A popular initiative by Switzerland’s Green Party to make solar panels mandatory on most rooftops has gathered more than ...

Swiss citizens will head to the polls on March 8th 2026 to vote on four national measures: initiatives on cash, public broadcasting, and a climate fund, as well as a referendum on individual taxation, ...

Switzerland’s Protestant church is to commission an independent inquiry into sexual and spiritual abuse within its ranks. On Monday the parliament of the Evangelical Reformed Church of Switzerland vot ...

Bern’s emergency shelters are under strain—and most of those using them are not Swiss.A new regulation introduced in October 2025 by the canton of Bern restricts access to emergency accommodation to p ...

With winter setting in, Switzerland’s Gotthard Pass and the hiking and cycling trail through the Schöllenen Gorge will shut for safety reasons. The closures, announced by the Federal Roads Office (FED ...

The inimitable French auteur François Ozon has done it again, with his usual elegance and discretion, as with his other superbly varied films such a ...

Switzerland’s road deaths have risen by a third over the past five years, even as fatalities have fallen across much of Europe. The country’s accident-prevention bureau (BPA) on Tuesday lamented the t ...

Nearly half of Switzerland’s population now counts as “news-deprived”—people who rarely consume journalistic media. According ...

The Swiss, it seems, live up to their reputation for cleanliness and comfort. A new survey by the Sotomo research institute ...