It is not yet known how long the salmonella-infected Landbrügg cheese dairy in Schüpfheim, canton Lucerne, will remain closed. According to the cantonal authorities, this is being examined as part of its enforcement activities. +Get the most import...

A Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) plane was forced to land at Brussels airport on Monday because of an unusual smell coming from the galley. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to a spokeswoman, all 168 passeng...

On Tuesday the Geneva federation of associations of disabled people and their families submitted its initiative for the genuine inclusion of children with disabilities in schools. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The initia...

The rescue airlines Air-Glaciers, Air Zermatt and Rega were called out on an exceptionally large number of missions over the Easter weekend. The sunny weather attracted numerous recreational sports enthusiasts to the mountains. Skiing accidents accou...

The salaries of the top managers of the big Swiss banks in 2025 have reached record levels, according to Ethos. The sustainable investment foundation is calling on the shareholders of UBS and Julius Bär to reject the remunerations at their annual ge...

Stadler Rail is withdrawing its appeal to the Federal Administrative Court against the Swiss Federal Railways’ award of a tender to Siemens, the company said on Monday. According to court documents, the Federal Railways made "full use" of its margi...

Israel's ambassador in Bern, Tibor Schlosser, has defended the extension of the death penalty as a sovereign decision by Israel. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "I understand Switzerland's view that capital punishment viol...

The Polymanga pop culture festival drew more than 50,000 visitors to Beaulieu in western Switzerland over the Easter weekend, an increase on 2025, the organisers said on Monday. The 20th edition featured K-Pop and South Korea. +Get the most important...

Swiss travel insurer Axa is expecting a total of over 2,000 claims due to the war in the Middle East. The costs would amount to over CHF3 million ($3.75 million), reported Blick. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The news we...

Several hundred people demonstrated in the Swiss capital of Bern on Monday against war and oppression. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Easter March expressed solidarity with the victims of violence around the world and...

The northbound return journey through the Gotthard road tunnel in Switzerland caused a long traffic jam on Easter Monday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In the early afternoon, vehicles were jammed for nine kilometres bet...

A petition has been launched to preserve Swiss production of the iconic spice mix Aromat. Some 180 jobs are at stake at the historic production site at Thayngen in canton Schaffhausen. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The f...

Swiss Post CEO Pascal Grieder wants the group's financial arm, Postfinance, to contribute a greater share of income to compensate for falling postal revenues. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Swiss Post is losing around CHF...

A Swiss rescue organisation has filed charges against persons unknown in connection with the criminal investigation into the Crans-Montana fire disaster. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The complaint relates to a deadly fi...

The Swiss foreign ministry will hold talks with the Israeli ambassador to Switzerland next week to reaffirm Swiss opposition to the expansion of the death penalty in Israel. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The head of the ...

Avalanches in Switzerland have claimed three lives over the Easter weekend. A mountaineer, a snowboarder and a skiier have been killed. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A 41-year-old man died in an avalanche in Sangernboden...

The president of the Swiss Association of Head Teachers wants to scrap entrance exams to secondary schools. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In an interview with the SonntagsBlick newspaper, Thomas Minder questioned why the...

Swiss army chief Benedikt Roos said that war is stimulating innovation and that Swiss made military drones are in the pipeline. When it comes to the challenges facing security policy, Roos emphasised the growing importance of new technologies. Drones...

Swiss metal suppliers have expressed concern about the announced US tariff rules for steel and aluminium. They expect more uncertainty and a higher administrative burden. "President Trump has strengthened tariffs on imported aluminum, steel, and copp...

A fire broke out in the production area of the Cailler chocolate factory in Broc in the canton of Fribourg on Good Friday morning. Visitors to the Maison Cailler were evacuated as a precaution. There were no injuries. According to the police, initial...

A mountaineer has died on the Gross Mythen in central Switzerland after being swept down a rock face by an avalanche on Good Friday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox His companion was able to hold on to a tree and survived ...

Swiss supermarket chains Coop and Migros are recalling several cheese products due to a possible risk of salmonella. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Customers should not consume the affected products from the Landbrügg ch...

Hollywood director Martin Scorsese has shot scenes from his new film What Happens at Night with movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence in the Swiss alps. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Interlaken, in canton B...

On Good Friday, shortly before noon, the traffic jam in front of the Gotthard north portal reached 20 kilometres. This corresponds to a waiting time of up to three hours and 20 minutes, according to the TCS traffic service. Traffic travelling south o...

After years of problems with holes in Emmental cheese, Swiss cheesemakers are now allowed to use 'perforation powder'. Swiss milk has become too clean. In the past, when the cows were still milked by hand, there were always hay particles from the bar...

The Italian ambassador Gian Lorenzo Cornado will return to Switzerland. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani made the decision following a meeting between the Italian government and the families of the victims of the Crans-Montana fire disaster in Valais....

American President Donald Trump has announced tariffs of up to 100% on the import of patented medicines into the US. According to a decree published by the White House on Thursday, a tariff of 15% will apply to Swiss pharmaceutical exports. Trump has...

The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) opened 363 new criminal investigations overall in 2025, according to its annual report presented on Thursday. This represents a 9.3% increase over the previous year. For Attorney General Stefan Blättler, "it ...

In 2025, 574 people in Switzerland had their gender entry changed in the civil status register, according to provisional data published on Thursday. Such a change has been possible in the Alpine country since 2022. +Get the most important news from S...

The Swiss are eating more cheese. Total consumption rose by more than 7,000 tonnes in 2025 compared with the previous year. This corresponds to an average per capita consumption of 23.71kg. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox ...