Amid abuse scandals, Swiss Catholic Church sees wave of departures (www.swissinfo.ch)
Hundreds of Swiss churchgoers have left the Catholic Church following revelations of sexual abuse....
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Hundreds of Swiss churchgoers have left the Catholic Church following revelations of sexual abuse....
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that talks on a peace plan will be held in Switzerland in January 2024 – the day before the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos....
Swiss police on Monday arrested a man suspected of a deadly double shooting in the town of Sion....
The Swiss Re insurance group has concluded 19 contracts with Brazilian grain companies known for their illegal deforestation....
Environmental activist Nicolas Presti will serve two months in prison from Tuesday. He chose time behind bars over paying a fine....
With its “One million stars” campaign, NGO Caritas expressed solidarity on Saturday to the more than one million people in Switzerland who do not have enough to live on....
Switzerland will wait until the last minute to decide whether to introduce the OECD’s minimum taxation of large corporations....
Some 27.5% of the 74,425 deaths among the resident population last year were due to cardiovascular issues, while cancer was responsible for 23.1%....
Live betting is taking place at amateur league football matches that can involve players under the age of 18, according to Swiss media reports published on Sunday. This is prohibited in Switzerland....
Canton Neuchâtel’s public prosecutor’s office has opened a criminal investigation into the “threatening” young man who broke into a primary school in Cortaillod on Friday....
Swiss Environment Minister Albert Rösti signed emissions reduction agreements with Chile and Tunisia in Dubai on Saturday. The resulting CO2 reductions in the two countries will count as progress towards Switzerland’s climate goals....
US diplomat Sonata Coulter, who is responsible for relations with Russia and Central Europe, urged Switzerland to step up its efforts to combat illegal financial flows....
Over the next ten years, the Swiss government wants CHF750 million ($852 million) in its pocket to guarantee the storage of vital goods....
The Swiss government could make a decision on the negotiating mandate in the European Union dossier next Friday....
Switzerland must “close the remaining gaps” in its human rights protection system, say around a hundred NGOs on the occasion of World Human Rights Day. Despite persistent criticism, there has been no improvement to date....
Singer Remo Forrer, the Credit Suisse bank, and the AI software ChatGPT shot up the list of most-searched items on Google in Switzerland this year....
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) will lower interest rates for the first time in September 2024 – one of just two just cuts predicted for next year – according to a Bloomberg survey of economists....
Switzerland must put up a united front with the NATO countries so that Vladimir Putin does not win the war in Ukraine, because a neutral state must rely on a functioning international order, which the Russian president has violated....
The Swiss Federal Railways timetable comes into force on Sunday. It provides for better connections to popular tourist destinations such as Valais and Graubünden....
In Switzerland, around one in four apprenticeship contracts is terminated prematurely....
The Basel Land cantonal police discovered more than 13,000 marijuana plants in two illegal plantations. A 42-year-old Turkish man was arrested....
Graubünden has halted wolf hunting following an appeal to the Federal Administrative Court, the canton wrote on its website on Friday evening....
The number of accidents involving electric scooters has increased 20-fold in a short space of time. The Swiss Accident Insurance Fund (SUVA) expects 3,500 accidents this year....
One in three daycare centres in Switzerland posted a loss last year. The first-ever study of the key business figures of daycare centres also revealed that the sector has a three times higher staff resignation rate....