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...

The shoe manufacturer On has been successful in its long-running battle with the Swiss authorities to use the Swiss cross on its running shoes. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The company has confirmed earlier media report...

The latest KOF Swiss Economic Institute survey shows economists holding firm on their 1% growth outlook for 2026. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Next year the same financial experts predict an economic recovery. while inf...

Swiss customs officers seized large quantities of chicken, frozen chips, mayonnaise and ketchup smuggled into Switzerland near Basel earlier this month. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On March 9, officials from the Federa...

Switzerland recorded 554,963 criminal offences in 2025, a decrease of 1.5% compared to the previous year. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Federal Statistical Office (FSO) reported on Monday that the total number of off...

Green Party members have backed a resolution calling for a clear roadmap to rapidly phase out fossil fuels in Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The resolution voted by party members who gathered in Liestal, cant...

Most people in Switzerland feel safe, but many doubt the country’s defence readiness, a survey published on Monday shows. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox More than three-quarters of the people who took part in the survey...

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns that there is little room for optimism about the current state of the climate. The UN agency says the years between 2015 and 2025 have been the hottest since records began, with 2025 ranking either se...

Borders are often seen as a divisive factor, but Geneva-based architect and artist Anna Grichting is working to turn them into an ecological zone where people can meet. An exhibition exploring this approach runs from 1 to 17 April at the WRP Foundati...

On Tuesday March 31, the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the Fondation Pacifique are organising an evening dedicated to the Arctic 2020-2024 expedition. The aim of this circumnavigation of the Arctic Ocean by sailboat was to collect scientific data ...

The executive council of canton Bern is prepared to explicitly mention feminicide in its crime statistics. However, it does not wish to go it alone, preferring to wait until a national definition and criteria have been established for recording these...

The Titlis ski lifts have not acted on a manufacturer's non-binding recommendation to upgrade. According to lift manager Norbert Patt, this was not an imperative safety requirement justifying an upgrade. +Get the most important news from Switzerland ...