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Switzerland: Right-wing populists strengthen hold after elections

Climate change, rising health care costs and immigration were among the most important topics for voters as they went to the polls.

22/10/2023

Green News

Toxic forever chemicals found in almost half of Swiss groundwater

Groundwater provides 80 per cent of Switzerland's drinking water.

13/10/2023

Tech News

CERN opens new visitor centre to learn about groundbreaking work

Set in Swiss woodland at the CERN site, the new centre is designed to be a bridge between science with the outside world.

12/10/2023

Tech News

Physics Nobel awarded for experiments capturing shortest moments

The three newly-minted Nobel Laureates have "demonstrated a way to create extremely short pulses of light that can be used to measure the rapid processes in which electrons move or change energy," the Academy said.

03/10/2023

Economy

UBS faces legal heat over Russian client sanctions evasion

UBS shares experienced a significant dip as the US Department of Justice launched an intensified investigation into alleged compliance failures that aided Russian clients in evading sanctions.

28/09/2023

Switzerland

Daughter of former Uzbek president indicted on corruption charges

The daughter of the late President Islam Karmiov, Gulnara Karimova, is already behind bars in Uzebekistan for charges relating to allegations of money laundering, fraud, and violating the terms of her house arrest.

28/09/2023

Green News

Switzerland has lost 10% of its glaciers in 2 years, research reveals

Glaciers across the entire country were affected, with those in southern and eastern Switzerland melting almost as much this year as in the record year of 2022.

28/09/2023

Culture news

Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève: Nominees for best timepieces 2023

The Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) awards focus on the impressive art of watchmaking and will take place this coming November.

17/09/2023

Design

Le Corbusier, 100 years on: Celebrating the architect's iconic designs

The Swiss-French starchitect's foundational book, 'Toward an Architecture', turns 100 this year. The source of both revilement and adoration, Euronews Culture looks at "Le Corb" and the indelible legacy he left behind.

16/09/2023

Culture news

Swiss auction offers look inside private lives of the Savoy dynasty

An upcoming auction, set to take place at Genève Enchères from 18 September, will pull back the curtain on one of the most famous dynasties in all of Europe.

14/09/2023

Switzerland

Study finds 1,000 cases of sex abuse in Swiss Catholic Church

The Swiss church becomes the latest in Europe to reckon with the abuse scandal as researchers fear findings are merely the 'tip of the iceberg'.

12/09/2023

Green News

Swiss voters say ‘no’ to solar parks in the Valais Alps

A vote on Sunday saw Swiss voters reject plans to fund and accelerate large solar power projects on mountainsides.

11/09/2023

Green News

Greta’s school strikes led 30% of Swiss citizens to change habits

'Collective action can have a direct effect on society’, study on climate strikes shows.

10/09/2023

Tech News

Could computers someday function with real brains?

A growing field of research known as organoid intelligence is trying to reproduce the human brain to take over AI and more.

05/09/2023

Business

Nearly half of Switzerland's large companies victims of cyber attacks

While 45% of large Swiss companies have suffered a cyber attack, only 18% of small businesses say the same, according to a study.

04/09/2023

Culture news

Swiss exhibition explores the wild and vibrant world of Fauvism

The newly opened exhibition features French masterpieces from the likes of Henri Matisse, André Derain, Raoul Dufy and Maurice de Vlaminck.

02/09/2023

Switzerland

Christie's cancels sale of Nazi heiress' jewels

The enormous collection of jewellery belonged to Heidi Horten, the wife of a Nazi who made his fortune after buying Jewish businesses under duress in the Second World War.

01/09/2023

Nature

These Swiss volunteers stay up all night to stop wolves being killed

Volunteers stay up through the night to protect livestock.

30/08/2023

Musica

Meet the next generation of Opera's rising stars

In this latest episode of Musica, we take a look behind the scenes at the Zurich International Opera Studio where a group of rising Opera stars have their sights set on the world's biggest stages.

24/08/2023

Climate

Swiss meteorologists reach record altitude before finding zero degrees

Switzerland's heatwave is expected to continue until Thursday, with highs of 37°C.

21/08/2023

Culture news

Nile Rodgers fights right wing Swiss party's alleged use of his song

The Swiss People’s Party (SVP) released a song that has remarkable similarities with the Sister Sledge tune 'We Are Family'.

18/08/2023

Culture news

Chess federation bars transgender women from women's events

Organisation said gender transition is 'a change that has a significant impact on a player’s status'.

17/08/2023

Living

Tired of food waste? Drop your unused items at a community pantry

In this European city, you can share your unused groceries in free-to-use community fridges.

01/08/2023

Cult

Verbier Festival: A celebration of classical music in the Swiss Alps

Each summer for the last three decades, the Swiss ski resort of Verbier has transformed into a hub of classical music. It's also a chance for young, budding musicians to hone their skills on the big stage.

27/07/2023

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WATCH: Thousands gather for the 24th meeting of 2CV car friends

Watch as thousands gathered in Delemont, Switzerland, for the 24th world meeting of '2CV friends'.

27/07/2023

Culture news

Muzeum Susch honours a hidden gem of Polish avant-garde art

Muzeum Susch, an extraordinary privately owned museum nestled in a serene Swiss mountain village, is paying homage to a hidden gem of Polish avant-garde art.

27/07/2023