3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (225+ words) The national average temperature was also 3.4°C higher than that of the 1991–2020 reference period. The heatwave hit the north-west of the country particularly hard, with a difference of 4.0 degrees compared with the reference period. The temperature also rose to 39.7°C…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (312+ words) Over the past decade, China has increasingly transformed itself from the “world’s factory” into a hub for high technology. For example, the country has built up its own chip industry, and in the automotive sector, too, it has at least…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (268+ words) This content was published on Nov 13, 2018 After the Second World War, Nazi doctor Josef Mengele fled to South America. He returned to Europe once as a tourist – and came to Switzerland. The dossier contains numerous newspaper reports, most of which…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (881+ words) Published in May 2026, his research documents the presence of at least 16 former Waffen-SS members among the settlers sent to Brazil and reconstructs how Swiss humanitarian organisations and authorities helped make their resettlement possible. “For Switzerland and the Vatican, this population…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (219+ words) The government wishes to increase the standard rate of VAT by 0.5 percentage points for a period of twelve years to finance defence projects. The Senate’s Security Policy Committee (SIK-S) rejected this proposal by 8 votes to 3, with 1 abstention, as the Parliamentary…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (254+ words) Investigations carried out in conjunction with the Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board (Sust) revealed that it is “highly likely” that the wreckage is from an aircraft that crashed in 1963. The recovered wreckage will now be disposed of properly by a…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (455+ words) Based in Geneva, I cover the work of the United Nations and other international organisations there. My focus is on humanitarian aid, human rights, and peace diplomacy. I studied business and economics at the University of Lausanne before training as…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (184+ words) Amherd will attend the funeral as Switzerland’s official representative. She met King Harald V in Oslo during a visit to Norway in 2024. This content was published on Aug 19, 2026 Switzerland is a perennial backdrop for peace talks. Why do warring parties…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (188+ words) This content was published on Aug 30, 2026 One person was killed in a shooting at a rave in Aarau, in northern Switzerland, on Saturday night. “We are committed to public safety, and as things stand, that cannot be guaranteed,” Suter said,…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (435+ words) At the end of June, 49 people, including two children, were being held by the Israeli military after being arrested in Syrian territory, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, a member of the International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, told the Human Rights Council....