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 ...

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 National Council has voted to outlaw firecrackers, backing a parliamentary counter-proposal to a popular initiative that seeks tighter limits on fireworks, reported SRF. The measure pass ...

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

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

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

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

The median full-time salary in Switzerland rose to CHF 7,024 (US$8,780) a month in 2024, up 3.5% from CHF 6,788 two years ...

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

Immigrants are more successfully integrated into Switzerland’s labour market than in most other rich countries, according to a study commissioned by the State Secretariat for Migration. At 77%, the ...