Now even the mountains are sweating. Weather stations on the Jungfraujoch, the Säntis, the Great St Bernard Pass and the Grimsel Pass set new daily temperature records on Monday. At the Jungfraujoch in the canton of Valais, at 3,571 metres above sea...

Climate change is fundamentally altering the conditions for wine growing in Europe. According to a Swiss study, suitable areas are shifting northwards and to higher altitudes. At the same time, the increasing risk of disease is likely to limit the po...

Switzerland and Britain have concluded negotiations on an expanded free trade agreement. The agreement, which focuses on services, is intended to promote trade, investment and jobs. Companies in sectors such as financial services and the natural scie...

The reduction of Swiss CO₂ emissions was significant in the heating sector, but remained limited relating to transport last year – a rate that the WWF considers insufficient to meet climate targets. Emissions from fuel use fell by 4.8% compared w...

Two mountaineers have fallen to their deaths on the Matterhorn mountain near to Zermatt in southern Switzerland. The rope team were killed while descending via the Hörnligrat on Sunday for reasons that remained unknown. The accident occurred at arou...

Fuel prices in Switzerland rose by 1.7% over the weekend, according to figures released by the Swiss Touring Club (TCS). But prices are still some way off the highs reached in recent months. According to the TCS, the average price of a litre of 95-oc...

Switzerland is taking part in an initiative aimed at restarting the reconstruction of Gaza, along with 12 other countries. According to the European Commission, several hundred million euros were raised at the launch of this initiative. The 'Team Gaz...

Several hundred fish and crayfish have died in the Tägelbach in Frauenfeld, northern Switzerland, as a result of water pollution. The cause of the pollution is currently unknown, according to a statement issued by the Thurgau cantonal police. The de...

The 33rd Verbier Festival will take place from Thursday until August 2 in the resort of Val de Bagnes. The programme features around 60 classical music concerts, including three operas, around 100 masterclasses and numerous free events. The opening c...

Swiss air traffic controller Skyguide expects to make half as many redundancies as the 220 layoffs by the end of 2027 as previously announced. The posts will be cut, but early retirements will mean fewer forced redundancies, Skyguide said on Monday. ...

In the case of the Crans-Montana fire disaster, the Valais Public Prosecutor's Office is continuing its investigation with two further hearings are scheduled for this week. Those to be questioned are the former vice-president of the then municipality...

The fire tragedy at the Le Constellation bar is not expected to negatively impact summer tourism at the Swiss town of Crans-Montana. The New Year’s Eve fire in southwest Switzerland claimed 41 lives and injured 115 other people. But Crans-Montana T...

Rents continued to rise in June across Switzerland, according to the property platform Homegate. Year-on-year, the increase stands at 2.5%, but price trends vary from canton to canton. The Homegate Rent Index rose by 0.3 points in June and now stands...

A transfer of shares in Swiss ice hockey champions Fribourg-Gottéron was carried out in accordance with regulations, the cantonal authorities have ruled. The sale of shares in the ice hockey club by Fribourg Cantonal Bank (FCB) to a company owned by...

The director of the Swiss meteorological service MeteoSwiss has warned of the consequences of government austerity measures. Investments such as the replacement of weather radars are at risk, which could lead to less accurate forecasts, Stefan Uhlenb...

The number of unemployed bank employees is rising steadily as the number of vacancies in the banking sector remains at a low level. Across Switzerland, 4,474 people who had most recently worked in a bank were registered as unemployed with regional jo...

The 25th edition of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) ended on Saturday with the jury awarding top prize to Hen by South African filmmaker Nico Scheepers. As the NIFFF wrote, the jury found Hen to be a “striking portrayal...

Saturday was busy at the country’s biggest airport: up to 110,000 passengers flew off on holidays from Zurich on Saturday, with queues unavoidable. The most popular summer destinations are Spain – particularly Madrid, Alicante and Barcelona – a...

A new nuclear power station would generate CHF1.6 billion ($1.97 billion) for the Swiss economy each year and create over 2,900 jobs, according to an analysis. The study, published on Sunday, was carried out by the BAK Economics research institute on...

Swiss President Guy Parmelin and Sports Minister Martin Pfister have congratulated the men’s national football team after it was knocked out of the World Cup at the quarter-final stage by Argentina. “Thank you very much for the emotions, and a hu...

The music festival on Bern’s “local mountain” has put a heat protection plan in place due to the forecasted high temperatures. Among other measures, this means more water, new misters, and free sun cream. Around 150 free drinking water points w...

Janine Bunte, the director of the Swiss Youth Hostels network, says local authorities “make a living from tourism, yet complain about the large numbers of visitors”. For her, a more direct debate is needed. Many local authorities have neglected t...

A French minister has expressed regret about how authorities in Switzerland and Geneva handled the run-up to the recent G7 summit in Evian (France). Rather than using the event to raise Geneva’s profile, “there was a lack of openness from the out...

Martin Pfister is heading to Kansas City for this weekend’s World Cup quarter-final between Switzerland and Argentina. In a video posted to social media platform X on Saturday, the sports minister is seen standing in front of an aeroplane, explaini...

The man from canton Valais, who won silver in the downhill race at the Sapporo Winter Olympics in 1972, had been battling illness for two years. Ultimately the illness proved stronger than the thrill-seeking skier who loved to brave the planet’s st...

When primary schools start back after the summer break in canton Nidwalden, new rules introduced last year will continue to apply: mobile phones are only for educational purposes and emergencies. Since August 1, 2025, mobiles, laptops, tablets and ot...

In the first six months of 2026, Swiss cinemas recorded 5.3 million admissions, the best half-yearly figure since 2023. The increase was particularly marked in Italian-speaking Switzerland, with a 33% rise in audience numbers. This is according to th...

One of the three Swiss prosecutors conducting an investigation into the January 1 fatal fire in Crans-Montana has announced her resignation. A post for a prosecutor will be advertised shortly, according to the Valais Public Prosecutor’s Office, whi...

Zurich police have arrested three people following a paint attack on the Turkish consulate. They are two Swiss nationals aged 18 and 20, and an 18-year-old woman from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Shortly after 10pm, a Zurich police patrol stationed near t...

According to the Swiss government’s latest natural hazards bulletin, the current heatwave will last on the northern side of the Alps until at least Thursday next week and Friday in the south. A “slight increase in the humidity of the air mass” ...