Switzerland rolled out its answer to Silicon Valley on Monday: a network of five technology parks designed to boost industry, science and technology across the country.
As the music world pays tribute to David Bowie, the British pop musician who has died at the age of 69, in Switzerland he is remembered for discreetly living in the country to escape taxes and the trappings of celebrity.
If you’re feeling a little lost in Switzerland as a newcomer or even as someone who has lived in the country for a while, a Lausanne-based publishing company has produced a game and two new books that may help you find your bearings.
A blue shirt with embroidered edelweiss flowers used to promote farmers in Switzerland has become the focus of an ardent national debate since a school teacher in the canton of Zurich banned students from wearing one, calling it a “racist symbol”.
A unique Zurich startup is producing bee homes that allow purchasers to boost the bee population and help farmers pollinate their fruit trees and crops.
Switzerland’s central bank on Thursday announced it was maintaining record low negative interest rates in a bid to prevent the “overvalued” franc from further appreciating.
Reflecting continuing strong demand for English-language schooling in the Lake Geneva region, the Geneva English School has announced plans to launch a new secondary school next year.
More than 4,100 Roman coins from the third century have been unearthed after a farmer found some of them in his cherry orchard, the canton of Aargau says.
A design for a “forested” 35-storey apartment and office tower covered with trees and shrubbery on terraces at every level has been selected for a suburb west of Lausanne, following a competition.
A Basel football fan ended up living on the streets of Milan for ten years after losing his way while leaving the Italian city’s San Siro stadium, where he had been watching his team play Inter Milan, according to a Swiss media report.
Voters in Switzerland look set to go to the polls again to decide whether immigration curbs approved by the population in February 2014 should be implemented.
The Swiss People’s Party (SVP) may have dramatically increased its representation in the lower house of parliament but many Swiss voters are not looking for a change in the federal government, according to a new poll.
The electoral success of the right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP) will make an initiative curbing immigration from the EU more difficult to implement in a way that is favourable to Switzerland’s economy, a leading Swiss banker says.
The right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP), the most popular political party in Switzerland, is threatening to pull out of the seven-person Swiss government unless it gains two of the seats.
A plan that allows construction workers in Switzerland to retire at the age of 60 is already in danger of folding because it is running out of money, according to a media report.
More than 1,000 people gathered at the Mattmark hydro dam in the canton of Valais Alps on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a natural disaster that killed 88 workers, including 56 Italians.
Passengers flying out of Swiss airports will potentially face an extra level of screening starting next week when a new process to detect explosives will go into effect.
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) plans to introduce the first of its new high-tech banknotes in April next year — six years later than initially planned after reported technical problems with its paper supplier.
David Hyde, the unpaid UN intern in Geneva forced to sleep in a tent because of high accommodation costs, announced on Wednesday that he was quitting his position.
A court has ordered a farmer in the Zurich Oberland to remove bells from his cows because of complaints from neighbours who could not sleep at night because of the noise.
Pink Cross, the Swiss Gay Federation, is filing a criminal complaint against Vitus Huondor, the Catholic Bishop of Chur, alleging that he made “homophobic comments” while quoting passages from the Bible that call for homosexuals to be put to death.
Immigration of is continuing to put upward pressure on rental housing costs and residential property prices, particularly in the Lake Geneva region, a report from Bern says.
Basel-based architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron earned another feather in its cap this week when the city of Paris narrowly approved a 180-metre high pyramid skyscraper that it designed.
