Swiss drugmaker Novartis says it will cut around 220 jobs in Germany as part of the planned closure of a production site in Wehr ⁠by the end of 2028. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Novartis says the production site in W...

Hospital bills for Italian victims of the Crans-Montana fire will no longer be forwarded to victims’ families, Swiss President Guy Parmelin confirmed on Tuesday during a visit to Rome. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Par...

Those who lose trust in the world as young people are more likely to become conspiracy theorists later on, according to a long-term study in Zurich which shows how bullying can pave the way for this. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in y...

The cost of mental health treatment in Switzerland will continue to rise in 2024. Girls and young women remain a particular risk group, according to a report by the Swiss Health Observatory. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox...

American filmmaker Darren Aronofsky will be given the Leopard of Honour (Pardo d’Onore) at the 79th Locarno Film Festival. Aronofsky will receive the award on August 14 on the Piazza Grande. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inb...

The University Hospital Zurich has admitted to serious errors in cardiac surgery from 2016 to 2020. A report documents dozens of deaths. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox An independent investigation has revealed an excess m...

From a high-tech society to social disintegration: researchers have outlined five possible futures for Switzerland and calculated what they would mean for the climate. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to the Swiss...

Last year the insurance company Axa noted an increase in the number of reported car thefts. The average cost of a car theft in 2025 was almost CHF14,000 ($17,850). The cantons of Geneva and Vaud are particularly hard hit. +Get the most important news...

The Gotthard Pass in Switzerland will be open to road traffic again on Friday at 11am. Thanks to the small amount of snow, the clearing and repair work on the pass road has progressed faster than expected. +Get the most important news from Switzerlan...

Memberships in Swiss fitness centres have once again increased significantly compared to the previous year. This record also led to an increase in turnover, according to the latest study on the key figures of the Swiss fitness industry. +Get the most...

The Swiss population's sense of security when travelling abroad has deteriorated significantly. However, instead of forgoing holidays, travellers are increasingly turning to destinations in Europe. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in you...

Inflation has risen significantly in Switzerland in the wake of the war in the Middle East. Higher prices for petrol, diesel and heating oil were primarily responsible for this. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Specifically...

Employees in the care sector lead the field in terms of job satisfaction, according to a Swiss study. Eight out of ten employees say they have a meaningful job. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox However, there still seems to...

The International Auschwitz Committee has welcomed Monday's announcement of the opening of the file on Nazi criminal Josef Mengele at the Swiss Federal Archives (SFA). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Federal Intelligen...

Six people were injured when a helicopter crashed in Ticino, southern Switzerland, from a height of around 20 metres. The accident occurred after 4:30pm on Monday during an approach to a construction site in the Mezzovico-Vira area. The cause was ini...

The annual spring clean of Lake Geneva saw 2,592 kilos of trash collected from its waters over the weekend. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox More than 1,000 volunteers, including 300 divers and snorkellers, took part in th...

A Bonaparte's gull, an American cousin of the black-headed gull, has been spotted for the first time in Switzerland. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The commune of Préverenges in the canton of Vaud was the scene of an or...

Ferdinand Hodler's painting Lake Thun with Blüemlisalp and Niesen is to be returned to the heirs of its Jewish former owner. The SKKG Foundation in Winterthur and the heirs have reached an agreement. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in...

The expansion of wind energy in Europe would not necessarily come at the expense of beautiful landscapes, say Swiss researchers. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to a study by the Swiss Federal Institute of Techn...

As part of NATO's Partnership for Peace, Switzerland is taking part in the multinational 'Tiger Meet' exercise. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Swiss Air Force is represented in Araxos (Greece) by five F/A-18 combat a...

The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) is granting access to the file on former Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Nazi officer and physician Mengele was dubbed the 'Angel of Death'...

A majority of the Swiss population is against stricter rules such as shorter operating hours and flight taxes, according to a study commissioned by the Swiss aviation association, Aviationsuisse. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your...

Air traffic increased significantly at Zurich airport in April, despite turmoil created by conflict in the Middle East. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Flights in April were above the pre-coronavirus level of 2019 for the...

Birdlife Switzerland has launched its annual "Garden Bird Hour". People are invited to count birds in their garden, on their balcony or in a park until May 10. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The campaign, which has been ...

The Graubünden Cantonal Bank (GCB) and its subsidiary BZ Bank are facing a lawsuit demanding millions in compensation for alleged breaches of duty in connection with an investment product. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox...

Safaa Odah and Jimmy "Spire" Sseetongo are this year's winners of the Prix international de dessin de presse in Geneva. The Palestinian is being honoured for her humanitarian work in the Gaza Strip, the Ugandan for his cartoons critical of the govern...

There is a "very high" risk of fuel shortages in Switzerland, according to Florence Schurch, Secretary-General of the Swiss commodities trade association Suissenégoce. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Schurch expressed he...

Jonas Lauwiner, the self-proclaimed "King of Switzerland", has won a partial victory in the dispute over his armoured car before the Bern Administrative Court. The Road Traffic Office must reassess the withdrawal of his vehicle licence and number pla...

Riots broke out on the fringes of an unauthorised demonstration in Zurich's district 4 on Saturday night. On the way to the city centre, the city police pushed the demonstration back and eventually broke it up. + Get the most important news from Swit...

The United Nations and aid organisations have documented almost 10,000 attacks on healthcare facilities and personnel in just over ten years. This assessment was published as part of the 10th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 2286. + Get ...