Some 45% of native wild bee species are endangered, due to an insufficient number of flowers for collecting pollen and nectar and a lack of nesting sites. On the other hand, several species considered extinct 30 years ago have reappeared in the country: as a result of climate change, some warmth-loving wild bees are making Switzerland their home for...

Ignazio Cassis told the Council of Europe on Friday that his former government colleague Alain Berset was the “ideal candidate” for the job as Secretary General of the Strasbourg body. Cassis told the 133rd session of the Committee of Ministers at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg that Switzerland wanted to use Berset’s candidacy to help strengthen...

Swiss plans for the large-scale underground transport of goods are “fundamentally innovative”, but problems remain, said participants at a public event. Locations for loading points for the privately-funded “Cargo sous terrain” (CST) project have notably raised concerns, and planners want to make improvements. The first CST section is to run from Zurich...

On Friday, three organisations who jointly operate a Swiss helpline drew attention to the big increase in reports and called for appropriate action. In 2023, 305 cases of verbal abuse or attacks against lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex or queer (LGBTIQ) people were reported to the Swiss LGBTIQ Helpline – more than twice as many as in 2022. The...

On Friday, football’s international governing body laid the formal foundations for a theoretical departure from its headquarters in Zurich. However, FIFA is “happy” in Switzerland, the association said before the congress vote. According to an amendment to its statutes approved by Congress members in Bangkok on Friday, FIFA’s central office will continue...

Ignazio Cassis told the Council of Europe on Friday that his former government colleague Alain Berset was the “ideal candidate” for the job as Secretary General of the Strasbourg body. Cassis told the 133rd session of the Committee of Ministers at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg that Switzerland wanted to use Berset’s candidacy to help strengthen...