The Olympic Museum in Lausanne has presented some of the more than 300 objects collected during the Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Mathilde Gremaud's skis, Franjo von Allmen's helmet an...

The Swiss Armed Forces will be taking part in a NATO digital defence exercise in Poland from Wednesday. For three weeks, the experts will test networking with the systems of 40 other nations. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbo...

Women in Switzerland distrust public institutions more than men. Although trust is high in an international comparison, the gender gap is particularly high in Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox For example, 45% o...

The Senate has rejected a proposal to allow stores in Switzerland to open on 12 Sundays a year, compared with the current four. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox After the debate on Tuesday, the Senate decided, by 22 votes a...

Women in Switzerland attach great importance to security when dealing with money, according to a study. When investing, they clearly prioritise stability over wealth accumulation or returns. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox...

Victim support centres in Switzerland provided 7% more counselling in 2025 than in the previous year. At the same time, compensation and reparations paid out rose by 10% to CHF7.3 million ($9.15 million), according to the Federal Statistical Office (...

Some CHF4.6 billion ($5.75 billion) will be transferred from the richer to the poorer cantons as part of the Swiss financial equalisation system in 2027. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This is CHF1.8 billion less than 202...

The Indian stock exchange regulator has accused Rajesh Exports, owner of Ticino gold refinery Valcambi, of massive accounting irregularities. The gold company is said to have overstated its turnover by around $159 billion (CHF127 billion) over a peri...

A scary retreat for Switzerland as it prepares for the World Cup: the area adjacent to the national football team's training centre at the San Diego Jewish Academy is infested with snakes. The players were warned of their presence near the training g...

Environmental organisation Greenpeace has protested against the parliamentary debate on the construction of new nuclear power plants with a light projection onto the Federal Palace. Greenpeace accuses the Swiss parliament of disregarding the will of ...

The humanitarian situation in the Palestinian Gaza Strip is dramatic and continues to fluctuate greatly, says the Swiss foreign ministry. In a joint declaration with 19 states, Switzerland has expressed its concern about the situation. +Get the most ...

A teenager will stand trial on July 1 for an anti-Semitic attack in Switzerland. In March 2024, he allegedly attacked an orthodox Jew in Zurich with a knife and caused life-threatening injuries. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your ...

Hotels in Switzerland enjoyed unprecedented levels of occupancy last winter, despite a sluggish end to the season. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Between November and April, no fewer than 18.7 million overnight stays wer...

The Grand Council in the Swiss canton of Valais will allocate CHF1.255 million to its Public Prosecutor's Office and cantonal police in connection with the fire tragedy in Crans-Montana. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Th...

The Swiss armed forces are modernising their artillery by replacing M109 self-propelled howitzers, dating from the 1960s. New artillery pieces from Germany are expected to be delivered from 2031. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your...

The wolf population in Switzerland continued to grow in 2025. Nationwide, 43 packs were confirmed, as the Kora Foundation announced in its annual report on Monday. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to the foundati...

An attempt to break the record of Charlie Chaplin look-a-likes fell short at the Chaplin's World museum in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Chaplin's World is celebrating its tenth anniversa...

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche is shelling out $700 million to join the research of Californian counterpart Nurix Therapeutics on the drug bexobrutideg. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The product against chronic lympho...

The CEO of Swiss engineering firm ABB has warned of a significant loss of EU competitiveness and possible mass redundancies. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The EU must deregulate as a matter of urgency, Morten Wierod sai...

The disposal of a potentially hazardous chemical substance from a former research site at the Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich was successfully completed on Sunday. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The almost 270...

An alliance of animal protection organisations has called out a Swiss supermarket chain for alleged misleading advertisement. The retailer Migros rejects the accusations. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Werbemist team...

The working hours of doctors in Swiss hospitals have fallen slightly. Nevertheless, exhaustion and risks to patient safety remain at a high level, according to a survey of working conditions. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inb...

Nearly 60% of the Swiss population supports the construction of new nuclear power plants, according to a poll commissioned by the Swiss Association of Electricity Companies (AES). + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This rene...

The Global Ukrainian Summit, which took place in Switzerland for the first time, ended on Sunday in Bern. According to the organisers, Switzerland is becoming an important place for dialogue, cooperation and long-term partnerships with Ukraine. + Get...

A boarding school in Zug, in central Switzerland, was evacuated on Saturday afternoon following a written threat. Around 30 people were brought to safety. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The threat was reported shortly af...

The Swiss State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) has announced it is cutting 108 jobs. Some of these were financed on a temporary basis, while other positions will fall victim to cost-cutting measures. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in...

The Valais Public Prosecutor’s Office conducted a confrontation hearing between the two owners of the Crans-Montana, which was the site of a deadly fire on January 1. Swiss public television RTS reveals the key details of the interrogation. + Get t...

The Swiss Attorney General's Office still has no access to the electronic devices of the 31-year-old Turkish-Swiss man accused of wounding three people in Winterthur with a knife. The reason is that the suspect objects to the search of his laptop and...

A 47-year-old man died on Friday evening during a wingsuit jump at Vättis, in the canton of St Gallen. The German national fell to his death. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The man took off shortly after 17:00 with anot...

Air travellers from the US or the UK sometimes have to wait over an hour to enter Switzerland. The reason for this is a new European border control system. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Entry and exit into and out of th...