondi Beach in Australia. "We are all shocked by the deadly att...

The Swiss Federal Railways will not be operating the problem-riddled double-decker FV-Dosto train abroad. The aim of the procurement was to keep all options open, said the spokeswoman for Swiss Federal Railways on Swiss public radio SRF. "In the mean...

Petra Volpe's Heldin (Late Shift) has been shortlisted for Best International Film at the 98th Academy Awards in Los Angeles along with 14 other films. A total of 86 countries had applied for the 2026 competition in the International Feature Film cat...

The Swiss government has received backing from parliament for the planned negotiations with the United States. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Following the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, the Se...

An Italian man has been stopped near the customs post at Brusata, canton Ticino, with more than 100kg of undeclared foodstuffs. The 51-year-old wanted to bring 66 panettones into Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbo...

It is highly unlikely that there will be large amounts of snow over the festive period, according to MeteoSwiss. A white Christmas in the Swiss lowlands can be virtually ruled out. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Feder...

Nearly 62,000 Swiss people are injured each year while skiing or snowboarding on the slopes. For just over one in five of those injured, the accident is so serious that it results in at least one month's absence from work. +Get the most important new...