Former Bern city councillor Joy Matter has died at the age of 90, her family announced in an obituary published on Saturday. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Matter began her political career with the centre-left group Jun...

Some dogs drop everything for a toy. Their behaviour mirrors the kind of addiction seen in humans hooked on gambling or online gaming, according to an Austro-Swiss research team writing in Scientific Reports. A dog so obsessed with its toy it can’t...

Ferry services run by the General Navigation Company (CGN) between Switzerland and France on Lake Geneva are set to be scaled back from 2026. On Friday morning, canton Vaud and neighbouring French regions confirmed they have signed a new cross-border...

The World Expo 2025 in Osaka will wrap up on Monday and the Swiss pavilion is proving a hit. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Visitors face long queues to get into national pavilions but those who make it into the Swiss one...

Thousands of litres of diesel spilled at Meiringen airbase in the Bernese Oberland on Thursday afternoon, with some of the fuel reaching nearby Lake Brienz, according to police and prosecutors. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your in...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Swiss counterpart Ignazio Cassis in Bellinzona on Friday for the fourth round of strategic talks between Switzerland and China. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This Chinese visit to...

The ICRC will help reunite Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees with their families under the agreement between Israel and Hamas. This should be a turning point after two years of unthinkable horror, said its president Mirjana Spoljaric in Gene...

A year and a half after winning Eurovision in Sweden's Malmö, Nemo unveils Arthouse – a bold debut blending pop and experimental sound. "There's only one first album," Nemo tells Swiss news agency Keystone-SDA. "It had to reflect everything I want...

Swiss industrial company Sulzer is claiming a substantial sum from Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) for unpaid invoices, the Winterthur-based group announced on Friday. Mexican press reports point to a claim of more than CHF23 million ($28 million). The ...

The Swiss Federal Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a Geneva police officer challenging his conviction for speeding during a car chase. The appellant criticised the cantonal court of justice for not exempting him from any penalty, citing in par...

Police in Bern plan a major deployment for an unauthorised Middle East protest on Saturday, aided by emergency teams from other cantons to protect the public and critical sites. The city of Bern had asked the groups calling for the demonstration to s...

No more vegetarian burgers, sausages and steaks? In the EU, the naming of meat substitute products may soon become stricter, based on a decision taken by the European Parliament this week. However, the Swiss companies concerned see no need to act at ...

Netflix has increased its subscription prices in Switzerland with immediate effect, raising each plan by CHF2 ($2.48) per month, Swiss public broadcaster SRF reports. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The basic subscription ...

Self-injection device manufacturer Ypsomed is planning to build its first factory in the United States. It has set its sights on the Holly Springs site in North Carolina, where it plans to invest an initial CHF200 million ($248 million). The plant is...

Economiesuisse executive board member Alexander Keberle calls for greater use of public-private partnerships to fund upgrades to the Swiss transport network. In an interview with Tamedia's German-language newspapers, Alexander Keberle says that possi...

A blast of molten material at 1,500 °C ripped through several floors of an industrial building in Flums, St Gallen, late Thursday, prompting an overnight warning about noxious fumes. The alert was lifted within hours. No one was hurt. There is no lo...

Cecilia Vicuña has been awarded the Roswitha Haftmann Prize, endowed with CHF150,000, by the Swiss foundation of the same name. The prize honours the Chilean-born artist, activist and poet for her life's work. +Get the most important news from Switz...

The Swiss government plans to set priorities for the expansion of the country's transport networks on the basis of a report it commissioned from the federal technology institute ETH Zurich. The report, published on Thursday, comes on the heels of bil...

A non-partisan alliance submitted 65,672 signatures on Thursday in favour of a referendum against the introduction of individual taxation. According to the alliance, the reform passed by the Swiss parliament will probably be put to voters in March 20...

Switzerland welcomes the first phase of an agreed peace plan for the Gaza Strip, Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said on Thursday on X. The foreign minister also praised the diplomatic efforts of the countries involved in the negotiations. +Get the m...

At Swiss airports, a new entry and exit system will be introduced in stages, starting on October 12. It will allow third-country nationals to be registered electronically, replacing the current manual stamping of travel documents. The announcement wa...

Four of the 36 F-35A fighter jets ordered by Switzerland from the United States will undergo final assembly and testing at RUAG's site in canton Lucerne. The defence company is exploring how it can turn itself into a European centre for military avia...

The number of primary-school pupils is expected to fall sharply from 2027 onwards, according to the Swiss Federal Statistical Office. As a result, the need for new teachers at this level should fall sharply. This trend is linked to the fall in the nu...

Some 41% of the permanent resident population in Switzerland aged 15 and over had a migration background in 2024. That is around 3 million people, the Federal Statistical Office revealed on Thursday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in y...

The body of a Swiss citizen in his 60s was found at the end of September on a beach in Corsica. A murder investigation has been launched to shed light on the case, the local public prosecutor's office said on Wednesday. +Get the most important news f...

Swiss multinational Nestlé is abandoning an international alliance to reduce methane emissions in the dairy industry, an entity that the company had helped to found only two years ago. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Nest...

The Swiss federal technology institute ETH Zurich remains the best university in continental Europe, according to the 2026 Times Higher Education rankings published on Thursday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Switzerland ...

The last ten Swiss participants in the Gaza flotilla were repatriated on Wednesday. Nine people landed in Geneva, while the last member of the flotilla, a Turkish dual national, arrived in Turkey on Tuesday. +Get the most important news from Switzerl...

The 39% tariffs imposed by the US could cost the Swiss economy up to 20,000 jobs, says UBS economist Thomas Veraguth. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox “The uncertainty is at all levels, but it is obviously very different ...

For the first time, a woman will be representing Switzerland at the world street dance finals. Sheila Silva, 31, from Villeneuve in canton Vaud will be defending the Swiss colours on October 11 in Los Angeles. +Get the most important news from Switze...