Geneva's cantonal parliament wants to ban all demonstrations in Geneva in connection with the G7 Summit to be held in Evian-les-Bains, France, from June 15 to 17. The reason: the risk of disorder, damage to property and violence, as occurred on the f...

The Ethnography Museums of Geneva and Zurich and the Rietberg Museum in Zurich are to return 28 artefacts from the Kingdom of Benin to Nigeria. Research has shown that these objects were looted by British troops at the end of the 19th century. +Get t...

Swiss bank UBS will be able to expand its services for clients in the US. It has received the national banking licence it has been seeking for some time from the relevant US authorities. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox For...

On Friday the Swiss government discussed the US investigations into possible unfair trading practices. Based on an initial analysis by the federal authorities, the government discussed possible further steps. +Get the most important news from Switzer...

The fatal fall of a cable car gondola on Wednesday in central Switzerland was due to "an unexpectedly strong gust of wind", according to its manufacturer. The gust blew the cabin against a pylon. The impact unhooked it from the support cable. +Get th...

Due to the war in Iran, the Swiss government is no longer authorising any new arms exports to the United States. Existing licences and exports of other goods will be regularly reviewed by a group of experts. +Get the most important news from Switzerl...

A Doryanthes palmeri, also known as a giant spear lily, has flowered in the greenhouses of the Geneva Botanical Garden, more than 40 years after it was sown. This giant lily, originally from Australia, flowers only once in its lifetime. +Get the most...

The Swiss chocolate industry sold significantly fewer chocolate bars, pralines and other products in 2025, while at the same time increasing its turnover. The reason for this is the price increases for products to offset the sharp rise in raw materia...

The municipal government of Porrentruy in northwestern Switzerland can impose access restrictions for the outdoor pool. Parliament approved an amendment to the legal basis on Thursday. The swimming ban for French guests had caused a controversy. +Get...

A transit tax will be introduced for road traffic that crosses Switzerland without stopping. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On Thursday the House of Representatives approved a Senate motion to this effect by 173 votes to ...

Present alongside our ancestors for almost 10,000 years, sparrows are among the birds closest to humans and are the most common in Switzerland. But in Europe their population is declining, notes the Swiss Ornithological Institute. +Get the most impor...

The requirement to carry a physical driving licence could become just a memory in Switzerland. On Thursday, the House of Representatives approved a motion aimed at making digital driving licences the norm. +Get the most important news from Switzerlan...

Geneva is legislating to ban the wearing of the burkini in public swimming pools and baths. Adopted on Thursday by the cantonal parliament's right-wing majority, the new law does not, however, directly name the garment. +Get the most important news f...

Four nominations, four awards – Lucerne band Hecht had a good night on Thursday at the Swiss Music Awards. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "This is by far the most important award for us," said frontman Stefan Buck after...

The chair of the board of the Titlis-Bergbahnen lift company said staff decided on Wednesday to suspend operations due to strong winds when the fatal accident occurred. They parked the gondolas, he told the newspaper Tages-Anzeiger. The facility in E...

The outlook for Switzerland's public finances has deteriorated for 2026 and 2027. This is due to the introduction of the 13th pension payment and an expected deficit in unemployment insurance, according to the Federal Finance Administration. +Get the...

Swiss foreign minister Ignazio Cassis will visit Angola, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso next week. Discussions with his counterparts will focus on trade and economic relations, as well as scientific and international cooperation, the govern...

Authorities in the city of Basel have drawn a positive interim conclusion following three years of regulated cannabis sales in the city on the Rhine. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Thanks to the Weed Care pilot project, t...

Swiss neutrality will not be defined further in the Constitution, after the two chambers of parliament accepted a proposal to turn down a direct counter-proposal to the so-called neutrality initiative. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in...

In 2025, 214 people lost their lives on Swiss roads, 36 fewer than in the previous year. At the same time, the number of people seriously injured increased by 143 to 3,935, the Federal Roads Office (Astra) said on Thursday. +Get the most important ne...

In an international environment marked by profound uncertainty, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) is leaving its monetary policy unchanged: the institution is keeping its benchmark rate at 0.0%, the level at which it has been since June 2025. +Get the mo...

Swiss airports handled 60 million passengers on scheduled and charter flights in 2025. Passenger numbers have never been so high, surpassing even numbers before the Covid-19 pandemic, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) said on Thursday. +Get the mo...

Those who look up to the sky in Switzerland on Thursday evening may catch a glimpse of the Moon appearing in the form of an extremely thin crescent. This spectacle only occurs once every 18 years. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your...

The Swiss public is divided over the CHF50,000 ($63,100) in federal support to be paid to each victim of the Crans-Montana fire, a survey commissioned by 20Minuten and Tamedia shows. A third of those polled say it is too generous. +Get the most impor...

A 61-year-old woman died in a cable car accident in the Engelberg-Titlis ski resort in central Switzerland after a cabin crashed down a snowy mountainside on Wednesday morning. The woman was alone in the gondola, Nidwalden cantonal police have confir...

The Swiss biopharmaceutical contract manufacturer Lonza plans to relocate around 40 jobs, including some from Visp in canton Valais, to the Indian city of Hyderabad by the end of 2026. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "Lonz...

Motorists travelling to southern Switzerland over the Easter weekend should expect long delays. Traffic will already be heavy on the weekend before Easter on March 28-29. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Some routes will be...

Adults seeking treatment at Swiss hospitals' accident and emergency (A&E) departments without a doctor's referral note should pay a fee of CHF50 ($63), say lawmakers in the House of Representatives. The goal is to curb rising healthcare costs. +Get t...

Five Swiss citizens who survived a boat accident in the Seychelles have returned to Switzerland. A Swiss man and woman are still missing, the Swiss foreign ministry has confirmed. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox For reason...

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has been forced to cancel hundreds of flights this summer due to a shortage of cockpit staff as well as technical and structural bottlenecks. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A total of...