Around ten climate activists from the Renovate Switzerland movement briefly blocked the A2 motorway at Wassen, canton Uri, near the northern entrance of the Gotthard tunnel. Some stuck themselves to the road before being removed by police. The blockade took place near the Dieden motorway rest area, near Wassen, the Uri cantonal police told news agency...

Thirty years after Michael Schumacher's first Formula 1 victory, his family is auctioning off eight rare watches from his collection in Geneva. Schumacher collected watches and owns rare timepieces, some made especially for him by the best watchmakers in the world. The auction will take place on Monday. It is difficult to say whether the celebrity effect...

St. Gallen singer Joya Marleen, Baschi from Basel and the Bernese group Züri West were named artists of the year at the Swiss Music Awards 2024 in Zurich on Wednesday evening. Geneva rapper Slimka was named best artist from French-speaking Switzerland. Slimka was up against Lausanne singer-songwriter Nnavy and Jura rapper Baby Volcano. In the Best Break-out...

The night-time occupation of the Géopolis building at the University of Lausanne ended on Wednesday evening, while a similar sit-in at the University of Geneva continues. The Lausanne demonstrators have vowed to continue mobilising against the war in Gaza. The University of Lausanne (UNIL) management had set a condition for negotiations to continue,...

The government wants to save around CHF700 million ($770 million) by the end of 2028 by better integrating refugees from Ukraine and other countries into the labour market and processing asylum applications more quickly. Further cost-cutting proposals are to follow. Swiss expenditure on asylum has risen in recent years, and according to the government...

The Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities (SIG) says it is apprehensively monitoring the escalating mood at various Swiss universities where pro-Palestinian demonstrations have taken place in recent days. Universities are democratic institutions where open debate should be fostered, the SIG told the Keystone-SDA news agency on Wednesday. “However,...