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Swiss president to attend inauguration of Pope Leo XIV

Karin Keller-Sutter present at the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV

This content was published on May 13, 2025 Karin Keller-Sutter will travel to Rome on Sunday for the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV.

St Gallen weighs playground smoking ban to protect children

This content was published on May 13, 2025 The city of Chur in southeastern Switzerland has led the way in smoke-free playgrounds; now a similar initiative is gaining ground in St Gallen in the east of the country.

Demographics

‘Without immigration, more than a third of the Swiss population would disappear per generation’

This content was published on May 12, 2025 Switzerland is a country of emigration but also immigration. This is typical of an open, globalised country, says political analyst Michael Hermann.

Swiss Politics

Swiss army tests weapons systems for long-range defence

This content was published on May 12, 2025 The Swiss army is examining the acquisition of weapons systems and ammunition to defend the country's borders over longer distances.

Two people in silhouette look at mobile phones while a contrail of an aircraft is seen in the sky in the evening twilight, at Zurich Kloten Airport, pictured in Ruemlang, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (KEYSTONE/Michael Buholzer)

Housing

No house generation: the impossibility of buying property in Switzerland

This content was published on May 12, 2025 In many countries, buying a home is slipping further out of reach for young people. Switzerland is no exception.

Swiss emergency landing in Graz is now being investigated by Switzerland

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Switzerland takes over investigation into SWISS emergency landing in Austria

This content was published on May 10, 2025 Following the emergency landing of a Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) plane in Austria last December, during which a crew member died, Austria has now handed over the investigation to Switzerland.

The seven weirdest Swiss votes of all time

This content was published on May 10, 2025 Absinthe, car-free Sundays and cow horns: Swiss voters have certainly had to decide on some unusual issues.

The London-Switzerland direct route project is gradually taking shape

Swiss Politics

Direct London-Switzerland train link moves ahead

This content was published on May 9, 2025 The Swiss Federal Railways is moving ahead with its plans for a direct rail link between London and Switzerland by 2030.

Transmitters are installed on the east ridge of the Jungfraujoch to ensure that the signal makes it across the Alps. Power is supplied via a long cable that runs to the Jungfrau Railways station

How the Jungfraujoch helped launch the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956

This content was published on May 9, 2025 The idea for the first Eurovision Song Contest came from a Swiss director. But the contest was originally a technical test.

The Confederation to receive CHF 100 million from La Poste

Swiss Politics

Federal coffers to get CHF100 million boost from Swiss Post

This content was published on May 8, 2025 Swiss Post will pay a dividend of CHF100 million ($121 million) to the Confederation this year, the company announced on Thursday.

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