1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (335+ words) Between 2019 and 2022, an average of 0.19 cycling accidents were recorded per 100,000 kilometres cycled in Switzerland – compared with 0.09 in the Netherlands, as shown by the analysis published in the specialist journal Journal of Safety Research. For the study, researchers from the University…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (184+ words) Every year, 20,000 cases of sepsis are recorded in Swiss hospitals, 4,000 of which prove fatal. According to the press release, the number of deaths is therefore comparable to that of breast, bowel and prostate cancer combined. In Bern, patient and family…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (218+ words) Cassis himself had travelled to Kyiv and Moscow in February in his capacity as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office. Following that, he said Switzerland had supported the Americans in mediating between Russia and Ukraine in Geneva. Both countries were war-weary after four-and-a-half years…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (225+ words) The national average temperature was also 3.4°C higher than that of the 1991–2020 reference period. The heatwave hit the north-west of the country particularly hard, with a difference of 4.0 degrees compared with the reference period. The temperature also rose to 39.7°C…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (268+ words) This content was published on Nov 13, 2018 After the Second World War, Nazi doctor Josef Mengele fled to South America. He returned to Europe once as a tourist – and came to Switzerland. The dossier contains numerous newspaper reports, most of which…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (881+ words) Published in May 2026, his research documents the presence of at least 16 former Waffen-SS members among the settlers sent to Brazil and reconstructs how Swiss humanitarian organisations and authorities helped make their resettlement possible. “For Switzerland and the Vatican, this population…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1327+ words) I cover climate change and energy through reportages, articles, interviews and in-depth reports. I am interested in the impacts of global warming on everyday life and solutions for an emission-free planet. Passionate about travel and discovery, I studied biology and…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (254+ words) Investigations carried out in conjunction with the Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board (Sust) revealed that it is “highly likely” that the wreckage is from an aircraft that crashed in 1963. The recovered wreckage will now be disposed of properly by a…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (182+ words) The ban applies to the purchase, import and transit of gold of Sudanese origin, as well as to the provision of services and the granting of financial resources in connection with such gold. The sale and supply to Sudan of…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (184+ words) Amherd will attend the funeral as Switzerland’s official representative. She met King Harald V in Oslo during a visit to Norway in 2024. This content was published on Aug 19, 2026 Switzerland is a perennial backdrop for peace talks. Why do warring parties…...