A United States Senate committee investigating WWII Nazi links with Swiss banks suspects that 890 Credit Suisse accounts were tied to the Hitler regime. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Some of the suspicious accounts remai...

Swiss banking giant UBS has reported annual 2025 profits of $7.8 billion, boosted by an unexpectedly high $1.2 billion performance in the final quarter of the year. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Full year profits rose 53...

The animal welfare organisation Peta has criticised the keeping of chimpanzees in zoos. This was prompted by the birth of a baby chimpanzee at Walter Zoo in Gossau, northeastern Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox...

In canton Aargau, more Swiss citizens who live abroad are once again keen to exercise their political rights. At the end of 2025, the number of registered Swiss citizens abroad had risen by 3.1% compared to the previous year. +Get the most important ...

Residents of Suhr, near Aarau in northern Switzerland, were confused on Tuesday when a siren went off at 1:58pm – one day before the planned annual nationwide siren test. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox It was a false al...

A man punched a young Orthodox Jew in the street in Zurich on Monday evening. Uttering anti-Semitic insults, he was overpowered by passers-by and arrested by the police. The victim was slightly injured. +Get the most important news from Switzerland i...

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has been denounced to the International Criminal Court (ICC) by 25 Swiss lawyers for complicity in crimes committed by Israel in Gaza. He is accused of complicity in war crimes, crimes against humanity and genoci...

The Swiss property market is set to grow by between 2% and 3% in 2026, according to the property price barometer published on Tuesday by the property valuation platform RealAdvisor. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "The mai...

In 2025 investment in Swiss start-ups rose by 23.9% on the previous year to CHF2.9 billion ($3.7 billion), according to the Swiss Venture Capital Report (SVCR). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "In 2025, the context was any...

Diversified trade agreements, less public debt and less red tape: the Swiss Business Federation economiesuisse has set out its priorities for defending Switzerland as a business location in 2026, against a backdrop of global geopolitical and economic...

Franco-Swiss designer and graphic artist Jean Widmer has died at the age of 96, the Centre Pompidou in Paris has announced. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Widmer was, among other things, the creator of the famous logo of ...

During inspections of food transports last year, Swiss cantonal chemists found violations of food legislation in 27% of transports. In 15% of these, the refrigeration was inadequate. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In coll...

Hunters and gamekeepers in the eastern Swiss canton of Graubünden killed 35 wolves during the regulation phase from September to January. That is 13 fewer than in the previous year. According to the authorities, the aim is for humans and wolves to c...

San Bernardino Swiss Alps is targeting Italian skiers and snow lovers by launching a transport service called SanBe Snow Bus departing from Como and Varese. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The bus will run on Saturdays, Su...

Representatives of canton Vaud and the ten municipalities of Lavaux have signed the new management plan for the Lavaux terraced vineyards in Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This document sets out measures for ...

One month after the fire in Crans-Montana, 23 people are still being treated in Swiss hospitals. Others are in rehabilitation clinics. Forty-one victims are still being treated abroad, including 19 Swiss nationals. +Get the most important news from S...

Swiss scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool capable of recognising individual brown bears. It allows precise tracking of the behaviour bears, saving researchers valuable time. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in ...

Swiss solar energy start-up Sun-Ways has teamed up with French state-owned rail operator SNCF to partner in the world's first removable solar power plant installed on an active railway line. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox...

The outlook for the Swiss labour market is improving, according to the employment indicator by KOF Swiss Economic Institute at the federal technology institute ETH Zurich. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The indicator stoo...

The Swiss canton of Zurich is in favour of allowing euthanasia in all retirement homes and hospitals, but not psychiatric facilities and prisons. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The cantonal council voted in favour of the ...

The Swiss city of Geneva wants to host the secretariat of the new Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox At the start of the first meeting of the...

The Swiss city of Zurich plans to become a hub for night trains and buses to encourage more environmentally-friendly travel through to Europe. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The proposal follows a study by the city of Zur...

Swiss foreign minister Ignazio Cassis has travelled to Ukraine for talks. The Kyiv visit is linked to Switzerland's role as chair of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your...

The pollen season is set to begin in Switzerland as temperatures rise above five degrees and sunshine returns. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox People allergic to pollen should already be taking their medication and keeping...

Swiss public broadcaster RTS saw its audience grow on digital channels last year. Viewing figures on traditional radio and television channels held up well. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The broadcaster said it is partic...

The fatal New Year’s Eve fire in Crans-Montana has turned the lives of the victims' families upside down. They are struggling to cope with their new reality, and some are critical of Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in you...

Swiss bank Julius Bär reported significantly lower profits in 2025 due to the high loan loss provisions recognised in the course of the year. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Assets under management increased thanks to str...

More than 45,000 visitors attended this year's international balloon festival in Château-d'Oex in the Swiss canton of Vaud. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Thanks to "exceptional" weather conditions, it was possible to fl...

The fire in Crans-Montana has claimed another victim. An 18-year-old Swiss man died in hospital in Zurich on Saturday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This brings the death toll from the fire in the Le Constellation bar on...

Before the start of the men's World Cup downhill in Crans-Montana, spectators held a minute's silence in the finish area on Sunday for the victims of the fire on New Year's Eve. At the same time, the bells of the churches in the Valais holiday resort...