Together with Ukraine, Switzerland is organising the Ukraine Mine Action Conference (UMAC2024) in Lausanne on October 17 and 18. The aim of the conference is to highlight the importance of humanitarian demining for social and economic reconstruction. Humanitarian demining is necessary for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, the Swiss foreign ministry...

Following a miscalculation, the Swiss government has corrected downwards the projected expenditure on old-age and survivor insurance (OASI) in 2033 by CHF2.5 billion ($2.66 billion). It had initially projected it would CHF4 billion less. According to the latest forecast for 2033, the old-age pension scheme will cost CHF69 billion. The Federal Social...

The repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic are not yet over. According to a report by reinsurer Swiss Re, many countries are still experiencing excess mortality. The excess mortality rate could continue until 2033, Swiss Re reported on Monday. In the United States, for example, the mortality rate could still be 3% higher in ten years' time than it was...

The Swiss Armed Forces completed 76 flight hours during the clean-up operation following the storm in the Maggia Valley in southern Switzerland at the end of June. A total of 762 police officers and over 100 firefighters were deployed. Canton Ticino has not yet provided any information on the costs incurred. The work in the Upper Maggia Valley, which...

Passengers on a Swiss river-cruise ship stranded on the Danube following heavy rainfall are still unable to disembark in Vienna due to flooding. The decision is in the hands of the Austrian authorities, Thurgau Travel wrote on Monday. Due to flooding on the Danube, 102 passengers, most of them Swiss, and 40 crew members must remain on board the Swiss...

Golden eagles perfect their flight as they age and learn to make better use of air currents, says a new study co-produced by Swiss researchers. In the space of three years, their living space is multiplied by more than 2,000. Young eagles must continue to refine even innate behaviors throughout their lives, writes the Swiss Ornithological Institute...