Far-right wants residents to have a veto power over local asylum centres; Germany tries to block Zurich airport expansion; ...

The body of a 19-year-old US citizen was found Saturday in a rugged area overlooking Lake Brienz, in canton Bern. He died ...

After a relative ‘lull’ of the past several days, Switzerland will swelter in another wave of extremely hot weather in coming ...

Switzerland has held a dubious ‘honour’ of being Europe’s priciest nation in a number os studies. But it is no longer the ...

When originally built in the 1970s, the A50 motorway was intended to serve primarily heavy-goods vehicle traffic linking ...

Swiss glaciers have been melting at an alarming rate due to global warming for decades, and the most recent heatwave is ...

After the torrid heatwave that hit Switzerland the second half of June and a subsequent (relative) respite, what will the ...

To represent Switzerland, athletes - including those on the national football squad - must be Swiss citizens. But do they get ...

Switzerland broke the record for its hottest-ever June day for the third day in a row on Saturday, with the mercury rising to ...

The reactors at Europe's oldest nuclear plant were shut down Friday, its Swiss operator said, after the heatwave roasting ...

Switzerland is negotiating with France, Israel and South Korea to acquire a long-range air defence system, amid lengthy ...

With Switzerland sweltering in a heatwave, The Local wants to hear from readers about how they deal with the soaring ...