The National Council wants to offset the four billion franc increase in military spending with a lower cantonal share of ...

Switzerland's population reached the nine million mark at the end of June. This was announced by the Federal Statistical ...

In the city of Bern, a pilot project is testing how the fine distribution of goods on the last mile could be made more environmentally friendly and compatible with the city. The federal government has ...

The monthly family allowances in the canton of Bern will rise from the current CHF 230 to CHF 250 per month from the beginning of 2025. Education allowances will rise from CHF 290 to CHF 310. The ...

The City of Bern's regulations on the climate-adapted design of public streets will come into force next year. No referendum was held, as the municipal council announced on Thursday. The so-called ...

Director and actress Lilo Baur has been awarded this year's Swiss Grand Prix Performing Arts / Hans Reinhart Ring. The award is endowed with 100,000 Swiss francs. The prize recognizes her as a ...

The documentary "Russians at war" is to be shown at the Zurich Film Festival despite criticism. Filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova is accused of trivializing Russian war crimes in Ukraine with the ...

As expected, the City of Bern's Office for Adult and Child Protection needs more money. The reason for this is the problems with the changeover to the new Citysoftnet case management software. The ...

An Israeli citizen has been arrested and charged in Israel for allegedly being recruited by Iran to assassinate high-ranking government officials. The aim was allegedly to kill Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Hospitals are to receive more money for their further training services. The cantonal government is considering an adjustment of CHF 15,000 per full-time post in further training. In future, the ...

A four-year-old crashed his bike into a car on a local road in Buchberg in the canton of Schaffhausen on Wednesday afternoon. The boy was injured and taken to hospital by ambulance. The four-year-old ...

The financial markets in Asia and Europe are reacting with price gains to the interest rate turnaround initiated by the US Federal Reserve the previous evening with a major first step. This is also ...