All travellers from Switzerland registered in the Travel Admin app have apparently been able to return home. The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) is not aware of any travellers who are still stranded. + Get the most important news from Sw...

US President Donald Trump has undoubtedly dominated the headlines over the past year. Not surprisingly, he also adorns the press drawing of the year 2025, which was chosen by the public at the Gezeichnet exhibition in Bern. + Get the most important n...

The Bern office of the Israeli defence contractor Elbit Systems was damaged last Friday. The Bern Cantonal Police confirmed a report in the newspaper Le Courrier to the Keystone-SDA news agency. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your ...

The UN Human Rights Council has condemned Iranian restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz. At an urgent debate in Geneva on Wednesday, it also condemned the Islamic Republic's attacks on the Gulf States and Jordan. + Get the most important news from Swi...

One indicator for the Swiss economy fell deep into negative territory in March due in large part to the conflict in the Middle East. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The so-called UBS CFA indicator slumped to -35.0 in Marc...

Swiss Interior Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider visited the Centre culturel suisse (Swiss cultural centre - CCS) in Paris on Tuesday. After four years of renovation work, it reopens its doors to the public on Thursday, with a party in the Marais di...

A shipwreck of Roman cargo has been found at the bottom of Lake Neuchâtel. It includes several hundred ceramic objects, olive oil containers from Spain as well as tools and weapons. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The ar...

According to a new study, only one in four adults has been vaccinated against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV). + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The University of Zurich (UZH) announced on Wednesday that...

On Tuesday, Swiss Interior Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider visited a hospital in Paris where people injured in the New Year's fire in Crans-Montana (VS) are being treated. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox France has bee...

Geneva Airport has reported a drop in profit in 2025 and growing financial losses due to the Middle East conflict and reduced flights. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The management company Genève Aéroport closed last y...

Six investigators from the public prosecutor's office in Rome will be in Valais on Wednesday. They will be given access to the investigation documents concerning the deadly fire in Crans-Montana on New Year's Day. +Get the most important news from Sw...

On Monday morning a man was shot at with a crossbow at Lyss train station in canton Bern. He was not injured, the Bern cantonal police said on Tuesday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox An investigation has been opened to de...

Three Swiss died and one person was seriously injured on Sunday after being swept away by an avalanche during a heliski excursion in Canada. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The foreign ministry confirmed to the Swiss News ...

Swiss advertising spread fewer gender clichés last year, according to the Gisler Protokoll association. The results are "encouraging" but sometimes insufficient, it said. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Nearly 87% of the ...

Swiss Defence Minister Martin Pfister has visited Finland and gained first-hand information about the increased threat situation on the border with Russia. He says he was impressed by the speed at which the Nordic country is arming itself – and als...

Researchers at federal technology institute ETH Zurich have developed a new technology to combat deepfakes. A chip signs images and sounds with a kind of digital signature as soon as they are recorded. This should make it possible to verify the authe...

A driver under the influence of drugs rear-ended a police van in Hochdorf, canton Lucerne, on Monday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A rapid drug test came back positive, Lucerne police said on Tuesday. The 42-year-old ha...

Due to the "unstable situation in the Middle East" Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) and the other Lufthansa group airlines are cancelling all flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai, with a few exceptions, up to and including May 31. +Get the most importa...

Switzerland will be able to secure its electricity supply even in winter after the closure of its nuclear power plants, according to an analysis by 50 experts from the Aargau-based energy group Axpo. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in y...

The number of serious accidents involving e-bikes and e-scooters in Switzerland is high. Last year, 27 people were killed in accidents. The Swiss Council for Accident Prevention urges users to anticipate road situations and to follow the rules. +Get ...

The Swiss property investment market has seen positive growth in 2025. Strong demand for secure investments and returns should continue to support the market, according to real estate consultancy IAZI. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in...

For the first time in the world, antimatter has been transported by road at CERN in Geneva. The test carried out on Tuesday at the nuclear research centre was intended to prove that the antiparticles can be transported safely. +Get the most important...

Fast internet for the Moon? Not quite. Researchers at the federal technology institute ETH Zurich want to bring fibre-optic cables to the Moon in order to measure moonquakes precisely. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Previ...

The Swiss stock exchange SIX suffered a high loss in 2025. The Worldline shareholding responsible for this has now fallen to below 1.5%. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox At CHF561 million ($713 million), the value adjustmen...

Switzerland registered almost 10,000 patents last year. This puts it in seventh place worldwide and third place in Europe, behind Germany and France. It remains the country with the most patent applications per capita. +Get the most important news fr...

Retrofitting the clamps on the Titlis cable car gondolas would not have prevented the fatal crash of a gondola last week, according to the Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board. Every system is at its limit in strong winds, it said. +Get th...

The Swiss stock market rebounded strongly on Monday, reacting with euphoria to US President Donald Trump's announcements of "very good and constructive" talks with Iran. Washington has decided to postpone any strikes on Iran's energy infrastructure f...

According to the latest Swiss Education Report, 90.1% of 25‑year‑olds in Switzerland complete upper secondary education, short of the 95% target. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This figure has been stable for several ...

Amazon has bought the Zurich-based start-up Rivr, which specialises in delivery robots. The spin-off from the Swiss federal technology institute ETH Zurich, formerly known as Swiss-Mile, was valued at around $110 million (CHF86 million) in 2024, acco...

A Swiss tourist has been arrested by the Indonesian authorities in Bali accused of using expletives to denigrate a Hindu religious holiday observed on the tourist island. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Swiss man, whos...