Switzerland striker Breel Embolo received a visa on Thursday and is headed to the World Cup, following a two-day delay in the authorisation of his travel to the United States. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox His visa for ...

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis and Culture Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider met Louise Mushikiwabo, the secretary-general of the International Organisation of La Francophonie, in Bern on Thursday to mark 30 years of membership of the country...

The company is to cut around 60 full-time equivalents in the field of IT in Switzerland and reorient its activities in this sector. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A consultation procedure will be launched in mid-June, th...

Swiss financial institutions have improved their measures against money laundering. According to the financial regulator FINMA, however, weaknesses remain in risk analysis, especially in the case of politically exposed persons, complex company struct...

The cantons of Geneva, Vaud and Valais will have the support of nearly 4,000 Swiss military personnel to guarantee security at the G7 Summit being held in neighbouring France from June 12-17. The Swiss Army will be helping to provide security for the...

Yodelling singer Nadja Räss has won the 2026 Swiss Grand Prix for Music, a prize worth CHF 100,000 ($126,500). Ten other winners were also honoured, including Flèche Love from Geneva and Louis Schild of Neuchâtel. + Get the most important news fro...

The Senate on Thursday narrowly rejected an initiative by the Centre Party to combat the result of a nationwide vote last March to end the joint taxation of spouses. The rejection, by 24 votes to 21, follows a similar rejection earlier in the House o...

Cocaine use in Switzerland is on the rise. Men and young adults between the ages of 18 and 34 use the drug particularly frequently, an analysis by the non-profit foundation Addiction Switzerland reveals. + Get the most important news from Switzerland...

The association behind the food protection initiative is to file a criminal complaint against unknown persons, claiming at least 5,000 signatures went missing during an official recount. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Th...

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...