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Greenland emerges as new source of Swiss gold imports

Greenland: Swiss gold imports took off in 2025.

This content was published on Jan 19, 2026 Switzerland has been strengthening its position as the world’s leading hub for gold trading and refining by opening a new import channel from Greenland.

Foreign Affairs

Davos turns into ‘Little America’

This content was published on Jan 19, 2026 As the weeklong annual meeting of the WEF starts in Davos, an explainer on what everyone will be talking about.

Despite its steadily declining use in everyday transactions, cash remains popular among the Swiss population.

Swiss Politics

Swiss to vote on preserving cash as a payment system

This content was published on Jan 19, 2026 On March 8, the Swiss will decide whether the availability of cash should be enshrined in the constitution. An explainer.

Aerial view of Crans-Montana in canton Valais.

Crans-Montana hotels hit by wave of cancellations after bar fire tragedy

This content was published on Jan 18, 2026 Following a deadly blaze at a bar, the local tourism sector is reeling. Hotels and second-homes are facing numerous cancellations.

Parmelin: 'Crans-Montana, consequences for a long time to come'

Swiss Politics

Swiss president: Switzerland is ‘almost permanently in crisis mode’

This content was published on Jan 18, 2026 Switzerland is "almost permanently in crisis mode", according to President Guy Parmelin.

Around 40 people died and 116 were seriously injured in a fire in the Le Constellation bar in the Swiss mountain resort of Crans-Montana on New Year’s Eve.

Crans-Montana fire: criticism grows over missing autopsies

This content was published on Jan 17, 2026 Criticism has been mounting over why autopsies were not conducted immediately for some victims of the deadly fire in the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana.

Six Swiss cantons say the rail network is overloaded and have demanded urgent investments in rail services and infrastructure.

Swiss Politics

Six Swiss cantons call for rail network expansion

This content was published on Jan 17, 2026 Six Swiss cantons - Basel City, Basel Country, Geneva, Ticino, Valais and Vaud - have submitted a joint request to the Federal Council demanding urgent investments in rail services and infrastructure to deal with an overloaded network.

Swiss oddities

Switzerland, home of the original Jurassic park

This content was published on Jan 17, 2026 The name of the period in the Mesozoic Era originates in the mountain range dividing Switzerland and France.

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Swiss at heart, not on paper: the challenges of naturalisation from abroad

This content was published on Jan 17, 2026 Kendall Gewalt had always assumed she was Swiss. Only as an adult did she discover she wasn’t.

Ski resorts are suffering from a lack of snow

Climate adaptation

Warmer winters threaten southern Swiss ski resorts

This content was published on Jan 16, 2026 Ski resorts in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino suffer acutely from lack of snow.

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