The Swiss Market index SMI lost 0.19% to 11,915 points by around 9.40 am. The leading European indices are also lower. The ...

Three inmates attempted to escape from Sion prison on Sunday morning. Their capture required a major police operation.

China has launched a new global mediation body to resolve disputes. How will this initiative reshape international conflict ...

The Swiss National Museum looks back at the story of the Swiss pastor John Zubly, a key figure in American independence.

The water temperature of the Rhine River could rise by up to 4.2° degrees Celsius by the end of the century due to the ...

The director of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) has warned of increasing climate-related risks in Switzerland in an interview with SonntagsBlick on Sunday.

Welcome to our selection of some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.

In the past 25 years, euthanasia has developed rapidly in Switzerland. The older one gets, the higher the proportion of ...

Swiss UN Ambassador Jürg Lauber regrets US sanctions on the rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese.

Around 2,000 fans watched the Swiss women's national football team reach the quarterfinals of the European Championships at ...

In the Pre-Alps and Alps, the weather is always more uncertain than on the central plateau,” he explains. “The big clouds in front of us tell us that it could rain this evening in the Uri, Glarus or ...