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 ...

The Swiss foreign ministry must reconsider the repatriation request of an Islamic State fighter who is believed to be detained in Iraq, the Federal Administrative Court has ruled. The Swiss man faces the death penalty. +Get the most important news fr...

The Swiss Federal Council has opened a consultation on a counter-proposal to a popular initiative that calls on companies to respect human rights and protect the environment. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A first popular...

For the first time, the permanent resident population aged 65 or over outnumbers people under 20 in Switzerland. According to provisional statistics for 2025 published on Thursday by the Federal Statistical Office, the number of births continues to f...

Consumer prices in Switzerland rose by 0.3% year-on-year in March, driven primarily by housing costs, says the Federal Statistical Office. Inflation had previously peaked at 0.1% in both January and February. +Get the most important news from Switzer...

The administration of United States President Donald Trump is preparing to impose 100% tariffs on certain drugs. The Financial Times reports that the tariffs could be announced later today and will be applied to pharma companies that have not reached...

More than three-quarters of the adult population in Switzerland (76%) use artificial intelligence tools in their daily lives. This figure is up significantly compared to last year (62.4%), reveals a survey published on Thursday by comparison web port...

The aircraft manufacturer Pilatus intends to take over the German aviation service provider Air Alliance. Pilatus, based in central Switzerland, has been working with the company since 2014. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox...

Due to the cancellation of flights to the Middle East, Swiss International Air Lines is stepping up its short-haul services to Europe during the summer months. These new flights serve tourist destinations in southern Europe as well as Stockholm, SWIS...

Fuel prices in Switzerland are already being affected by the conflict in Iran, with the price of diesel rising by 22% to CHF2.13 per litre. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Unleaded 95 petrol rose by 11% to CHF1.82 and unle...

The European and Swiss parliaments want to move quickly on the updated bilateral agreement. Brussels intends to ratify this year, said EU lawmaker Bernd Lange, who is leading a European delegation to Bern. +Get the most important news from Switzerlan...

The Swiss government could abandon the purchase of the United States Patriot air defence system, defence minister Martin Pfister has warned. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Switzerland has already suspended payments of the...

Swiss finance minister Karin Keller-Sutter has filed a criminal complaint for defamation after facing insulting and misogynist comments on social media. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A spokesperson for the government min...

The Swiss government has rejected a popular initiative that aims to force Switzerland to sign up to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Federal Council says Swiss accession...

The Italian embassy in Switzerland commemorated the victims of the Crans-Montana fire disaster on Wednesday. Deputy Head of Mission Diana Forte laid a wreath at the memorial in Crans-Montana. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbo...

Swiss food company Nestlé and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) have extended their long-standing collaboration with a two-year project aimed at improving employment conditions and workers' rights in the coffee supply chain. +Get the most ...

From the 2029 tax year, the imputed rental value on owner-occupied residential property will no longer be taxable in Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This was decided by the Federal Council on Wednesday, dismis...

The Swiss government will allow an extra 240 million eggs to be imported into the country with reduced tariffs from May 1. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Federal Council is allowing more cheaper egg imports at the req...

Zurich Airport recorded more flight movements in March 2026 than a year earlier, despite the war in Iran. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A total of 20,630 take-offs and landings were counted, which corresponds to an incre...

A picture of the devastation caused by a landslide in Blatten, Switzerland, has won a top prize in the Swiss Press Photo competition. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Laurent Gilliéron from the Keystone-SDA news agency won...

Switzerland has rejected United States requests to use its airspace for military operations against Iran. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Since the beginning of the Iran conflict, the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA...