In Switzerland, mortgages are divided into two parts. The first part (up to 65% of the property value) does not necessarily ...

Welcome to our selection of some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.

Two surveys show that most Swiss favour at least a partial removal of bank customers’ right to confidentiality. The studies, ...

Swiss energy provider BKW Group abandons planned photovoltaic energy plant, partly due to opposition from environmentalists.

A small Swiss mountain village has become the focus of scientific attention thanks to Nobel Prize winner Elinor Ostrom.

A jittery week ended with losses in stocks as investors weighed geopolitical and trade developments, chipmakers sank while a ...

The first decommissioning of a nuclear power plant in Switzerland, at Mühleberg, is halfway complete. Work on the 11-year ...

European equities climbed, the dollar edged lower and oil prices eased after the White House dialed back speculation that the ...

Markets settled into wait-and-see mode on Friday after the White House appeared to dial back speculation that Washington was ...

Action must be taken to prevent child abuse in churches, schools and associations but creating a national law is out of the ...

A new Swiss asylum centre in canton Geneva has opened its doors despite facing fierce oppoisition. Associations representing ...