Switzerland would grant Russian President Vladimir Putin immunity if he came to the country for talks on peace in Ukraine, ...

Foreigners applying for naturalisation in Switzerland must fulfil a number of conditions, but one stands out because it can ...

Jazz icons kick off Montreux's 50th birthday Two of the world's greatest jazz musicians opened the star-studded 50th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival on Thursday, with big na ...

French President Emmanuel Macron suggested Geneva could play host to a peace summit between Russian and Ukrainian leaders ...

Speeding duck clocked smashing speed limit in Swiss village A speed camera in the Swiss canton of Bern caught an unusual offender recently: a very fast, low-flying duck.

EXPLAINED: How applying for social benefits could see your Swiss work permit cancelled Foreigners who receive welfare assistance in Switzerland have fuelled public discourse for m ...

Meteorologists are forecasting cooler temperatures in Switzerland for the rest of the summer, but the Green Party wants the ...

Swiss skier Lara Gut wins Val d'Isère downhill Switzerland's Lara Gut won the women's World Cup downhill in Val d'Isère, France on Friday as the 21-year-old finished ahead of Am ...

Cops nab Canada's most wanted bank robber Geneva investigators have arrested the most wanted armed bank robber in Canada, a 53-year-old man known as the “vaulter bandit", canton ...

Oslo and Bern to aid 'environmental refugees' People forced to flee their countries by natural disasters find themselves in a legal vacuum where they are considered neither refuge ...

Melinda Gates pushes drive to save newborns Most of the nearly three million newborn babies who die each year could easily be saved with a few simple steps such as breastfeeding o ...

A key Swiss defence deal with Sweden to buy 22 fighter aircraft could cost three times more than the government claims, opponents said on Monday, ahead of a referendum on the plan. Switzerland will ...