The Swiss government has approved the text of a proposed new treaty with the European Union and sent it out for consultation by the end of October. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox To implement the package, 32 federal laws ...

The European Commission has published the text of a proposed new treaty with Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The commission is now submitting the treaty texts to the EU Council. In Switzerland, the Federal Cou...

Swiss politicians from across the political spectrum have called on the government to protect minorities in the face of continuing attacks in Syria. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "The Federal Council is instructed to use...

The Swiss franc, regarded as a safe haven by investors, appreciated sharply on Friday following Israel's attacks on Iran, which announced its intention to retaliate. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The surge in the value o...

Switzerland will continue to block the assets of individuals with political connections to former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, after the Federal Supreme Court rejected three appeals. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inb...

Sahara dust has further clouded visibility in Swiss skies, adding to smoke particles that drifted over from forest fires in Canada. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox As a result, the atmosphere is cloudy and visibility is re...

The Swiss village of Blatten, which was decimated by a landslide, is to be rebuilt in three to five years, the municipal authorities have pledged. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox At a general meeting of the municipality of...

A Swiss university has created a Martian landscape testing zone to test and train its own Mars rover, called Hufi. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Mars training area was inaugurated on the campus of the University of A...

Switzerland will introduce a federal register to list the beneficial owners of shell companies to combat money laundering. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The House of Representatives has backed a draft Bill that had been ...

Spending by the nine nuclear powers topped the $100 billion mark for the first time last year, according to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Armies (ICAN). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This represents an in...

The Swiss catering industry has pledged to pay workers a living wage, following earlier controversial comments on pay in the sector. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In a Blick interview, Gastrosuisse president Beat Imhof h...

The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) worked closely for several years with two more controversial companies connected to Russia or the software provider Kaspersky, Swiss public broadcaster SRF has learned. +Get the most important news from Sw...

Riots broke out at an unauthorised pro-Palestinian demonstration in Zurich on Thursday evening, leading to 11 arrests. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons against the demo...

Acupuncture and homeopathy will continue to be automatically reimbursed by Swiss basic health insurance. Against the advice of the House of Representatives, the Senate has tacitly rejected a motion to restrict coverage of certain alternative treatmen...

PostFinance has found a replacement for its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Kurt Fuchs, who resigned at the end of February. Claudio Gaugler, a former Credit Suisse executive, will take up his post on September 1. +Get the most important news from Swit...

The 77th Federal Gymnastics Festival began in Lausanne on Thursday. Some 65,000 gymnasts from around 1,400 clubs will be competing in 149 competitions until June 21. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The gymnastics festival,...

Up to half a million people worldwide die every year as a result of extreme heat, according to a report published by reinsurer Swiss Re on Thursday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox That is more than earthquakes, floods and...

The Swiss House of Representatives is not in favour of reducing radio and television licence fees from the current CHF335 ($380) to CHF200 per year in future. It recommends that the popular initiative “200 francs are enough” be rejected. +Get the...

The Vosges prefecture announced on Thursday it has issued an order authorising Nestlé Waters to carry out five new exploratory boreholes at Vittel and They-sous-Monfort in eastern France. The aim is to search for Hépar natural mineral water. +Get t...

The Swiss Senate has voted in favour of using value added tax (VAT) and salary contributions to finance the additional 13th month pension payment. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Not only the financing of the additional mo...

The Valais mountain village of Blatten, which was largely buried by a landslide, is to receive emergency aid totalling CHF5 million ($6.1 million) from the federal government. After the Senate, the House of Representatives also approved the correspon...

Switzerland has moved up three places this year to 17th in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) gender equality index. In Geneva, the organisation hailed the results as the fastest progress towards parity in the world since the Covid-19 pandemic. +Get ...

Given the low inflation, which in May stood at a four-year low of -0.1%, and the strength of the Swiss franc, negative interest rates could return in Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This is according to BAK Ec...

Switzerland ranks 22nd out of 28 countries in Europe in terms of solar and wind energy production, and is in second-last place compared to the eight neighbouring countries, writes the Swiss Energy Foundation. +Get the most important news from Switzer...

Switzerland has enjoyed a close relationship with royalty since the 19th century, particularly when the elites spent their holidays here. An exhibit at the National Museum in Zurich showcases the history of the visits by the royal families to Switzer...

Elon Musk’s company SpaceX wants to set up 40 antennas in Leuk in the Swiss canton of Valais. These are to serve as connection points (gateways) for his Starlink satellite network. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Accordi...

The Zurich city parliament has spoken out in favour of an income limit for people renting private, affordable flats. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This was the second time the issue had been debated in Zurich’s parliam...

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has called on Israel to allow more aid for the Gaza Strip. At the end of his lightning trip to the Middle East, the Swiss foreign minister considered the recognition of a Palestinian state to be premature, but sa...

The smoke from Canada is causing poor air quality in Switzerland. Some measuring stations recorded values on Wednesday that are considered unhealthy. According to the Swiss environmental company IQAir, particulate matter pollution is particularly hig...

Following the results of a provenance search, the Kunstmuseum Bern relinquished ownership of a work by the English painter Alfred Sisley. The heirs of the Jewish entrepreneur Carl Sachs, who was persecuted by the Nazis, had claimed the painting. The ...