Swiss residents are living longer than ever before, impacting the amount of pension money they will receive in old age.

Swiss voters will go to the polls on September 27th to decide whether the hard-right’s bid to strengthen their country’s ...

Zurich consistently gets high scores for its quality of living but also ranks among the most expensive cities in the world. Does one compensate for the other? Here's what readers of The Local told us.

Despite Zurich’s housing shortage and fierce competition for available flats, one landlord is bucking the general trend of ...

In many countries, the practice of haggling – that is, negotiating a price – is common. What are the rules in Switzerland?

The answer to this question, according to the MeteoSwiss weather service, is that the heatwave will indeed subside this month ...

An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Basel caused 26 people to fall ill, one fatally, the Swiss canton reported, with an ...

No matter how well prepared you think you are for the Swiss naturalisation exam, some questions are trickier than others.

Peak travel season in the Swiss Alps usually falls between December and March, when tourists visit for the winter sports. But ...

The wealthy in Switzerland can pretty much choose where they settle - these are the places top earners in the country tend to ...

A virus spread by biting midges never before seen in Switzerland is thought to be responsible for a surge in sickness in ...

There is a kind of 'duality' about Zurich: on one hand, the quality of life there is very high, but on the other, living in ...