A new system called 'Bibo' aims to simplify travelling on public transport in Switzerland. The app automatically recognises when someone is on a bus, train or tram and charges the correct fare at the end of the journey. The industry organisation Alli...

Nicolas Féraud is being questioned by the Valais public prosecutor for the first time on Monday in connection with the tragic bar fire on January 1. He is the eighth of nine defendants to be questioned in the case. "This hearing means that it has ta...

Flight connections in Switzerland are likely to be cancelled again owing to the Lufthansa strike announced for Monday and Tuesday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On Friday, several connections to and from Germany were can...

The Ice Hockey World Championships taking place in Zurich and Fribourg in May are helping Zurich hotels to cushion the loss of overnight stays caused by the conflict in the Middle East. Hotels near the stadiums and in the city centre are benefiting i...

The 17th Zermatt Unplugged has attracted more than 35,000 visitors over the past five days. International artists such as Herbert Grönemeyer, Emeli Sandé and Placebo performed at various venues in the Valais mountain village. +Get the most importan...

The international horological museum (MIH) in La Chaux-de-Fonds, western Switzerland, will be staging a temporary exhibition from May 6 showcasing its acquisitions for 2025. The exhibition will include two highly prized objects: a pocket chronometer ...

The number of cyberattacks in Switzerland continued to rise last year. In the face of increasing fraud and phishing attempts, the market for cyber insurance is booming: the premium volume has tripled within four years. +Get the most important news fr...

The fire disaster in Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland has also had an impact on the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. Only flame-retardant flags will be permitted at the event in mid-May. In addition to tickets, fans must also present certi...

The Swiss Football League (SFL) has postponed the Super League match between Thun and Basel scheduled for Saturday at 8.30pm. This is due to a fire in the first team's dressing room at Basel's St. Jakob-Park on Friday evening. +Get the most important...

Skiers aged 30 months to five years have been hitting the slopes at Villars-sur-Ollon in canton Vaud since Tuesday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The programme for these young skiers includes training sessions, followed ...

The companies in the Swiss Market Index (SMI) emitted a total of 663 million tonnes of CO2 last year. This is the result of a data analysis by the news agency AWP based on the sustainability reports of 16 of the 20 SMI companies. +Get the most import...

The last victim of the Crans-Montana fire on New Year's Eve to be treated in Zurich left the children's hospital on Tuesday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The further treatment of the nine people affected is now taking p...

Economics Minister Guy Parmelin, who holds the rotating Swiss presidency this year, has congratulated the US space agency NASA and its partners on the successful "Artemis II" mission around the Moon. Shortly beforehand, the astronauts landed in the P...

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...