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A shaky ceasefire in Ukraine alone is not enough to end the conflict, Swiss President Didier Burkhalter, the head of the OSCE, said on Monday, calling for a political process and urging dialogue over sanctions....

Two accidents in the Swiss Alps over the weekend serve as a reminder to be careful when hiking through fields with cows — particularly when they’re with their calves....

Switzerland lost its first qualification match for the 2016 European football championships in Basel on Monday night against England, who won 2-0....

Bus or train passengers in Switzerland caught without a valid ticket face being listed on a national register of transport fraudsters, under a bill approved by the senate in Bern on Monday....

Hunting for mushrooms is a popular pastime in Switzerland but finding ones that are edible — rather than those liable to send you to hospital — can be challenging, as The Local's Catherine McLean discovers....

The jihadist militants who have seized large swaths of Iraq and Syria are intent upon creating "a house of blood", the UN's new human rights chief said in Geneva on Monday....

Swiss President Didier Burkhalter says he does not have much confidence in the Ukraine ceasefire, saying it was not enough just to have a cessation of hostilities but both sides must push for political solution.  Burkhalter, who holds the rotating chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), was asked on Monday whether he was optimistic about the ceasefire clinched...

Switzerland’s unemployment rate rose for the first time in nine months in August, according to government figures issued on Monday....

In an interview with the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), the president of Myanmar, Thein Sein, defends the continued central role of the army, which is guaranteed a quarter of the seats the southeast Asian country’s parliament.  The leader said his country was going in the right direction, comparing the relatively peaceful transition in Myanmar with the violence seen in some countries during the Arab...

American David Lipsky opened his European Tour account with a play-off victory over overnight leader Graeme Storm at the European Masters golf tournament in Crans-Montana on Sunday....

The bodies of two climbers from the Netherlands were discovered over the weekend after they fell while climbing the Combin de Valsorey in the canton of Valais, cantonal police said on Sunday....

Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations have crossed a new threshold, the UN's Geneva-based weather agency said on Monday, highlighting the urgency of curbing manmade, climate-altering greenhouse gases....

Geneva and Biel were the most dangerous places for road crashes among Switzerland’s largest cities last year, figures released on Monday show....

A Lausanne man whose 37-year-old son was killed in an attack in New York city caught on video is stuck in Switzerland because of travel document problems, a Swiss newspaper says....

Unheralded Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez caused the biggest shock of the French Open tennis tournament when he knocked out Swiss third seed Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 on Monday....

The Federal Migration Office has come under fire for wrongly rejecting asylum applications from two Sri Lankans who were arrested on their return to their home country and are still in prison. Following reevaluation, deportations are to resume. (Photo: Keystone) ...

Cataloguing of settled regions potentially at risk from natural disasters – flooding, avalanches, landslides and rock falls – is almost complete, the Federal Office for the Environment announced on Monday. (Photo: Keystone) ...

Exit adds 'suicide due to old age' to its statutes, giving people suffering from age-related problems the choice to end their life A Swiss organisation that helps people take their own lives has voted to extend its services to elderly people who are not terminally ill. Exit added "suicide due to old age" to their statutes at an annual general meeting held over the weekend, allowing people...

The Swiss movie industry celebrated a couple of victories at the Cannes film festival, which wrapped up in the south of France over the weekend....

Despite dramatic gains by Euro-sceptic parties, pro-Europeans remain in the majority after the elections to the European Parliament on Sunday, while uncertainties linger about the real outcome of the vote, Swiss media noted on Monday....