Karin Keller-Sutter: "Our companies want security".

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Karin Keller-Sutter to Trump: ‘Our companies want security’

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Apr 12, 2025

Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter made the last phone call to Donald Trump before his about-face on tariffs. Did she help change his mind?

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Israel's ambassador to Bern, Ifat Reshef

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Ambassador: Israel and Switzerland ‘don’t agree on everything’

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Apr 12, 2025

Israel’s ambassador to Bern maintains that Switzerland and her country enjoy friendly relations. But criticises certain Swiss positions within UN bodies.

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Prizes for "The Prince of Nanawa" and "Les Vies d'Andrès"

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In Nyon documentary festival, Argentinian director Clarisa Navas takes top prize

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Apr 12, 2025

Argentinian director Clarisa Navas has won the international Grand Prix at the Visions du Réel documentary film festival in Nyon.

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The initiative for Swiss sovereignty was unsuccessful

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The initiative for Swiss sovereignty was unsuccessful

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Apr 12, 2025

A federal initiative seeking to ensure the primacy of Swiss national law over international law failed to garner the necessary support.

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Court allows aids for the holes in Emmental cheese

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Powder permitted to help with holes in Emmental cheese

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Apr 11, 2025

The Federal Administrative Court has authorised the use of hay flower powder in the production of Emmental cheese with a protected designation of origin.

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Switzerland concludes free trade agreement with Malaysia

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Switzerland concludes free-trade deal with Malaysia

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Apr 11, 2025

Together with the other EFTA states, Switzerland has concluded an agreement with Malaysia.

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Schwarzenbach and Maillart estates become World Documentary Heritage

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Estates of Schwarzenbach and Maillart honoured by UNESCO

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Apr 11, 2025

The estates of Swiss writers Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908-1942) and Ella Maillart (1903-1997) are to be included in the Memory of the World Register.

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Knie's children's zoo will do without elephant rides in future

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Swiss children’s zoo Knie ends elephant rides

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Apr 11, 2025

Knie’s children’s zoo in Rapperswil, northeastern Switzerland, is discontinuing elephant rides at the end of the year.

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A student breaks a world speed record with his drone

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Swiss student breaks drone world speed record

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Apr 11, 2025

Samuele Gobbi has smashed the world speed record with a quadricopter drone, reaching 557.64km/h.

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Novartis announces billion-dollar investments in the US.

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Novartis announces billion-dollar investments in the US

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Apr 11, 2025

Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis plans to invest a total of $23 billion in the US over the next five years to expand production and research.

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