The Kunstmuseum Basel is opening the exhibition "The First Homosexuals" on Saturday. With around 80 works, it traces how new images of sexuality, gender and identity were formed from the first use of the word "homosexual" in 1869. +Get the most impor...

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis and the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, have signed a joint declaration aimed at strengthening cooperation on foreign and security policy. Regular dialogue is planned. +Get ...

A special flight operated by Swiss International Airlines (SWISS) from Oman landed in Zurich on Thursday afternoon. On board the fully booked aircraft were Swiss travellers returning from the crisis region. + Get the most important news from Switzerl...

Over the last ten days the number of people injured in Crans-Montana being treated in Swiss hospitals has dropped from 21 to 12. Seven are in a rehabilitation clinic (-2). Twenty-six victims (-2), including nine Swiss nationals, are being treated abr...

The Swiss House of Representatives has voted against enshrining permanent and armed neutrality in the Constitution. It has rejected the neutrality initiative and, unlike the Senate, does not want a counter-proposal. + Get the most important news from...

A low-pressure system has stirred up desert sand from the Sahara and is now sending it across Switzerland. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox There is already a lot of Sahara dust in the air in the western part of the countr...

Swiss International Airlines (SWISS) has cancelled more flights to Dubai and Tel Aviv. Due to the tense situation in the Middle East, flights to Dubai have been cancelled until March 10 and those to Tel Aviv until March 22. A special SWISS repatriati...

In Brussels on Thursday Swiss Justice Minister Beat Jans and European Commissioner for Migration Magnus Brunner signed a deal to share flight passenger data. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The data exchanged will be used...

The growing global demand for US Patriot air defence missiles in the Middle East has consequences for Switzerland. The Swiss army will have to wait even longer for the Patriot air defence systems it has ordered, government sources told Swiss public t...

New plant protection products must be approved more quickly. Following in the footsteps of the House of Representatives, the Swiss Senate approved a parliamentary proposal on Thursday by 31 votes to 12, calling for pesticides approved in Europe to be...

Swiss Post has issued a special stamp to honour the Ice Hockey World Championships in Switzerland. This is printed on transparent chalk paper for the first time and is intended to be reminiscent of an ice rink. + Get the most important news from Swit...

The first 17 of around 70 diesel generators that Switzerland is supplying in response to the worst energy crisis in Ukraine since the Russian invasion arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday. All of the diesel generators should be in Ukraine by the end of March...

Swiss Post is honouring Alberto Giacometti with a new stamp featuring Walking Man I (L’Homme qui marche I), issued to mark the 125th anniversary of his birth and the 60th anniversary of his death. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in y...

Swiss government funding for Geneva's International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum was narrowly saved by the House of Representatives on Wednesday. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Swiss lawmakers in Bern supported a pr...

Four of the seven people arrested last week in an international anti-drugs operation were residents of Roveredo, a small Alpine municipality in southeastern Switzerland, it has been confirmed. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your in...

The Federal Criminal Court on Wednesday acquitted UBS in the Bulgarian funds case, which dates back to the Credit Suisse era. For the judges in Bellinzona, the bank was not guilty of aggravated money laundering. + Get the most important news from Swi...

The Swiss government wanted to cancel federal contributions to the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC)’s international services. This would have severely affected the financing of Swissinfo. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted against...

Swiss President Guy Parmelin has discussed the current Middle East conflict with Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Oman’s Sultan Haytham bin Tariq, expressing Switzerland’s solidarity during the talks. + Get the most important news fr...

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is planning a special repatriation flight from Muscat, Oman, to Zurich on Thursday. The Airbus A340 will therefore fly to the capital of Oman on Wednesday. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your i...

Switzerland should position itself as a leading global hub for quantum technologies, backed by investments of CHF200–300 million ($256-384 million), according to a new strategy published on Wednesday by the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences (SCNAT)...

The Lausanne design studio Emphase has won the Swiss National Bank's (SNB) competition to create the new banknote series. Their design on the concept "Switzerland and its altitudes" was selected over five other submissions, the SNB announced on Wedne...

Bilingual school classes should be possible everywhere in canton Bern and no longer depend on the initiative or the resources of the municipalities, say Swiss lawmakers. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On Tuesday, Bern's ...

Iran has welcomed Switzerland's "stronger" reaction to the US-Israeli bombings than that of other European countries. Bern has the capacity and potential to play a "constructive role", according to the Iranian ambassador to the UN in Geneva. + Get th...

After Tel Aviv, Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is extending its flight cancellations to Dubai. This measure applies until Thursday inclusive, the airline announced on Tuesday. Flights to Tel Aviv are suspended until Sunday. + Get the most impo...

Some 4,800 Swiss nationals remain stranded in the Middle East on the fourth day of the US-Israeli offensive against Iran. Those registered with the Swiss foreign ministry still hope to take one of the few commercial flights available. + Get the most ...

The United States and Israel have no limits and no respect for international law and human rights, said Iran's ambassador to the UN in Geneva on Tuesday. He refuted accusations of a regional war. "War has been imposed on the Iranian nation," Ali Bahr...

More cranes are currently flying over Switzerland than ever before in spring. Groups of over 500 birds have been spotted in the last few days. This has never happened before on this scale, said Livio Rey, spokesman for the Swiss Ornithological Instit...

In Switzerland, the police should always mention the nationality of the perpetrators of crimes when they communicate. On Tuesday, the Senate followed the lead of the House of Representatives in adopting a right-wing proposal to standardise practice a...

For the first time, the Zurich-based shoe and apparel manufacturer generated sales of more than CHF3 billion (about $3.81 billion). At the same time, it succeeded in improving profitability. Sales rose by 30% to CHF 3.01 billion in its 15th anniversa...

Swiss winegrowers produced wine of 'excellent quality' last year thanks to favourable weather conditions. After a poor year in terms of volume in 2024 due to bad weather, the harvest volume rose to 82 million litres of wine. This is seven million lit...