Switzerland’s Council of States has rejected a popular initiative on subsidised childcare but endorsed a watered-down ...

This week, Switzerland’s lower house has narrowly backed a temporary VAT rise to finance the country’s new 13th month of ...

Most Swiss are not keen on blanket 30km/h limits in urban areas. A new poll by YouGov, commissioned by the Touring Club ...

Swiss households on average will pay a little less for electricity next year—but the relief will be uneven. Average tariffs ...

Guy Parmelin, Switzerland’s economics minister, has travelled to Washington to present a revised proposal aimed at ending a ...

Switzerland has shelved plans for a national study on the health effects of chemical pollutants, reported RTS. The scheme, ...

This week, Switzerland’s government rejected a call to double the price of the motorway vignette, reported RTS. The annual ...

Zurich is the latest German-speaking Swiss canton to question Switzerland’s policy of teaching French from the first years of ...

Finding a home in Switzerland is getting harder. For the fifth year in a row the share of vacant flats has fallen, slipping to 1%. In other words, 99% of the country’s housing stock is now occupied. T ...

Switzerland’s government wants to make it simpler for step-parents to adopt. Under a draft law approved by the Federal Council, couples who have raised a child together since birth would no longer nee ...