Ten years of the Gotthard rail tunnel, at 57,1km the would's longest, have been celebrated; it is now a key freight passage across the Alps, passengers have doubled to 16.400 in 2025; but experts wonder if all promises have been kept

Hundreds of people queued outside Swatch shops in Switzerland in the hope of being able to buy one of the newly launched 'Royal Pop' watches; scuffles broke out in some places and the producer introduced a worldwide policy of quotas for queuers

A photo-trap has snapped a bear in the Valposchiavo valley in the southeast corner of Switzerland for the first time in several years, though no one had the luck to see it with their own eyes

Supermarket chains Coop and Migros are recalling cheese products due to a possible risk of salmonella; contaminated Kräuterbrie soft cheese found at Landbrügg dairy triggered the measure and the dairy's decision to recall its entire product range

Swiss cancelled hundreds of summer flight due to shortage of pilots and offered flight attendants financial incentives for voluntary resignation; currently though it added links on route like New Delhi following the situation in the Middle East