Thousands of spectators attended the Bern carnival procession and the giant concert on Parliament Square on Saturday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The carnival bear, the sacrosanct emblem that was locked up on November ...

Swiss artist Peter Stämpfli died on Friday at the age of 88. This was announced by his Parisian gallery Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Born in Deisswil, canton Bern, in 1937, Stämpfl...

Dozens of countries, including the United States, China and Switzerland, have called for safe, trustworthy and robust artificial intelligence (AI). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox They signed a joint declaration published ...

OSCE Chair Ignazio Cassis has emphasised in Sarajevo the importance of respecting the constitutional framework and electoral integrity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The country will hold general elections next October. +Get the most important news from ...

Skier Franjo von Allmen was welcomed back to his home in the Bernese Oberland on Friday after his triple success at the Olympic Games. The whole of Boltigen was on its feet to celebrate the gold medallist in the downhill, super-G and team combined. +...

The number of cases of Legionnaires' disease has been rising in Switzerland since 2001. Older men are particularly affected, according to a situation report published by the Federal Office of Public Health at the end of January. +Get the most importa...

The bitcoin network generates 114 million tonnes of CO2 per year. That is roughly the same as the Czech Republic, according to figures from the crypto portal Digiconomist. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In addition, the n...

Switzerland saw fewer foreign arrivals into the permanent population last year and an increase in people leaving the country. Net immigration declined 10.5% in 2025 compared to 2024. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Some 1...

A freight locomotive has derailed near to Winterthur train station in northern Switzerland, resulting in disrupted services over the weekend. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Because points were damaged, there will now be ...

The recently formed artificial intelligence (AI) company, Project Prometheus, which was founded by Amazon entrepreneur Jeff Bezos last year, is setting up an office in Zurich. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Project Prome...

Proposed multi-billion franc cuts to the Swiss budget should not be trimmed down, according to the finance committee of the House of Representatives. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The committee has recommended budget cu...

The recovery of a Swiss train, which was derailed by an avalanche on Monday, is underway. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Railway company BLS hopes that the route between Goppenstein and Hohtenn in canton Valais should so...

Genentech, a US subsidiary of Roche, has obtained approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The combination...

Switzerland has provided more than CHF6 billion in aid to Ukraine since Russia's invasion in 2022. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Financial aid, both in Ukraine and in Switzerland, will continue to flow in the coming yea...

The Swiss-based world football governing body FIFA plans to support projects in Gaza as part of United States President Donald Trump's Peace Council. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "Everyone must support peace", said FIF...

Swiss and Italian public prosecutors will work together more closely following the New Year's Eve fire disaster in Crans-Montana. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Closer cooperation was agreed during ameeting between the t...

According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a new round of negotiations on the war in Ukraine is also expected to take place in Switzerland. He also stressed the importance of the negotiations process for Europe. + Get the most important new...

Fatton, 30, who lives in western Switzerland, claimed the top spot in the first-ever Olympic ski mountaineering event, in Bormio on Thursday. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The reigning world champion made the difference...

An investigation by the Transparency and Truth initiative of the NGO OxySuisse reveals links between the tobacco industry and several Swiss universities. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox OxySuisse said it had identified 29...

The Swiss parliament is considering limiting the steady rise of healthcare costs by granting discounts on best-selling medicines in the country. The government is now submitting this measure to a consultation process. + Get the most important news fr...

French-Swiss writer and journalist Corinne Desarzens has been awarded the Swiss Literature Grand Prix 2026, the Federal Office of Culture announced on Thursday. Seven other writers were also awarded prizes. + Get the most important news from Switzerl...

More use of ketamine and crack cocaine, but slightly less of cannabis and crystal meth: these are the results of analyses of wastewater conducted by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag). + Get the most ...

A 49-year-old man was killed by an avalanche on Tuesday afternoon while skiing with his 15-year-old son in Graubünden, eastern Switzerland. The two were travelling off a marked piste in Parsonz. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your...

Switzerland will host the next World Summit on Artificial Intelligence in Geneva in 2027. President Guy Parmelin made the announcement on Thursday in New Delhi at the 2026 AI Summit in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. + Get the mo...

Swiss cantonal police forces need to be able to exchange data with each other. The federal justice authorities have created a platform for this purpose, but this must still be approved by parliament and the cantons. A consultation procedure has been ...

Switzerland will attend the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace in Washington on Thursday as an observer. The Swiss are interested in supporting reconstruction efforts in Gaza. But the question of membership has not yet been decided. "Switzerland...

The federal government has set out the broad lines of the future agricultural policy, to be in force from 2030. The aim is to improve Switzerland's food security. To achieve this, it has set out measures in four areas. + Get the most important news f...

The two‑day negotiations in Geneva between Russia and Ukraine on bringing an end to the nearly four‑year‑old war have ended without any concrete progress. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Russian delegation left ...

The Swiss government has ended the year with a surplus of CHF300 million ($389 million) instead of the expected deficit of CHF800 million, more than CHF1 billion better than forecast. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The i...

The 27 member states of the European Union (EU) approved the signing of the package of agreements with Switzerland on Wednesday morning in Brussels. The decision will now go to the General Affairs Council on February 24 for formal adoption. + Get the...