Switzerland’s government is weighing a rise in value-added tax to help fund a rapid expansion of the armed forces, reported ...

The Swiss government has rejected the so-called “Compass” Initiative, which seeks to subject the planned package of ...

The median full-time salary in Switzerland rose to CHF 7,024 (US$8,780) a month in 2024, up 3.5% from CHF 6,788 two years ...

Despite its wealth and generous welfare system, Switzerland has struggled recently to make meaningful progress in reducing ...

On 30 November 2025 the Swiss electorate decisively rejected two headline proposals: a sweeping federal inheritance and gift tax for the super-rich, and a scheme to make civic service mandatory for al ...

Ludwig Minelli, the founder of Dignitas, Switzerland’s best-known assisted-dying organisation, has died. He took his own life on November 29th, just days short of his 93rd birthday. Ludwig Minelli ...

Markus Ritter, president of the Swiss Farmers’ Association, is calling for measures to shield agriculture after Switzerland’s ...

Six in ten Swiss media professionals encountered insults or hate speech last year, according to the first systematic study of ...

Swiss soldiers may soon be allowed to keep ammunition at home once more. The Security Policy Committee of the Council of ...

Swiss business and farming groups are stepping up calls for a rollback of red tape, warning that an expanding regulatory burden is stifling productivity just as labour shortages intensify. They are ur ...

A majority of Swiss voters would favour recognising Palestine as a sovereign state, according to a new survey by the polling institute Sotomo. Some 57% of respondents said they were in favour, or some ...