A petition to cut the length of residency time from 10 to five years before foreigners can apply for Swiss citizenship, will ...

Federal Council opposes the faster naturalisation proposal; Switzerland to strengthen controls at all its borders; and more ...

The Swiss government has vowed to strengthen checks at borders in a bid to combat irregular immigration and tighten security.

Switzerland will consider legalising recreational cannabis use, after a parliamentary commission proposed a law that would ...

The permits Switzerland grants foreign nationals are subject to a number of rules, one of them being language proficiency.

The percentage of English speakers in Switzerland is not only steadily increasing, but in the workplace it even exceeds the ...

English language becoming more prevalent in Switzerland, Zurich cyclists could pay taxes; and other Swiss news in our ...

When the the latest round of negotiations between Bern and Brussels were concluded in December 2024, it was hailed as ...

If you are wondering how the price of your accommodations compares with other rentals in various parts of Switzerland, new ...

A US citizen has been ordered to leave Switzerland and barred from returning before a certain date after overstaying his visa ...

The deal between Switzerland and the EU remains in limbo; government want to use emergency lanes on motorways to prevent ...

As 2025 is underway, you may want to know what is happening in Basel (city and canton) for the rest of this year.