4+ day, 7+ 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, 3+ hour ago   (219+ words) The government wishes to increase the standard rate of VAT by 0.5 percentage points for a period of twelve years to finance defence projects. The Senate’s Security Policy Committee (SIK-S) rejected this proposal by 8 votes to 3, with 1 abstention, as the Parliamentary…...

5+ day, 7+ 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…...

5+ day, 43+ min ago   (373+ words) After falling last year, bookings for the US dropped even further in the first half of 2026. This content was published on Sep 8, 2025 On August 1, US President Donald Trump announced a tariff of 39% for Switzerland. The effects are slowly becoming visible....

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (736+ words) Twenty-five years later, the deadliest terrorist attacks in history continue to cast a shadow on global affairs and US politics. As the Neue Zürcher Zeitung wrote this week, 9/11 is the “first and last moment in the 21st century that has united…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (462+ words) Roos believes Switzerland faces both hybrid and military threats, but says many people have yet to grasp the seriousness of a crisis he considers imminent. “I am concerned,” the chief of the armed forces said in an interview published by…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (258+ words) Since the mid-2000s, the average number of points achieved by recruits in the army’s fitness test has fallen from 74.2 to 70.4, the Federal Office of Sport said in a press release on Tuesday. However, the proportion of soldiers who consider themselves to…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (275+ words) According to the House of Representative’s Committee on the Examination of Public Accounts (GPK-N), no flat-rate fixed price has been agreed with the US, as stated in a report published on Tuesday. Against this background, the committee said it could…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (128+ words) As a reporter I cover developments in democracy where the Swiss perspective becomes relevant. I am Swiss and have long been fascinated by the way public discussions shape society. Trust in government is declining, while populist movements continue to gain…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1045+ words) As a reporter I cover developments in democracy where the Swiss perspective becomes relevant. I am Swiss and have long been fascinated by the way public discussions shape society. For many years, the police were the institution that the Swiss…...