Switzerland's rehabilitation clinics continue to ensure that patients affected by the tragedy in Crans-Montana can regain “as independent a life as possible”, doctors said. At a round-table discussion held on Wednesday in Sion, specialists and re...

Former defence minister Viola Amherd will attend the funeral of King Harald V of Norway as Switzerland’s official representative. The ceremony will take place on September 9 in Oslo, with royal families and guests from Switzerland and abroad expect...

Swiss professional paraglider Patrick von Känel has achieved an unprecedented feat. He flew in a slalom pattern around the piers of the Landwasser Viaduct in Filisur in canton Graubünden while a Rhaetian Railway train was crossing the bridge. To ca...

The pharmaceutical company Novartis is cutting up to 130 jobs in Basel by the end of 2027. The reason, the company announced on Wednesday, is that it is discontinuing the small-scale production of biologics in the Kleinbasel district. In the future, ...

The Swiss government intends to provide more support to people with rare diseases through two new laws. As a first step, the government plans to establish the legal framework enabling it to provide financial support for specialised care structures an...

Sheep’s wool instead of plastic? An experiment on a glacier in canton Vaud in western Switzerland shows that this natural material slows down ice melt just as effectively as conventional protective tarpaulins. For the "Keep it Wool" experiment, two...

The Swiss government has launched the public consultation on the agricultural policy from 2030 onwards. Key objectives for the policy include greater food security and freedom for farmers. On Wednesday, the federal government launched a consultation ...

The suspected shooter from Aarau turned himself in to the Jura cantonal police on Monday. The Aargau cantonal police announced this to the media on Wednesday afternoon. The suspected vehicle used in the offence had already been identified by officers...

The Japanese beetle continues to spread in the canton of Bern. The presence of a population of this invasive species in the Interlaken region has been confirmed, the Bernese Cantonal Directorate for Economy, Energy and the Environment announced on We...

The 22nd Zurich Film Festival is honouring the actress Julianne Moore for her lifetime achievement and her performance in Jesse Eisenberg’s film The Debut. She and Eisenberg will accept the Golden Icon Award in person. Julianne Moore is "one of the...

The Swiss government intends to make CHF100 million ($122 million) available over eight years for the modernisation of accommodations in mountain regions. On Wednesday, it adopted the relevant dispatch, which will now be submitted to Parliament. With...

The Swiss government has indicated that uniform legislation against so-called conversion measures is sensible. The patchwork of cantonal regulations makes it worth considering legislation at a federal level. In addition to some existing national regu...

Violence against public transport staff is a “sad daily reality”, said the Transport Workers’ Union (SEV) on the second national day of action under the slogan “Every attack is one too many”. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, verbal and physical...

In his closing address at the 'Ndrangheta trial on Wednesday, the federal prosecutor warned that the mafia organisation has been based in Switzerland for several decades. "This trial is important," said the federal prosecutor at the start of his clos...

Swiss hedge fund ADAPT Investment Managers has become the latest among a slew of peers opening an office in Abu Dhabi as the emirate continues to attract financial firms despite the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The $2 billion relative-value h...

For Johannes Teyssen, Chairman of the Lufthansa Supervisory Board, the future of Swiss International Airlines (SWISS) lies in collaboration within the Lufthansa Group, he said in a newspaper interview. "If we spend our time discussing how the various...

Swiss food manufacturer Nestlé plans to sell its mainstream vitamins and supplements business to United States private equity firm Yellow Wood Partners for $1 billion. The move comes as Nestlé CEO Philipp Navratil tries to streamline and turn aroun...

According to the solar energy industry association, the model for local electricity cooperatives, which was introduced in Switzerland at the start of the year, has been a success. After just six months, there are already around 1,800 such cooperative...

There have been two fatal accidents while swimming within three days at Lake Cauma in Flims in canton Graubünden. Mayor Christoph Schmidt says he is shocked, but does not want to hear any talk of a ban on swimming outside opening hours. The latest i...

At the end of August, Novartis halted several clinical trials of experimental cell therapies for autoimmune diseases in the fields of immunology and neuroscience, following the deaths of three patients. The Basel-based pharmaceutical giant confirmed ...

Switzerland experienced a summer with a high number of thunderstorms. More than 22,000 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes were recorded between early June and late August. Relative to its land area, it has the second-highest density of lightning strik...

Credit card details instead of dinner: fraudsters have tampered with the payment page of a food delivery service. The Federal Office for Cybersecurity is warning against this scam, known as skimming, and offers advice on how to protect against it. Ho...

A meat-like texture made from lentils and beans: researchers at the federal technology institute ETH Zurich have developed a new method for giving whole pulses a fibrous structure. For the process, the researchers soaked the pulses, puréed them and ...

A bison bull charged and injured a ranger in the enclosure at Welschenrohr in Solothurn on Monday afternoon. Rega airlifted the injured man to hospital. The experienced ranger wanted to scare the bison bull away and approached the animal to within on...

There is a shortage of paediatricians in Switzerland, but it is not equally severe everywhere. A new study shows why families in some cantons struggle to get appointments, while others are well catered for. Nationwide, there is one paediatrician for ...

To do more to protect the climate, we need emotion rather than just facts. A study from Geneva shows that images and emotional stories are more likely to motivate people to take action than scientific evidence. A research team from the University of ...

Swiss investment house Partners Group has reshuffled its top management after a slump in first-half earnings and warned of a weaker outlook for performance fees. The Swiss private markets firm named veterans Roberto Cagnati and Juri Jenkner as co-chi...

Is anyone missing a three-metre carpet python? The Zurich cantonal police are looking for the owner of the snake, which was discovered and captured in a wood in Winterthur. "This carpet python was apparently out for a little stroll in the woods near ...

Scientists in Switzerland are working to make airplanes recyclable. A newly developed composite material is intended to ensure that lightweight and robust components no longer inevitably end up in landfill or incinerators. Materials used in the const...

Insurer Swiss Life is set to cut around 600 jobs by 2028. This will affect Swiss Life Switzerland and Swiss Life Asset Managers in roughly equal measure, primarily abroad. A large proportion of this is to be achieved through “natural wastage”. Th...