Switzerland requires all able bodied men to dedicate around a year of their time to military service. To remove the gender ...

Many expats, particularly north Americans, may be surprised to discover that Halloween is not a big event in Switzerland. But ...

One source of vitamin D is sunlight. Sunlight interacts with our skin to produce it. As winter approaches, the amount of ...

From 2025, the tax free allowance for goods imported into Switzerland will fall from CHF 300 per person to CHF 150, decided ...

According to a study by Swissmedic, there are deficiencies in the disinfection, sterilisation, packaging and storage of ...

On 24 November 2024, Swiss voters will decide on four proposals. One is whether to endorse a government plan to expand ...

ETH Zurich remains the best university in continental Europe, according to the World University Ranking, published by Times Higher Education. ETH Zurich was ranked eleventh worldwide in the 2024 ...

A lost robot, a newly hatched baby goose and a naughty fox make the most wonderful threesome you’ve seen in a long time. This animated film about a robot who is stranded on an island with various ...

Because of the way farming is structured in Switzerland, farmers are heavily reliant on the support of tax payers to make ends meet. The federal government, which is running and projecting fiscal ...

The jet is used by the Federal Council, Switzerland’s cabinet, and made the news in 2021 after forced landings led to missed diplomatic meetings in Anji in China and Tokyo in Japan. This week, the ...

Consuming some mushrooms can be deadly. The risk of fatality is even higher this mushroom season due to a shortage of antidote, warned tox info this week. According to RTS, around 100 people are ...