The Federal Council wants to roll out roadside displays that warn drivers when their vehicles exceed recommended noise levels ...

Switzerland’s parliament has voted to make it harder for dual nationals to sidestep the country’s military obligations, ...

Switzerland’s Greens have gathered enough signatures to force a vote on a far-reaching solar initiative. On December 10th the ...

On December 11th 2025, UNESCO added Swiss yodelling to its list of intangible cultural heritage. The decision, taken in New ...

A campaign to ban the Islamic headscarf from all public schools has resurfaced in Switzerland, pushing a local controversy ...

Switzerland’s flu season is gathering pace. Last week the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) reported 459 ...

Switzerland’s government is weighing a rise in value-added tax to help fund a rapid expansion of the armed forces, reported ...

Teachers in the canton of Vaud have intensified their strike over the canton’s austerity plan, forcing the closure of numerous schools and disrupting classes for weeks, reported SRF. The canton faces ...

Switzerland’s parliament has pulled the plug on funding for a planned night train linking Basel with Malmö in southern Sweden, reported RTS. After the Council of States rejected the proposal, the Nati ...

A recent study by the Swiss state secretariat for migrants (SEM) estimates that there were 76,000 illegal immigrants or san-papiers living in Switzerland in 2015. The 88 page document presents some ...

Often referred to as the human rights or humanitarian capital of the world, Geneva has for decades managed to revere an ugly truth in the form of an authoritarian, if not murderous, religious abuser.