The Swiss parliament has elected a new member of the Federal Council who will replace the outgoing Defence Minister, Viola ...

The race for the Federal Council is closer than expected. Markus Ritter is the favourite, but Martin Pfister could spring a ...

This morning the Swiss parliament elected a new member to the seven-seat governing Federal Council – what are the reactions?

In November, Mr. Lindner, who was the federal finance minister ... Walter Steinmeier of Germany at the presidential Bellevue Palace in Berlin, in November.Credit...Ralf Hirschberger/Agence ...

Undeterred by Napoleon’s brief return to power in 1815, Alexander sought to confirm his status as Europe’s saviour with the publication, on Christmas Day, of a treaty between himself and the crowned ...

Most of the world has dirty air, with just 17% of cities globally meeting air pollution guidelines, a report Tuesday found.

However, Vienna slipped a notch in Mercer's 2024 Quality of Living survey, now being overtaken by Zurich, Switzerland as the world's best ... with baroque architecture as well as the Imperial Palace.

Switzerland’s newest government member will become defense minister, taking over a troubled department that’s grappling with ...

The direction of future developments in Syria remains uncertain since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on 8 December 2024. In view of the scale of needs there, Switzerland reaffirms ...

Switzerland has not shown it is meeting the requirements of a landmark climate change decision from Europe’s highest human ...