On Wednesday, the Swiss parliament will vote in two new members of the seven-member government known as the Federal Council. But what does that actually mean for the Swiss political life in the coming years?
"Why do the Swiss have such great sex?" That's the title of a new book by Swiss/American author Ashley Curtis which reveals a Switzerland you never knew existed. The Local spoke to him recently to find out more.
The hot favourite, the veteran, the outsider and the 'token man': here are the candidates in the December 5th election for the two empty seats in the Swiss government.
Swiss voters have rejected the 'Swiss law first' initiative with an overwhelming majority saying no to the initiative in a referendum, projections show.
There were dramatic scenes in the Basel-Stadt cantonal parliament on Wednesday when a politician and her two-month old baby were told they could not enter the chamber.
This coming Sunday, Swiss voters will vote on whether to accept changes to the social security law which give 'social detectives' extensive powers to observe people suspected of welfare fraud.
A drone almost crashed into a passenger plane near Zurich’s Kloten airport in late September in what safety authorities have called a "serious incident".
Switzerland remains stuck in the second tier of countries when it comes to speaking English as a foreign language, a new study shows, but there are reasons for optimism, as the head of the English Teachers Association of Switzerland explained to The Local.
On November 25th Swiss voters will be casting their ballots in what is one of the country's most significant referendums in recent years: the so-called 'Swiss law not foreign judges' initiative. Here we take a look at the key issues.
A Zurich firm is under fire for posting a job ad for "an uncomplicated woman aged 35 to 50 and without small children" to work night shifts in the company office.
The lower house of the Swiss parliament has voted in favour of a proposal that would strip the government of the power to single-handedly change rules on weapons exports.
The Swiss army has received some unexpected praise – not for its soldiering but for its musicianship, and from none other than Queen guitarist and rock legend Brian May.
Switzerland's Environment Minister Doris Leuthard is to step down from the seven-member Swiss government, known as the Federal Council, at the end of the year.
Switzerland's ETH technology institute has dropped one place to 11th in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings, but remains the top institution in continental Europe and is in lofty company.
Last year, Geneva politician Pierre Maudet was nearly voted in as one of Switzerland’s seven presidents. On Thursday, he was forced to temporarily quit his role as Geneva president just months after landing the key job. So what happened?
From the sublime to the ridiculous and back to the sublime again, we take a tour through the wonderfully weird world of Swiss culture. Read on for more.
A Spanish court is due to decide within two weeks whether or not to extradite Herve Falciani, a former HSBC analyst who leaked documents alleging widespread tax evasion, to Switzerland, his lawyer said Tuesday.
When two Swiss students set off very early last Friday morning to try and set a record-breaking time for the Swiss Train Challenge, they knew it wasn't going to be easy.
With talks between Switzerland and the European Union over a proposed new institutional framework deal threatening to fail, the Swiss foreign minister is set to announce a rescue plan that involves breaking up the negotiations into smaller pieces.
