Following the US attack on Venezuela, Switzerland has called for de-escalation, restraint and respect for international law. At the moment, the Swiss foreign ministry has no information on affected Swiss citizens in Venezuela. +Get the most important...

In some Swiss hospitals, surgeries had to be postponed to prioritise the urgent treatment of the Crans-Montana bar fire victims. "However, the coordination between the various hospitals is working extremely well and they are supporting each other," s...

After the devastating bar fire in Crans-Montana, tourism must continue with "great respect and remembrance", according to the director of the local tourism office Bruno Huggler in an interview published today by the Tamedia group press. In the interv...

A third seat on the seven-member Federal Council is not on the right-wing party's radar for the 2027 federal elections. "We are sticking to the current magic formula," party campaign director Manuel Strupler said in an interview on Saturday. He did n...

Of the 119 people injured in the fire in Crans-Montana, 113 have been identified. Of those 71 of them were from Switzerland, 14 from France, 11 from Italy and four from Serbia. One injured person each came from Bosnia, Poland, Belgium, Luxembourg and...

Initial investigations ⁠suggest that ⁠the deadly fire that ripped through a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana on January 1 started when lit sparklers attached to champagne bottles were carried too close to the ceiling, the prosecutor s...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani travelled to Crans-Montana, canton Valais, on Friday. On his arrival, he praised the "very positive" cooperation with the Swiss authorities following the deadly blaze at a bar in the Swiss ski resort on New Yea...

Following the deadly blaze in a Crans-Montana bar in Switzerland, 14 injured people will be transferred to Poland. Following a request by Switzerland, Poland is ready to treat them in Polish hospitals, Prime Minister Donald Tusk declared on Friday. +...

The painful task of identifying the victims of the New Year's Eve bar fire in Crans-Montana in southern Switzerland is continuing and will take time, says Mathias Reynard, president of the Valais cantonal government. The death toll remains unchanged ...

Hundreds of people gathered near the "Le Constellation" bar in Crans-Montana on Thursday evening to pay tribute to the victims of the deadly blaze on New Year's Eve. The fire left around 40 people dead and 115 seriously injured. +Get the most importa...

At the stroke of midnight on Wednesday, the Swiss town of Moutier and its 7,300 inhabitants officially switched from canton Bern to canton Jura in northwestern Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox “The town will ...

Various changes to Swiss laws and regulations came into force on January 1. Here’s a selection. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Traffic and transport: From January 1, the Swiss federal government’s financial support fo...

Switzerland has welcomed the New Year with bells and fireworks. While Bern residents listened to the cathedral bells, thousands of people crowded around Lake Zurich for a spectacular fireworks display. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in...

Vaccine developer Janssen is closing its plant in Bern-Bümpliz. It is still unclear whether the site will be sold to a third party. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Johnson & Johnson, to which the company belongs, is conti...

Switzerland reached a new peak in company start-ups this year: up by more than 5% year-on-year, they will reach a record 55,654 in 2025. Among the French-speaking cantons, Geneva, Fribourg and Jura were particularly active. +Get the most important ne...

A 53-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries on Tuesday afternoon after falling from a chairlift in Melchsee-Frutt from a height of about 8 metres in canton Obwalden. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Obwalden ca...

This year, the flu epidemic has started earlier than a year ago. The number of registered cases of influenza has almost doubled compared to the previous year, as the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) announced on Wednesday. +Get the most importa...

The group photo of the seven-member Swiss Federal Council (executive body) is an annual ritual. It is not just a souvenir but also captures the mood and ambitions of the government through symbolism. For the new Federal Council photo, Guy Parmelin, w...

North American tourists are increasingly visiting Swiss mountain resorts, from Zermatt to Andermatt, via St. Moritz and the Jungfrau region in the Bernese Oberland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Martin Nydegger, head of ...

After decades of heated debate and controversy, the historic moment has arrived: Moutier, with its 7,300 inhabitants, is switching from Canton Bern to the Jura at the stroke of midnight. A banquet, a procession, torches and a sound and light show wil...

New Year's Eve fireworks are no longer a given in large Swiss cities. Basel, for example, has done away with this tradition altogether for years, and there are no fireworks in Bern, Lausanne and St Gallen either. +Get the most important news from Swi...

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) intervened very cautiously in the foreign exchange market in the third quarter of 2025. Between July and September, it purchased foreign currency worth just CHF75 million ($94 million) in order to slow down the further r...

Swiss football star Xherdan Shaqiri was granted permission to build his planned villa in Rheinfelden in canton Aargau. This was decided by the Administrative Court of Aargau, which put an end to a long legal battle. +Get the most important news from ...

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has signed a joint ministerial declaration urging the Israeli authorities to guarantee unrestricted access for humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip. The declaration was signed by ten countries and sponsored by the ...

The drought has led to the risk of forest fires in some high-altitude regions of Switzerland. The canton of Bern, for example, called for increased caution when handling fires and fireworks in sunny and snow-free locations. Areas above around 1,000 m...

When the euro is introduced in Bulgaria on January 1, 2026, it will be difficult to exchange the previous Bulgarian national currency, the lev, in Switzerland. Local banks have stopped the exchange. The banks are no longer able to resell the lev bank...

The administrative costs of the Swiss healthcare system are out of control, according to Arnaud Perrier, the president of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS). He argues major savings should be made on patient documentation. +Get the most imp...

Swiss retailers enjoyed a positive festive season, with some reporting solid sales growth despite cautious consumer sentiment. For Manor department stores, Christmas sales were slightly up on the previous year, a spokeswoman told the AWP news agency,...

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) is pleased with the programme it is running with Swiss Animal Protection (SAP) for the adoption of laboratory rats by private individuals. Since the project began in April 2022, some 254 ro...

Expectations for the Swiss economy improved again in December. Following the slight increase in the previous month, the KOF Economic Barometer is rising again somewhat more strongly and has now risen for the fourth month in a row. Specifically, the e...