Federal Council opposes shorter wait time for naturalisations, and government is set to introduce stricter controls at Swiss ...

The Federal Council has asked the Swiss parliament to adopt a motion calling for the compulsory microchipping of cats, which ...

The government has taken steps to lower the price of energy in Switzerland and introduced measures to simplify the entire ...

Switzerland’s national railway company, SBB, has announced it will offer huge discounts on tickets over the next two years.

SBB to offer train ticket discounts worth 100 million francs; the city where the country's lowest rents can be found; and more news in our Friday roundup.

Switzerland acknowledged Thursday that its past role in the forced placement of children from the itinerant Yenish and Sinti ...

Switzerland's government approved a parliamentary committee motion to strengthen controls at its borders. But what does the word ‘border’ really mean in the Swiss context?

Immigration to Switzerland declined slightly last year, but the resident foreign population continued to grow. Here's what we ...

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

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