The Latest Breaking News from Switzerland

The Swiss federal chancellery says that Elisabeth Kopp, an advocate of equal rights and the environment who was the first woman elected to Switzerland’s seven-member executive branch, has died

The release and swap of nearly 900 detainees by the two sides in Yemen's conflict began on Friday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. The ICRC, which is managing the process, said its planes would be used to carry the released detainees between six cities in Yemen and…

The Yemeni government and the Houthis will swap prisoners and detainees starting Friday as part of a deal concluded in Switzerland.

British company to take over Tissot Velodrome in Grenchen, Switzerland to try and smash times for anyone - if you have £7,000

Switzerland’s lower house of parliament has issued a searing — though symbolic — rebuke of an emergency plan spearheaded by the executive branch to prop up embattled Credit Suisse and shepherd it into a takeover by Swiss banking rival UBS

During its annual Spring Meeting in Washington, the International Monetary Fund has revised its forecasts upward to 7 percent for global inflation this year and 4.9 percent in 2024. Those figures, above the target rate of 2 percent, will be contributing factors in slowing down growth, including for developing economies.…

A student killed when an avalanche hit a group in the Swiss Alps was an 18-year-old from west London.

Archie Harvey, 18, was reportedly one of seven students on a ski tour on the Gstelliwang slope near Switzerland's Meiringen resort on Tuesday, March 21

Switzerland has so far refused to strengthen scientific cooperation with Taiwan, citing respect for the One China policy and fearing economic repercussions from Beijing.

Switzerland’s parliament is opening a special session to scrutinize the state-imposed takeover of Swiss bank Credit Suisse by rival UBS

Switzerland's parliament on Tuesday failed to approve the 109 billion Swiss francs ($120.5 billion) of financial guarantees used to rescue Credit Suisse last month, in a first-round vote that was largely symbolic given the state had committed the funds.