On June 30, a broad coalition of the Greens, the Socialists, the Green Liberals and several campaign groups launched a referendum against government legislation that would allow the construction of ne ...

Swiss voters will decide whether to ban most fireworks after campaigners rejected a parliamentary compromise and insisted on ...

Switzerland is often held up as a model of multilingualism. In August 2025, however, its linguistic diversity nearly led to a ...

Switzerland's electorate is ageing rapidly. New calculations by the liberal think tank Avenir Suisse show that the median age ...

Infant formula sold in Switzerland still contains traces of cereulide, a toxin that can cause vomiting and diarrhoea in ...

The Swiss government has scaled back—but not abandoned—its plan to raise value-added tax (VAT) to finance higher defence ...

Switzerland is enduring its tenth consecutive day of temperatures above 30°C, placing this June among the hottest on record.

This amusing historical film is a delight! It’s 1651 in France, and rebellions are raging outside the royal pal ...

This week, the Swiss Tenants' Association submitted a popular initiative aimed at curbing rents after collecting more than 140,000 signatures. Photo by Marcus Lenk on Pexels.com The proposal wou ...

The Swiss parliament has agreed only a partial funding plan for the new 13th annual state-pension payment, reported RTS. After lengthy wrangling, the National Council backed an increase in value-added ...