After decades of concern about rising childhood obesity, Switzerland may finally be bending the curve. A new nationwide body-mass-index survey suggests that the proportion of overweight children has declined modestly over the past 15 years, particularly among younger pupils. Yet the improvements are uneven and…
Switzerland News
As Switzerland debates the “No to a 10-million Switzerland” initiative backed by the Swiss People’s Party (UDC/SVP), it is worth setting the country’s demographic…
In March the index compiled by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs…
The Swiss government has opened a consultation on a counter-proposal to a…
Avalanches swept away more people than usual in the winter of 2025–26,…
Politics
Opinion formation varies across the four proposals to be voted on 8 March. It is most advanced for the initiative…
Tech & Innovation
After an unusually mild spell, winter is set to return to Switzerland this weekend. Temperatures are expected to drop sharply—by about 10°C—between Friday night and Saturday,…