The revolving panorama restaurant at the top of the Stanserhorn mountain in Switzerland is to make way for a new building. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The revolving restaurant at 1,898 metres, which opened in 2001, wi...

A strike by Lufthansa flight attendants also impacted air traffic in Switzerland. There were eight flight cancellations in Basel, four in Geneva and six in Zurich on Friday. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox At the end of t...

Firefighters, assisted by two civilian and two army helicopters, are extinguishing the last embers of a forest fire in southern Switzerland. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The fire in Brusio was reported to the cantonal ...

Three men are to stand trial for attempted extortion of the Zurich Cantonal Bank. The trio are said to have stolen customer data and demanded CHF3 million worth of bitcoin. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The accused are ...

Consumer sentiment in Switzerland deteriorated significantly in March, falling to its lowest level since the beginning of 2024. The war with Iran is likely to have played a significant role. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbo...

Nine Swiss citizens will sail to Gaza with a new international flotilla. The activists, on board more than 80 boats, intend to protest against Israel and to reiterate their support for the Palestinian population in the region. + Get the most importan...

The Swiss Federal Criminal Court has dropped a money laundering case against UBS bank connected to the so-called ‘tuna bond’ loan scandal in Mozambique. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox UBS inherited the legal trouble ...

Following a tightening of the Swiss refugee system in November, the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) has refused 104 S-status protection requests from Ukrainians with most applicants sent back home. + Get the most important news from Switzerland...

Prices for Swiss condominiums and single-family homes continued to rise at a high level in the first three months of 2026. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Houses in western Switzerland and Bern were particularly popular. ...

Switzerland is among seven countries calling for an immediate end to the fighting in Lebanon and for protection of civilians and humanitarian personnel. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The group of states consisting of Sw...

The body of a pilot who crashed in mid-March in the Bavona Valley in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino has been recovered. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The 64-year-old Swiss national from the canton of Fribourg had b...

The effects of 2021 Swiss legislation to accelerate more women onto company boards are beginning to be felt. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Only five of the 30 largest companies listed on the Swiss stock exchange are yet...

Switzerland wants to add the river Rhine port of Basel to the European Ports Alliance. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Swiss Justice Minister Beat Jans said the move would be an "important building block" in the fight aga...

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recommends a series of reforms for Switzerland to strengthen competition, growth and social participation. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The focus is par...

Switzerland's climate policy lacks foresight and coherence, according to a group of experts from the Swiss Academy of Sciences. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The group concludes that measures taken to date are not suffi...

The Swiss population is against further cuts in development aid funds, according to a survey conducted by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Most of the 4,305 people surveyed...

Thirty eight of the 115 people injured in the Swiss fire disaster in Crans-Montana are still being treated in Germany, France, Italy or Switzerland. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The number fell by three between March 2...

The Swiss market for new commercial vehicles experienced growth again in the first quarter of 2026, following a fallow 2025. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The share of all-electric vehicles in sales has continued to ris...

Climate change is having an adverse impact on the mixture of oxygen in Lake Constance, according to Swiss researchers. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The lake is sufficiently oxygenated at present, but the International ...

The Swiss canton of Geneva and the federal government expect a tax windfall from commodity traders as the Iran war drives up oil prices. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Oil traders in Geneva, who handle a third of global ...

Several hundred people demonstrated on Helvetiaplatz in Zurich against the war in Iran on Wednesday evening. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Protesters demanded "an end to the imperialist war of aggression" and self-deter...

The former municipal fire safety officer refused to answer investigators’ questions on Wednesday as the hearing resumed into the New Year’s Eve fire at the Le Constellation bar in Crans‑Montana. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in...

A forest fire in the municipality of Brusio, in canton Graubünden, was brought under control by emergency crews on Wednesday morning. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Five helicopters from Swisshelicopter and Heli Bernina...

The traditional Patrouille des Glaciers ski-touring race gets under way next Monday in canton Valais. This year’s event features 1,376 teams, with around 5,500 ski mountaineers taking part. The event is expected to see a record number of women comp...

Forests hold on to around 20-30% of winter snowfall, playing a key role in how much water is available later on. Researchers at the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) have been looking into how this process works. + Get the most impo...

Zurich’s first outdoor pools will open on Saturday, with the Utoquai lakeside pool and the Seebach outdoor pool welcoming swimmers, the city said on Wednesday. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox However, keen swimmers are ...

The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) posted a loss of CHF2.9 million ($3.7 million) last year, largely because of weaker income from radio and television licence fees and advertising. Rising operating costs also weighed on the result, the company...

Zurich’s hotline for victims of violence is being “well used”, according to the Cantonal Justice Director Jacqueline Fehr. Demand is particularly high at night, she told the Tamedia group. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your ...

The Swiss stock market opened sharply higher on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran. Despite continued volatility, investors were expected to regain their appetite for risk. + Get the most important news...

A US judge has rejected an attempt by Swiss bank UBS to limit its liability over new findings on accounts linked to Nazi Germany. + Get the most important Swiss news directly in your inbox The bank had argued that a 1999 settlement should be interpre...