The canton of Zug is to provide CHF55 million ($68.5 million) for the establishment of a joint lea ing and research centre run by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich and representatives of Zug’s business community. The facility is intended to combine academic education with professi...

Cadmium, a toxic and carcinogenic heavy metal found in soils, is present in our food. A study by the French-speaking Swiss Consumer Federation has detected cadmium in 67 out of 90 everyday products that were tested. None of the products contained cadmium levels that exceeded safety standards, but it...

The war in Iran took its toll on the Jungfrau Railways in the first half of 2026. As a result, significantly fewer travellers from Asia visited the Jungfraujoch. Tu over and profit fell sharply as a consequence. Operating revenue fell by 9% to CHF137 million ($170 million), the Be ese Oberland mount...

The BRICS group of countries are some of the biggest sellers and buyers of grain. They have launched a joint inquiry into potential monopolies in the global grain trade. On July 9, competition authorities from the BRICS group met at a closed meeting in Geneva at the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)...

Swiss voters will decide on September 27 on a popular initiative on neutrality, which was launched to denounce Switzerland’s economic sanctions against Russia. But what is the true scope of these sanctions? And is Switzerland implementing them effectively? What sanctions is Switzerland imposing on R...

The European Union’s closest economic partners are wa ing Brussels that its increasingly protectionist industrial policies risk shutting them out of a single market they have spent decades integrating with. Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein have built close economic relationships with t...

The scorching summer has taken quite a toll on the Swiss. A large majority of those surveyed found the high temperatures difficult to cope with, and many are conce ed about the environment. In total, 74% of the population described the summer of 2026 as “very trying” or “somewhat trying”, according ...

Price rises by streaming platforms such as Netflix need to be better regulated, according to the Swiss gove ment, which on Thursday accepted, without comment, a motion to this effect. The motion, tabled by parliamentarian Alex Farinelli, aims to provide better protection for consumers. In recent yea...

A corruption case involving senior figures in the Swiss financial sector is to be heard in court: Pierre Mirabaud, former president of the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA), is due to stand trial at the beginning of September before the Federal Criminal Court. He is accused of bribing a senior Kuwaiti...

Swiss President Guy Parmelin has expressed his condolences to the Norwegian Royal Family and the people of the Scandinavian country following the death of King Harald V. Parmelin was “deeply saddened” by the King’s death, he wrote on X. Harald V, who died on Friday mo ing at the age of 89, “will be ...

A 17-year-old Briton on holiday with his family has drowned in Lake Cauma in Graubünden, easte Switzerland. The young man was trying to swim to the shore from a small island when he got into difficulty. The incident occurred at around 5:45pm on Thursday, according to a statement issued on Friday by ...

Supporters and opponents of the two initiatives being put to a vote on September 27 have announced campaign budgets totalling CHF7.86 million ($9.75 million), the Swiss Federal Audit Office said on Friday. Some CHF5.51 million was declared for the neutrality initiative, which seeks to enshrine stric...

Switzerland is performing relatively well in Europe when it comes to the energy transition. It ranks fifth in terms of renewable electricity generation per capita, thanks in particular to rapid growth in solar power. Wind power, on the other hand, is struggling to keep pace. The energy transition is...

A severe thunderstorm has “significantly” disrupted operations at Zurich Airport. By Friday lunchtime, 27 flights had been cancelled, and further cancellations are expected, according to Swiss Inte ational Air Lines (SWISS). Around 3,100 passengers were affected. Delays of up to three hours are expe...

This year’s drought has placed Swiss agriculture under severe pressure. In canton Be , a new 90-kilometre network of underground pipes is expected to secure water supplies for almost 200 farms. The Be ese Seeland region in the northwest of the country is preparing for one of Switzerland’s largest ir...

Roger Federer is back – on the tennis court and in the spotlight. Following a special appearance in New York, he will be inducted into his sport’s Hall of Fame on Saturday in Newport, Rhode Island. The term Hall of Fame is not as common in Europe as it is in North America, and particularly in the US...

Swiss citizens living abroad could be excluded from the new 13th state pension payment under a proposal from the right-wing Swiss People’s Party. A year ahead of the federal elections, the People’s Party is proposing new restrictions on the Swiss diaspora. In a motion, parliamentarian Didier Calame ...

A former councillor for the municipality of Crans-Montana, who was responsible for building matters between 2017 and 2024, was also charged on Friday in connection with the fatal fire at the “Le Constellation” bar. The woman is now the 17th person to be charged in connection with the tragedy, in whi...

Swiss historian Sacha Zala is the new president of the Inte ational Council of Historical Sciences (CISH). The professor of history and director of the Dodis research centre was elected at the congress marking the 100th anniversary of the CISH. Zala, bo in Val Poschiavo in southeaste Switzerland in ...

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