Contrary to the global trend, the sperm quality of young Swiss men is stable. A new study shows that key measurements of sperm quality have not fallen any further since the period 2005 to 2017. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your i...

The parliament of the canton of Bern has voted to include feminicide as a separate category in its annual crime statistics. Currently, no institution in Switzerland systematically documents this type of crime. + Get the most important news from Switz...

The “No G7” coalition lost its legal challenges in Geneva’s courts. Judges dismissed its claims that the Geneva cantonal government had denied justice, and upheld the decree limiting a planned demonstration to the city’s right bank, without g...

In the western part of Lake Constance, bordering Switzerland, Germany and Austria, water levels have fallen to their lowest on record for June. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The drop is being blamed on a prolonged lack ...

An association has been set up five months after the Crans-Montana bar fire, which claimed 41 lives and left over 100 people injured. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Known as Initiative Phoenix, it is backed by a medical ...

The Swiss House of Representatives backed a proposal on Wednesday to improve support for victims of violence by guaranteeing access to forensic medical care and expanding emergency accommodation across the country. + Get the most important news from ...

Economiesuisse, the Swiss business federation, has dismissed US claims of forced labour against Switzerland as “completely unfounded”. While the latest tariff threats from Washington would weigh on Swiss firms, the group said they were less sever...

The Swiss food giant Nestlé has agreed to buy Munich-based yfood Labs, a producer of liquid, powdered and bar products, in which it has held a 49% stake since 2023. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox While the financial det...

Lifted by strong domestic demand, Switzerland’s economy is unlikely to take too great a hit this year from rising energy prices and a more uncertain global outlook, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says. + Get the m...

As with the European Union (EU), Switzerland will need to put in place a legal framework for centres abroad where migrants can be returned. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A deal struck in Brussels on Monday will also app...

Switzerland forward Breel Embolo was unable to fly out to Los Angeles with the Switzerland squad for the World Cup as planned on Tuesday. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Embolo’s ESTA – the travel authorisation requir...

The United States is threatening Switzerland with new tariffs of 12.5% on products linked to forced labour. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The US is stepping up pressure on Switzerland in the ongoing trade dispute. US Pr...

No terrorist motives have emerged in connection with a knife attack carried out by a woman in the Swiss town of Bellinzona last January. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A 37-year-old woman had entered a mobile phone shop i...

Many people suspected of having been infected by the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have tested negative. The number of such cases has fallen to 116, said the World Health Organisation (WHO). +Get the most important news from S...

Both chambers of the Swiss parliament have approved a bilateral agreement to allow the private sector to help rebuild war-torn Ukraine. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The agreement, signed in July 2025, will increase the ...

Five months after the fire disaster in Crans-Montana, the Initiative Phoenix association has been founded to support burn victims. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The aim of the organisation is to promote activities and me...

Digital participation in Switzerland is high by international standards, but there are major differences within the country. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Older people and those with a lower level of education are at a d...

Switzerland is set to release CHF58.3 million for European Union research programmes. The funding is part of the 2026 budget supplement of almost CHF90 million. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The government had initially ...

The Geneva headquarters of commodities trader Gunvor have been searched on the orders of the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The search is part of criminal proceedings against...

Both chambers of the Swiss parliament have approved an increase in a fund to build non-profit housing projects. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Senate voted to increase the so-called Fonds de Roulement by CHF150 millio...

The Swiss city of Freiburg and the Jewish and Muslim communities have reached a agreement to regulate plots at St Leonhard cemetery. Other language: 1 +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The agreement regulates the long-term u...

Deadwood beetles are celebrating a comeback, but things are looking bleak for many butterflies, according to a study of Swiss insects in the last 90 years. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This is shown by a study published...

The Swiss House of Representatives has agreed with the Senate to take tougher action against Temu and similar companies that sends tens of thousands of packages to Switzerland from China every day. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in you...

A newly launched people's initiative aims to increase digital security in Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to the initiative, the federal government should lay down security regulations at constitutio...

Between January and May, 91,300 new cars were registered in Switzerland, roughly the same number as a year ago, according to Auto Schweiz. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This was only possible because cars with electric m...

Swiss Federal Court judge Yves Donzallaz has described his relationship with fellow judge Beatrice van de Graaf as "inappropriate", but not illegal. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox However, Donzallaz said in an interview w...

A concert in the Sacré-Cœur church in Crans-Montana was staged on Monday evening commemorated the victims of the Swiss New Year's Eve fire disaster. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Tribute to the Angels of Crans-Mont...

A silent film, long thought to have disappeared, has been identified in the collections of the Cinémathèque suisse, the Swiss national film archives. The short film from 1900 has been restored and attributed to the British director Robert W. Paul. ...

The number of reported accidents in Swiss civil aviation increased by around 20% in 2025. Four incidents with a total of six fatalities occurred in recreational aviation, the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) said on Monday. +Get the most impor...

The Gotthard Base Tunnel celebrates its tenth anniversary on Monday. Opened on June 1, 2016, the 57-kilometre tunnel has almost doubled demand for passenger traffic on this route, according to the Swiss federal railways. +Get the most important news ...