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Swiss Federal Railways says timetable change was successful
2025-12-15
Swiss Federal Railways says the timetable change introduced on Sunday morning went well and no operational problems have been reported. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox “The first test with commuters on Monday morning also went well,” Federal Railways spokesperson Jean-Philippe Schmidt told the Keystone-ATS news agency on Monday. The …
Survey: Swiss want to pay less for digital services
2025-12-15
Swiss consumers are increasingly cost-conscious when it comes to digital services, with nearly two-thirds of households seeking to spend as little as possible on communication services, according to a new study. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Swiss consumers are extremely sensitive to costs, according to the “Decoding the Digital …
Swiss to relaunch auction for ‘SO 1’ number plate
2025-12-05
The Swiss online auction for the number plate “SO 1” will be reorganised. This is due to problematic bids that were received late on Thursday evening. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The State Chancellery of canton Solothurn announced on Friday that serious offers of up to CHF357,000 ($444,000) had been …
Thousands go onion-crazy in Swiss capital
2025-11-24
Bern’s traditional annual onion market, known as the Zibelemärit in Swiss German, got off to a busy start in the early hours of Monday morning despite bad weather conditions. Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the festival in the Swiss capital. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The …
Dorothee Elmiger wins Swiss Book Prize
2025-11-16
Dorothee Elmiger has won this year’s Swiss Book Prize for her novel Die Holländerinnen (The Dutch Women). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Swiss Book Prize is the third award Dorothee Elmiger has received for her novel Die Holländerinnen. She was honoured with the German Book Prize on her 40th …
Fribourg and Geneva residents triumph at Fondue World Championship
2025-11-16
Around 200 participants took part in the Fondue World Championship held in Tartegnin, canton Vaud, on Saturday. Swiss residents from Geneva and Fribourg took the top awards. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The competition was won by Benedikt Wüthrich from the Auboranges cheese dairy in canton Fribourg in the professional …
New RTS TV and radio studios inaugurated at EPFL campus
2025-11-14
The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) and its French-language service RTS have inaugurated a new TV and radio production site near Lausanne in western Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new building, located on the campus of the Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), took place …
Swiss Gruyère crowned world’s best cheese
2025-11-14
A Swiss Gruyère AOP cheese was crowned the world’s best cheese at the World Cheese Awards 2025, held this year in Bern, Switzerland. The prestigious international competition brought together more than 5,000 participants from 45 countries. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The 18-month-old award-winning Gruyère comes from the Vorderfultigen cheese …
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