Switzerland’s basic health insurance started reimbursing part of the cost of Wegovy, a weight-loss drug developed by Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk. The decision has led to ...

Geneva’s supervised drug-consumption centre located behind Cornavin train station, banned crack use after a surge in violence ...

Swiss voters will weigh in on three initiatives on 30 November 2025, the Federal Council announced on Tuesday. The proposals concern the introduction of universal civil service, a hefty inheritance ta ...

Switzerland’s Beznau nuclear power plant, the oldest in the country, has shut down both its reactors due to rising river ...

Inflation in Switzerland edged back into positive territory in June. Consumer prices rose by 0.1% year on year, according to the Federal Statistical Office (FSO), reversing deflation of –0.1% recorded ...

Switzerland’s Parliament voted to end joint taxation for married couples, opting instead for individual tax assessments. The reform is designed to eliminate the so-called marriage penal ...

A strike by French air-traffic controllers (ATC) has disrupted the travel plans of tens of thousands across Europe just as ...

Data published this week by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO), show fewer people in Switzerland believe in God, and even fewer participate in organised religion. Secularisation continues to reshape ...

Switzerland's federal government announced it was cutting its savings targets slightly amid pressure from cantons and ...

Hiking in the Jura, cycling in Valais, dining lakeside in Ticino: Switzerland remains a top destination—especially for the ...

On 24 June 2025, human remains were recovered in Blatten, the Valais mountain village largely destroyed by a catastrophic ...

Switzerland is sweltering under a heatwave, with MétéoSuisse forecasting the second-hottest June since records began. © ...