A pioneering Swiss project to install removeable solar panels between railway tracks has completed its first year of operation with encouraging results, suggesting the technology can generate electric ...

Switzerland does not need new nuclear power stations to complete the energy transition, according to a report by 19 energy specialists from ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), the countr ...

A new Swiss study suggests that attitudes towards masculinity are becoming more polarised. Männlichkeit im Wandel, a report ...

Minimum wages are one of the most contentious issues in Swiss labour policy, exposing tensions between Switzerland's federal government and the cantons over who should determine pay. Photo by cott ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

Swiss voters will decide four federal measures on November 29, including a proposal to help finance the new 13th monthly payment under the state pension system. The ballot will also cover a revision ...

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