Swiss citizens in 50 countries used electronic voting for the first time to elect representatives to the Council of the Swiss Abroad for the 2025-2029 legislative. The Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA) hopes this will make the council more repre...

Nestlé plans to phase out its Nutri-Score nutrition labelling system on products sold in Switzerland. The food giant claims it is almost the last company in the country to use it. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "Nestlé ...

The president of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), Martin Schlegel, has warned of the huge financial uncertainties caused by recent US tariffs. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "We think that growth will slow down, but we do n...

The Swiss defence ministry has begun work to find a replacement for outgoing army chief Thomas Süssli. Defence Minister Martin Pfister has created a selection committee to examine the CVs of 50 officers. +Get the most important news from Switzerland...

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is cancelling 1,400 flights this summer due to a shortage of pilots. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to the Lufthansa subsidiary, this has been caused by a number of unexpect...

The warming climate is causing Alpine plants to sprout much earlier - on average six days earlier than 25 years ago - a Swiss study shows. This affects biodiversity, agriculture and the ecological balance. +Get the most important news from Switzerlan...

The number of tourist coaches stopping at Schwanenplatz in the centre of Lucerne was down by two-thirds in April, compared to the same month last year. This is a direct consequence of the introduction of a coach parking tax introduced on April 1, aut...

Officials from the Swiss cantons of Basel City and Aargau and the German state of Baden-Württemberg have reaffirmed their commitment to stable and sustainable relations between Switzerland and the European Union. +Get the most important news from Sw...

Switzerland saw strong growth in the industrial sector in the first quarter of 2025. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In the entire secondary sector of the economy - industry and construction - production rose by 7.3% betwe...

Pro-Palestinian protesters who camped out in front of the rector's office at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) left the premises on Thursday evening. A criminal complaint had been filed against them for trespassing. +Get the most important news from S...

Klaus Schwab’s abrupt departure from the World Economic Forum (WEF), the influential organisation he founded and led for more than half a century, has complicated carefully laid plans to persuade Christine Lagarde to assume the helm in a seamless t...

The line-up for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest has been decided, with six countries eliminated after a semi-final on Thursday. We now know the 20 countries who be competing in the final in Basel on Saturday evening. +Get the most important ...

Speaking at the Swiss Media Forum, foreign minister Ignazio Cassis said the media has a vital role to play in the preservation of democracy. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Cassis expressed his deep concern about the decli...

Switzerland saw around 20% more commercial and recreational aviation safety incidents reported to the Federal Office of Civil Aviation than the previous year. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox There had already been a steady...

St Moritz is the most expensive Swiss municipality for luxury real estate, with the cost per square metre starting at around CHF43,000. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Next in line are Gstaad and Verbier. This is according...

Economic growth in Switzerland accelerated in the first quarter of the year: the gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.7 % compared to the previous quarter, following an increase of 0.5 % in the last quarter of 2024. +Get the most important new...

The Swiss government is not planning to increase the retirement age with the next package of pension reforms. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox However, the government wants to work towards ensuring that people remain in emp...

The University of Geneva (UNIGE) continues to prohibit access to areas occupied by members of the Student Coordination for Palestine (CEP) group. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A criminal complaint has been lodged for tre...

Climeworks, a Zurich-based start-up that specialises in carbon dioxide (CO₂) removal from the atmosphere, has run into serious problems that threaten large-scale staff lay-offs. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A Swiss id...

United States companies expanded their operations in Switzerland at a much higher rate than European counterparts last year. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Total foreign direct investment in Switzerland increased consider...

The Swiss government has approved five electricity reserve plants powered by CO₂ neutral fuel, with a total capacity of 583 megawatts. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Contracts with providers in the cantons of Valais, Aa...

A 10.03 carat blue diamond has sold at auction in Geneva for $21.5 million (CHF18 million). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The "Mediterranean Blue", which was estimated to be worth $20 million, "attracted enormous interes...

Switzerland has banned imports of aluminium from Russia and Belarus. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The sale and import of Russian aluminium in unwrought form is banned from Thursday, the government said in a statement. T...

Switzerland has negotiated a safeguard clause to restrict immigration in its bilateral deal with the European Union. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The clause could be applied if thresholds are exceeded in areas such as u...

Switzerland has defined key parameters for the implementation of the planned electricity agreement with the European Union. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Households and smaller companies will be allowed to remain in the ...

Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche could reconsider investing billions of dollars in the United States after President Donald Trump's pledge to lower medication costs. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Roche and Novartis have b...

Swiss electricity providers should no longer be obliged to fulfil strict liquidity and capital requirements to ensure energy security for the country. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The government has shelved its original...

Swiss politicians need secure artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help them do their work, a parliamentary security policy commitee recommends. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox AI assistants must be based on an open sourc...

Jewish and Muslim minorities as well as LGBTQ+ communities will temporarily receive increased state protection in Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The government has increased funding by CHF1 million to CHF6 mi...

Swiss government ministers spent 513 hours in state-owned planes and helicopters last year, 31 hours more than in 2023. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis clocked up the most flying hours. He s...