The Swiss bank Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has closed the first half of 2026 with a net profit of 169.4 million Swiss francs (183 million euros), representing an increase of 40.4% compared to the same period of the previous year, as communicated by the entity itself.The assets under management of...
Andalusia's agri-food exports to Switzerland between January and April have experienced a rebound of more than 21% in value compared to the same period in 2025. In detail, external sales have gone from 133 million euros in the first quarter of last year to 161.4 million euros in the first...
The President of the Swiss Confederation, Guy Parmelin, and the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Peter Kyle, announced this Monday that they have finalized negotiations for an updated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two largest European economies located outside the EU, with the aim of...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed its support for the reform of capital rules that the Government of Switzerland wants to apply to the country's financial institutions and has incorporated additional suggestions to strengthen the regulatory framework.In its report on Switzerland's economic outlook, the organization stated that "The proposal...
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, indicated this Wednesday that the organization is considering declaring the end of the hantavirus outbreak on July 2, provided that no new infections are registered before that date.As detailed, the WHO's balance indicates that the number of people affected...
The Swiss Federal Council has presented an initiative to apply a temporary half-percentage point increase in the general VAT rate, which would thus rise to 8.6%, with the aim of allocating all additional revenue to strengthening the defense budget."The additional revenue will be entirely allocated to defense spending," the Swiss...
The Swiss Ministry of Defense announced this Wednesday that it will study the purchase of a new anti-aircraft defense system from manufacturers in France, Israel, and South Korea, after ruling out the acquisition of another Patriot system, the American model, considering that Washington has other "delivery priorities."In an official note,...
The Swiss government has valued this Monday the "constructive progress" achieved during the first meeting between the United States and Iran held on Swiss territory, a meeting aimed at reaching a definitive agreement between both parties.In a message disseminated on its social networks, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has underlined...
The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, has highlighted this Monday the "success" of the inaugural session of the summit held in Switzerland aimed at reaching a definitive agreement between the United States and Iran, emphasizing that the results have been "encouraging" for advancing towards peace."Thank God, the first meeting...
The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Abdulrahman al Thani, announced this Sunday that negotiations between the delegations of the United States and Iran, meeting in the Lake Lucerne area in Switzerland, are ongoing despite tensions generated in recent hours."We welcome today's meeting in Lake Lucerne, Switzerland,...
The United States and Iran have sent their negotiating teams to Switzerland to hold a meeting this Sunday in Bürgenstock, which will be the first high-level contact since the signing this week of the pre-agreement aimed at ending the war, and which comes just after Iran announced this Saturday the...
The Federal Council of Switzerland has given the green light this Friday to a decree-law that strictly prohibits the use and display of Nazi symbolism in public places. The measure foresees economic sanctions of 200 Swiss francs (216 euros) for those who violate it and contemplates that, in a later...
The Swiss Foreign Minister, Ignazio Cassis, met this Friday with the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar, Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al Thani, at the Swiss complex of Bürgenstock, the same venue that was set to host the first meeting between the delegations of the United States and Iran to...
Air Europa has launched this Friday its new connection with Geneva, which will have two daily flights in both directions and an annual offer that exceeds 246,000 seats. With this addition, the airline expands its presence in Switzerland, a country from which it already connects with Zurich twice a day,...
The meeting scheduled for this Friday in Switzerland between the US and Iranian teams for the implementation of the memorandum of understanding has been "postponed," as confirmed by the Swiss Foreign Ministry, after Pakistan, which is mediating the process, announced the cancellation of the meeting."The initial negotiations on the implementation...
The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Ishaq Dar, has stated that the Pakistani Prime Minister and mediator in the dialogue between Iran and the United States, Shehbaz Sharif, will ultimately not travel to Switzerland as planned, and that the meeting between the delegations "has been canceled" after...
Swiss authorities have confirmed that the country will finally be the venue for the meeting scheduled for this Friday between the negotiating teams of the United States and Iran, focused on the implementation of the memorandum of understanding sealed this week by both parties to try to close the conflict...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran has indicated that the authorities are evaluating a proposal for the signing of the preliminary agreement between the United States and Iran to be carried out directly at the head of state level. This memorandum of understanding is scheduled to be signed between...
Swiss authorities announced this Wednesday that they will deploy 2,000 Army personnel and implement air traffic restrictions around the town of Burgenstock, located on Lake Lucerne, for the ceremony scheduled for this Friday to sign the memorandum of understanding reached between the United States and Iran.The federal government has stressed...
The Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ratified that the memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the conflict between the United States and Iran will be signed at the luxury Burgenstock complex, located on the shores of Lake Lucerne, in the canton of Nidwalden.As the Swiss Foreign Ministry explained in...
Some 25,000 people have gathered this Sunday in Geneva, the main city in Switzerland, to protest against the G7 summit, the group of the seven most industrialized countries, which is taking place this week in Évian, on French territory. The mobilization, which for the most part has proceeded peacefully, has...
The Swiss population has rejected this Sunday in a referendum the proposal promoted by the center-right to set a maximum population in 2050, a plan that would have forced the federal government to introduce strong cuts in its immigration policy if the country added 400,000 additional residents before that date.The...
Switzerland is heading towards rejecting the proposal to limit the country's population to a maximum of 10 million inhabitants by 2050, according to the first projections from the referendum held this Sunday. The initiative, promoted by the Swiss People's Party —SVP/UDC, by its acronyms in German and French—, sought to make...
The Swiss vote this Sunday on whether to limit the country's population to a maximum of 10 million inhabitants by the year 2050. The consultation has been promoted by the Swiss People's Party, a right-wing party, which presents the proposal as a "sustainability initiative" to alleviate demographic pressure on the country. Its detractors, on the other hand, consider...
Swiss citizens go to the polls this Sunday to vote on the possibility of setting a maximum limit of 10 million residents in the country by 2050. The consultation, promoted by the right through the Swiss People's Party, is presented as a "sustainability initiative," although its detractors point to it...