UBS has entered into a strategic partnership in India to expand its wealth management business. The partner is 360 One Wam Ltd, one of India’s largest independent wealth managers and asset managers according to UBS. +Get the most important news fro...

Swiss insurers Baloise and Helvetia have announced plans to merge into one company, which would make it the second largest Swiss insurance group. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The new company will be called Helvetia Balo...

Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche plans to invest up to $50 billion (CHF40.5 billion) in the United States over the next five years. Fellow Basel-based pharma company Novartis had already announced investments totalling billions almost a fortnight a...

Schwab has announced his immediate resignation as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum (WEF) The 88-year-old informed the Board of Trustees of his decision at an extraordinary meeting on Easter Sunday, the WEF announced in a ...

Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter paid tribute to Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday. He was a great spiritual leader, she wrote on X. Keller-Sutter wrote on the social media platform X shortly after the Pope's death became known on Monday tha...

Geneva International Airport would like to use facial recognition to improve passenger flow and security. This was revealed yesterday by public broadcaster RTS. The project is awaiting the green light from the federal government. "The passenger's fac...

The Swiss State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation, Martina Hirayama, is attending a rocket launch in Florida (USA) on Monday. Elon Musk's rocket will carry Swiss research material to the International Space Station (ISS). During the mi...

The police in Aargau have solved the case of a king python abandoned near Rheinfelden. A 54-year-old man from the region has admitted to leaving the snake in a wooded area. According to the man himself, he deliberately abandoned the reptile to die, t...

A billion years after the Big Bang, there was already a spiral galaxy that resembles the Milky Way. This is shown by recent observations made by an international research team using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Until now scientists had assu...

The zoo's 19-year-old Asian elephant Farha gave birth to a male calf on Easter Sunday. The birth went without complications. The elephant calf is already standing and drinking, which is the first good sign, Zurich Zoo announced on Sunday. "At exactly...

Zermatt can once again be reached by train starting Saturday afternoon. The Alpine holiday resort was inaccessible by land for some time after heavy snowfall last Thursday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Several people we...

Vigilance remains the order of the day in the southern canton of Valais, despite a stable situation after heavy snow on Thursday. The Great St. Bernard tunnel is closed until at least next Friday due to an avalanche. There is also still a risk of fal...

It is only a matter of time before Switzerland, like other countries in Europe, experiences an escalation in drug-related violence, says the head of the Federal Criminal Police. Drug-related shootings have already taken place in Switzerland, he point...

Traditional Good Friday processions continue to take place in some municipalities in Switzerland. In Romont, canton Fribourg, for example, the "Pleureuses" marched through the streets. In Mendrisio in the southern canton of Ticino, however, the weath...

It was an avalanche that caused the closure of the Great St. Bernard pass between Switzerland and Italy on Thursday. The avalanche damaged the Toules tunnel. However, the Simplon pass has reopened. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in you...

Markus Mäder, Switzerland's state secretary for security policy, has a lot on his plate with the evolving security situation in Europe. Eastern European countries are sealing off their borders with Russia: on Wednesday, Latvia decided to exit the in...

Only one in five people in Switzerland attend a religious service during the Easter period or give up meat or alcohol for at least one day of fasting. Around a quarter of those polled see Easter primarily as a family holiday, according to the survey....

The snowfall has ended and a lull has set in the southern Swiss canton of Valais, the cantonal emergency services said on Friday. The population can now leave their homes once again, but must remain vigilant. Several roads remain closed. The situatio...

The Swiss trade unionist and politician Christiane Brunner has died at the age of 78. A leading figure in the feminist movement, the Geneva native orchestrated the first women's strike in 1991. Her failure to be elected to the Federal Council in 1993...

Stephan Schmidheiny has been sentenced to 9 years and 6 months in prison by the Turin Court of Appeal in a case against the former Eternit executive over deaths linked to asbestos exposure in Italy. At the first instance, he was sentenced to 12 years...

Ignazio Cassis will be on an official visit to Japan and China next week. In China, the talks will focus on bilateral relations, economic challenges and current geopolitical issues. The visit will begin in Japan, "a long-standing strategic partner of...

Swiss stocks of nuclear materials abroad fell in 2024. While the quantity of low-enriched uranium rose slightly (+27.3 tonnes), that of natural uranium fell more sharply (-81.8 tonnes). The other quantities are unchanged. The quantity of natural uran...

The Swiss will once again vote on digital identity (e-ID). The referendum committee against the introduction submitted 63,000 signatures to the Federal Chancellery on Thursday. The committee put forward several arguments against the new e-ID proposal...

Around 23 million chocolate bunnies were produced in Switzerland for Easter, according to Chocosuisse. The rise in chocolate prices is also having an impact on these traditional Easter items, which are being sold at a higher price. Many companies hav...

Swiss imports and exports reached new heights in the first quarter, driven by the chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors. Shipments to the United States rose sharply. Between January and the end of March, seasonally adjusted exports rose by 3.6% in no...

The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland has charged an Italian resident of the Anello-Fruci 'Ndrangheta clan in the canton of Aargau. The 58-year-old is accused of supporting the Calabrian mafia in Switzerland and serving as its contact per...

In the wake of the trade wars launched by US President Donald Trump, Swiss companies are assessing the future much more pessimistically, according to a survey by the consulting firm Deloitte. Only 15% of the Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) of major S...

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is forecasting a contraction in global trade of 0.2% in 2025. If the US applies reciprocal customs duties and general uncertainty increases, the drop could reach 1.5%, it said on Wednesday in Geneva. In 2026, it is ...

The 61-year-old man who admitted to being Patek Philippe's blackmailer in Geneva had connections in the police and the army. A weapons enthusiast, this war photographer also claims to be close to the intelligence community. Testimonies collected by S...

Cordelia Bähr is the only Swiss woman to make it onto the American magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of 2025. She helped the Climate Seniors to victory in court. "I feel deeply honoured. I have fought for the success of the climate ...