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Switzerland is becoming more politically polarised.

Some flu-vaccine deliveries to Switzerland are delayed this autumn.

More building and slower immigration are taking pressure off the rental market.

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Switzerland has authorised the release of up to 30m litres of jet fuel from compulsory stocks over the next fortnight to avert a shortage at Zurich airport.

Switzerland’s mortgage rates are rising.

Céline Amaudruz, a vice-president of the Swiss People’s Party (UDC/SVP) and a member of Switzerland’s lower house, announced on Thursday that she would seek to succeed Guy Parmelin on the Federal Council, the country’s seven-member executive.

Crime has risen in Switzerland since 2022, led by a sharp increase in fraud, according to the Crime Survey 2025 by the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) and the University of St Gallen.

Switzerland’s busy voting calendar continues.

Last weekend, around 300 demonstrators gathered outside Syngenta’s chemical plant in Monthey, Switzerland, on Saturday as part of an international day of action against the agrochemical giant under the banner “Stop Pesticides”.

Voters in Vaud approved a 12% cut in income and wealth taxes on Sunday, with 53.1% backing the initiative.

Passengers in Zurich’s Furttal valley can now book rides in self-driving cars.

Swiss health-insurance premiums are going up again.

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Switzerland debated the death penalty for more than two centuries before it was abolished.

After 24 hours of debate, senators backed much of the new bilateral package—but toughened the rules on referendums and immigration.

Switzerland finished third at WorldSkills, the global competition for young people in vocational trades, which ended in Shanghai on Sunday.

Swiss voters are likely to have their say on a proposal to introduce parental leave.

The “Safeguard Neutrality” initiative, launched by Pro Suisse and members of the Swiss People’s Party (UDC/SVP), was rejected by 70.1% of voters.

More than 700 medicines are currently affected by supply bottlenecks in Switzerland, according to drugshortage.ch, a platform run by Enea Martinelli, a hospital pharmacist.

Sunrise, Switzerland’s second-largest telecoms company, is planning another round of job cuts.

Instead of sending staff to walk the tracks and inspect them by eye, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) uses specially equipped diagnostic trains and artificial intelligence to examine around 2,000km of track each month, according to SRF.

Temu and Shein are sending a growing number of packages to Switzerland.

Low water is making inland shipping less reliable.

The Swiss passport remains one of the world’s most powerful travel documents, ranking ninth globally in the latest Passport Reports index.

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The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has left its policy rate unchanged at zero, the lowest policy rate in the world.

Switzerland appears, at first glance, to be an ideal country in which to measure wealth inequality.

A clear majority of Swiss voters oppose both initiatives due to be put to a referendum on September 27, according to the second poll conducted by gfs.bern for the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC).

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Diesel prices in Switzerland have risen to a record high.

Revolut already has 1.3m customers in Switzerland.

Switzerland travelled by train more than ever in 2025.

Switzerland’s housing stock is becoming greener.

Switzerland still has one of the stronger school systems in the rich world.

A narrowly approved constitutional amendment bars parliamentarians from wearing conspicuous religious symbols.

Switzerland’s housing market tightened further in 2026 to reach a vacancy rate below 1% for the first time since 2013.

Switzerland may one day charge employers an “entry fee” for recruiting workers from the European Union.

Swiss households will get some relief from high electricity bills next year.

On September 27th voters in Vaud will decide whether to cut cantonal income and wealth taxes by 12%.

This week, a 58.4MW battery-storage plant has opened in Gurtnellen, in the canton of Uri, reported Axpo.

Each autumn Switzerland’s cattle leave their high pastures for the valleys.

Switzerland has endured its hottest summer since records began 162 years ago in 1864.

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