October 2026 DIGGER **** This is a love-it or hate-it movie. Tom Cruise has gone out on a limb this time, for he’s not playing his usual big hero, movie-star role, but rather digging into a ...

After 24 hours of debate, senators backed much of the new bilateral package—but toughened the rules on referendums and immigration. Photo by Christian Wasserfallen on Pexels.com After roughly 24 hours ...

The “Safeguard Neutrality” initiative, launched by Pro Suisse and members of the Swiss People’s Party (UDC/SVP), was rejected by 70.1% of voters. Every canton voted against it. The proposal sought to ...

The Swiss passport remains one of the world’s most powerful travel documents, ranking ninth globally in the latest Passport Reports index. © Makasanaphoto | Dreamstime.com Swiss citizens can travel ...

Passengers in Zurich’s Furttal valley can now book rides in self-driving cars. The pilot scheme, called Iamo, is Switzerland’s first robotaxi service open to the public, according to the canton. ...

Swiss voters are likely to have their say on a proposal to introduce parental leave. The Green Liberals announced on Wednesday that they had submitted 112,517 signatures in support of the initiative ...

Sunrise, Switzerland’s second-largest telecoms company, is planning another round of job cuts. Up to 450 positions could go, equivalent to almost 16% of its current workforce, reported RTS. © Marlon ...

Once again, I jumped over the Röstigraben this autumn…from Geneva to Zurich, and it’s a delightful and liberating move. Pity that many of my Suisse Romande colleagues don’t attend, due to that ...

More than 700 medicines are currently affected by supply bottlenecks in Switzerland, according to drugshortage.ch, a platform run by Enea Martinelli, a hospital pharmacist. Mr Martinelli is also ...

Switzerland finished third at WorldSkills, the global competition for young people in vocational trades, which ended in Shanghai on Sunday. It was the best-performing European country. Cyrill Koller ...

Instead of sending staff to walk the tracks and inspect them by eye, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) uses specially equipped diagnostic trains and artificial intelligence to examine around 2,000km of ...