Dominika Blonski, Zurich’s data protection officer, has warned Swiss authorities about the risks of relying on US IT services such as Microsoft and Amazon. Under US law, officials have been able to access certain stored data since 2018, including S...

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), supported by Israel and the US and heavily criticised by the United Nations, announced on Monday that it had completed its mission in Gaza. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In a stat...

On Monday, several small rockfalls occurred above the mountain village of Brienz in southeastern Switzerland. A gully has formed from which more rock is falling and geologists expect the imminent collapse of the plateau above. +Get the most important...

The Federal Criminal Court has sentenced two men from the Balkans, the so-called "Frères de Genève" [the Geneva Brothers], to 30 and 53 months in prison for their support of the Islamic State group. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in ...

Drugs, human trafficking and the increasing use of violence: the Turkish mafia is on the rise in Switzerland, according to the head of the Swiss Federal Office of Police, Eva Wildi-Cortés. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox ...

Iron deficiency is a common problem, but iron supplements are often poorly absorbed. A product developed by the Swiss federal technology institute ETH Zurich hopes to offer a solution. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Const...

The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), Swissinfo's parent company, must save CHF270 million ($334 million) by 2029 as a result of a lower licence fee and falling commercial revenues. Under the ongoing restructuring process, 900 full-time equivalen...

The total volume of employment in Switzerland remained stable in the third quarter, edging up by 0.1% year-on-year. By contrast, the number of vacancies advertised by companies fell by one-tenth, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) reported on Monda...

Swiss companies could save CHF30 billion ($37 billion) a year by reducing bureaucracy, according to leading business associations. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Excessive regulations and high costs for bureaucracy are a ...

Researchers at the federal technology institute ETH Zurich have produced what they claim to be the world's smallest light-emitting diodes. The tiny diodes will enable ultra-sharp screens and microscopes, but also opens up entirely novel possibilities...

Emails recently released in the United States suggest that the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein recruited young women in Zurich for sex trafficking. Epstein was also reportedly a client of a major Swiss bank, the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper report...

Bern’s traditional annual onion market, known as the Zibelemärit in Swiss German, got off to a busy start in the early hours of Monday morning despite bad weather conditions. Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the festival in the S...

The Swiss mountain village of Brienz/Brinzauls experienced several small rockfalls over the weekend but no major landslide to threaten the village. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to the authorities, the rockfall...

Swiss Defense Minister Martin Pfister is reportedly proposing a two-stage strategy for purchasing F-35 fighter jets in batches to stay within the promised budget. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to the SonntagsBl...

Swiss environmental groups are disappointed with the results of the World Climate Summit. In their view, Switzerland now has a particular responsibility. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox NGOs criticised weak compromises - b...

More than half of the Swiss population is in favour of recognising Palestine as a state, according to a survey by the opinion research institute Sotomo. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Some 57% of respondents answered yes ...

The Swiss meteorogical service has played down speculation about a "winter of the century" this season. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox MeteoSwiss are expecting a mild winter, according to an enquiry from Keystone-SDA. A r...

The measures agreed at the World Climate Summit in Brazil are less ambitious than Swiss environment ambassador Felix Wertli had hoped. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "It was a conference of small steps," he told the Keyst...

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio and head of the Ukrainian delegation Andrey Yermak said peace talks held in Geneva have been "productive". +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "We have made good progress," noted Ru...

Ukraine and the United States will meet in Switzerland within days to hold talks a recently proposed peace plan. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The planned meeting was made public on Facebook by Roustem Oumerov, head of t...

Swiss Economics Minister Guy Parmelin hopes to see reduced United States tariffs from the beginning of December. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "In Switzerland, we are ready", Parmelin told Swiss public broadcaster SRF. I...

Swiss environment minister Albert Rösti described negotiations at the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém as "difficult". +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Disagreement concerns in particular the so-called r...

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (Finma) fears that financial centre risk is becoming increasingly tense. Developments in the mortgage market are particularly worrying. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "Pric...

Swiss firms must take steps to combat sexual harassment, according to the Swiss Trade Union Confederation. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Nearly 60% of female employees have already experienced sexist behaviour or sexual ...

A 39-year-old Chinese man has been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for human trafficking and promoting prostitution. The man will also be deported from Switzerland for 13 years. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On Friday t...

Martin Wittwer, president of the Swiss Travel Federation, says business with the United States will halve by 2026, due to the geopolitical situation, tariffs and the policies of US President Donald Trump. +Get the most important news from Switzerland...

The Swiss Capital Region has awarded its "Prize for Bilingualism" to Bernese film director Djibril Vuille. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Vuille's feature film debut Schoggi deals with important contemporary issues and sh...

The Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is to give up 2,900 full-time equivalents as a result of a 17% reduction in its budget for 2026. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Assembly approved this p...

A loaf of bread at CHF0.99 ($1.23), a bottle of Chasselas at CHF2.19, sustainable meat at rock-bottom prices: the Swiss Farmers’ Union is speaking out against “reckless pressure” on prices and is calling the major retailers to account. +Get the...

Health insurance premiums affect the development of the disposable income of the Swiss. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This would have increased by 1.0% in 2025, but due to higher health insurance bills the increase was l...