The Latest Breaking News from Switzerland

What makes gruyère unique? The mild, smooth and nutty cheese is a staple in Switzerland and France. Like many beloved cheeses, it’s highly protected. In France and Switzerland, to be able to call their cheese "gruyère", producers have to follow strict production rules. French and Swiss gruyère makers had hoped…

Switzerland is easing its travel rules this weekend and removing the need for tourists to have a negative Covid test such as a PCR or antigen test to be allowed to enter the country

Other Covid measures such as working from home have been extended until end of February

Switzerland will extend until the end of February coronavirus quarantine and work-from-home rules and plans to keep until the end of March other curbs on public life it tightened last month while trying to avoid another lockdown as the coronavirus pandemic rages, the government said on Wednesday.