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 ...

Switzerland went through two heatwaves this summer: one in June and the other in the first half of August. But relief is on ...

Switzerland is the only country in Europe that has four official languages. New data sheds light on who speaks what.

Switzerland's economic growth slowed sharply in the second quarter as exports fell after companies rushed to stockpile goods ...

OPINION: Can foreign residents ever emulate the Swiss obsession for cleanliness? The Swiss are famed for the cleanliness of their streets and public spaces and even their own home ...

British nationals living abroad were urged to send their MPs postcards this summer as part of a campaign for dedicated MPs ...

The populist Swiss People’s Party (SVP) has launched a referendum bid, seeking a vote on the obligation to prioritise Swiss ...

Some US media outlets are claiming that an 11-year-old boy is the youngest ever to climb to the top of Switzerland’s iconic ...