Swiss households on average will pay a little less for electricity next year—but the relief will be uneven. Average tariffs will fall by 4% in 2026, after a 10% drop this year, according to ElCom, the ...

Most Swiss are not keen on blanket 30km/h limits in urban areas. A new poll by YouGov, commissioned by the Touring Club Switzerland (TCS), finds that nearly two-thirds of respondents oppose extending ...

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

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 ...

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

A long-term Brazilian study has cast fresh doubt on the wisdom of swapping sugar for artificial sweeteners. Tracking more than 12,700 adults for eight years in a longitudinal study, researchers divide ...