Foreigners and poor people are most often imprisoned in Switzerland for minor offences. Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay ...

Given significant rate hikes announced for 2025, you could find it difficult to pay your premiums on time. But penalties for ...

Switzerland will have sufficient electricity and other energy supples this winter; Swiss chocolate is might lose it's ...

Switzerland is generally considered an attractive place to live and work in, but what specific benefits are foreigners ...

Switzerland's national railway company (SBB) is continuing to expand its international routes with the direct trains to run ...

With winter arriving soon, we looked at when you need to fit your car with winter tyres, when you must remove them - and what ...

Exact spelling of foreign names is now allowed in Swiss civil registries; new train routes between Switzerland and Italy to ...

In principle, Switzerland’s obligatory basic health insurance (KVG/LaMal) must refund costs of all approved medical treatments ordered by doctors. But a new court ruling has shown there are exceptions ...

Patients in the intensive care unit of Basel’s University Hospital are being given 500 ml of beer every day. And it is all in ...

Under Swiss law, discrimination on the grounds of nationality or ethnicity is strictly forbidden, but the story of one work ...

Housing costs in Zurich are among the highest in Switzerland, having increased by 9 percent in the past two years. But rents ...

Two Swiss men were charged Thursday with laundering around 830 kilos of gold and millions of euros -- assets allegedly ...