Despite its wealth and generous welfare system, Switzerland has struggled recently to make meaningful progress in reducing ...

Swiss business and farming groups are stepping up calls for a rollback of red tape, warning that an expanding regulatory burden is stifling productivity just as labour shortages intensify. They are ur ...

A majority of Swiss voters would favour recognising Palestine as a sovereign state, according to a new survey by the polling institute Sotomo. Some 57% of respondents said they were in favour, or some ...

Swiss participants in last autumn’s Gaza flotilla have now received an unwelcome follow-up to their detention by Israeli authorities: a bill. The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) has writt ...

Two Swiss Green Party lawmakers have filed a criminal complaint for suspected corruption against a group of Swiss business leaders who presented luxury gifts—including a Rolex clock and a one-kilogram ...

Markus Ritter, president of the Swiss Farmers’ Association, is calling for measures to shield agriculture after Switzerland’s ...

Six in ten Swiss media professionals encountered insults or hate speech last year, according to the first systematic study of ...

Swiss soldiers may soon be allowed to keep ammunition at home once more. The Security Policy Committee of the Council of ...

With snow reaching Switzerland's plateau this week, some motorists may regret delaying the switch to winter tyres. The change ...

Swiss-made electronic components have been discovered in Russian drones, hypersonic missiles and even anti-personnel mines used in Ukraine, reported RTS. According to an investigation by Tamedia, more ...

Pilatus, Switzerland’s aircraft manufacturer, has unexpectedly secured a full exemption from American import duties, reported SRF. The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, led by Guy Parmelin, conf ...