Between January and May, 91,300 new cars were registered in Switzerland, roughly the same number as a year ago, according to Auto Schweiz. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This was only possible because cars with electric m...

Swiss Supreme Court judge Yves Donzallaz has described his relationship with fellow judge Beatrice van de Graaf as "inappropriate", but not illegal. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox However, Donzallaz said in an interview w...

A concert in the Sacré-Cœur church in Crans-Montana was staged on Monday evening commemorated the victims of the Swiss New Year's Eve fire disaster. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Tribute to the Angels of Crans-Mont...

A silent film, long thought to have disappeared, has been identified in the collections of the Cinémathèque suisse, the Swiss national film archives. The short film from 1900 has been restored and attributed to the British director Robert W. Paul. ...

The number of reported accidents in Swiss civil aviation increased by around 20% in 2025. Four incidents with a total of six fatalities occurred in recreational aviation, the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) said on Monday. +Get the most impor...

The Gotthard Base Tunnel celebrates its tenth anniversary on Monday. Opened on June 1, 2016, the 57-kilometre tunnel has almost doubled demand for passenger traffic on this route, according to the Swiss federal railways. +Get the most important news ...

The Swiss economy grew slightly less quickly than expected in the first quarter of 2026. Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.4% on an adjusted basis compared to the previous quarter, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) said...

Over 15,000 people flocked to RTS’s new production site in Lausanne-Ecublens at the weekend. RTS plans to extend the experience by offering activities and other discoveries to the public throughout June. +Get the most important news from Switzerlan...

The Swiss Air Force's 30 F/A-18C/D fighter jets will remain in service for longer. This will bridge the existing fleet until the new F-35A fighter jets enter service in the early 2030s. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The ...

The Swiss government is launching a new national campaign against domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. The second stage of the campaign will focus on support for victims, in particular through the 142 number, the government announced on Monday...

Countless ice hockey fans cheered on the Swiss national team in the bars on Zurich's Langstrasse on Sunday evening. But cheers quickly turned to silence, according to a reporter from the Swiss News Agency Keystone-SDA. +Get the most important news fr...

Bern should not introduce a legal obligation for restaurants and hotels to accept cash payments, according to the cantonal government. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The government thus recommends rejecting a motion table...

Switzerland’s cantonal banks keep significantly more equity capital than legally required – but unlike for UBS, their capital levels go largely unnoticed. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A bank’s size is measured by ...

The 19-year-old Lady O from canton Vaud won the 2026 edition of The Voice on French public television, TF1, on Saturday night. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Coached by French musician Florent Pagny, Lady O is the first S...

Some 26 of the country’s 32 largest lakes have seen surface temperatures never before recorded at this time of year, the Tages-Anzeiger has reported. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Lakes Zurich, Geneva, Maggiore, Lucern...

Around 2,500 people marched in Zurich on Saturday afternoon against what they called “a city of the rich”. They criticised rising rents, lease terminations, and neighbourhood gentrification. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your i...

The government’s proposed VAT increase to finance defence spending has been rather poorly received in a consultation process which ended on Saturday. Almost all political parties are critical of the idea. +Get the most important news from Switzerla...

In just over two weeks, Swiss President Guy Parmelin will meet various heads of state in Geneva as they arrive for a G7 summit in Evian, France. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox “There are always last-minute unforeseen ev...

UBS has cut a further several hundred jobs across Europe, the Middle East and Africa as part of its takeover of Credit Suisse, according to the Bloomberg news agency. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The latest round of red...

Common and Alpine swifts, barn swallows, and house martins: volunteers have documented hundreds of breeding sites for such birds in the city of Zurich. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A total of 1,859 such sites are now re...

Between radicalisation and psychological problems: Saturday’s newspapers feature views from forensic doctors and psychologists on Thursday morning’s knife attack in Winterthur. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox For Germa...

On Friday, the Engelberg ski area in canton Obwalden unveiled the conversion of an antenna tower into a visitor attraction featuring a restaurant and shop. At an altitude of 3,020m, it marks a European record. +Get the most important news from Switze...

Swiss prosecutors have requested pre-trial detention for a man who stabbed three commuters at Winterthur train station. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Federal Prosecutor’s Office is conducting criminal proceedings o...

The spring of 2026 went down in Swiss statistics as the third warmest since records began. Persistent high pressure led to very dry conditions, plenty of sunshine and a heatwave with new temperature records in May. +Get the most important news from S...

With the Furka, Grimsel and Nufenen passes, three more Swiss Alpine crossings have been reopened on Friday after the winter closure. The Susten and Great St Bernhard Passes remain closed. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Th...

An operation to cleanup a World War II ammunition depot in Switzerland will be delayed by two years after unexpectedly high levels of contaminated materiel was discovered. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Because of the lar...

Average wages are tipped to increase this year in Switzerland between 1.5% and 2%, in line with inflation. Niche profiles, which are more difficult to find on the labour market, will be the main beneficiaries of the biggest adjustments, according to ...

The former president of the Federal Court has called on two judges to resign after concealing a romantic relationship. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In an interview with CH Media, Ulrich Meyer said the affair between Yve...

Two Swiss lawyers and a notary have been indicted in Paris in connection with a legal complaint involving the transfer of Hermès shares. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The heir to the French leather goods house Hermès c...

The year got off to a good start for Switzerland's technology industry, with a sharp rebound in new orders and growth in both sales and exports. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox However, this trend is based on "fragile" fou...