# The Swiss Press

> Independent English-language news from Bern, covering Switzerland, European affairs and selected world headlines. Published in plain HTML, with a current edition and an archive from January 2025.

The Swiss Press is an English-language news site based in Bern. We cover cantonal politics, federal decisions, urban economics, European monetary policy and selected world news with a Swiss angle.

## Primary topics

- Swiss federal and cantonal politics
- Zurich housing and urban development
- European Central Bank and eurozone finance
- UN diplomacy and climate policy in Geneva
- Alpine communities, transport and daily Swiss headlines

## Key pages

- [Homepage](https://theswisspress.ch/): Day-by-day autumn 2026 headlines and top story
- [Switzerland](https://theswisspress.ch/switzerland.html): Federal and cantonal news
- [Zurich](https://theswisspress.ch/zurich.html): City and cantonal housing, culture and local politics
- [Europe](https://theswisspress.ch/europe.html): European stories that affect Switzerland
- [World](https://theswisspress.ch/world.html): Geneva diplomacy and international news
- [Archive](https://theswisspress.ch/archive.html): Monthly back issues from January 2025
- [About](https://theswisspress.ch/about.html): Editorial mission and standards
- [Contact](https://theswisspress.ch/contact.html): Newsroom contact and daily briefing
- [Privacy Policy](https://theswisspress.ch/privacy.html): Data handling and reader rights

## Latest articles

- [Masked Crowd Attacks Zurich Police With Stones and Fireworks After Illegal Hardplatz Party](https://theswisspress.ch/articles/zurich-hardplatz-riot-police-2026.html): More than 100 people, some masked, attacked officers clearing an illegal party. One officer was injured, about 20 waste containers burned, and police suspect preparation.
- [Around 1,000 Join Unauthorised Anti-Capitalism Rally in Bern, One Year After the Riots](https://theswisspress.ch/articles/bern-anti-capitalism-demo-2026.html): Police from several cantons kept the anniversary rally out of the city centre. The route from the Rosengarten to the Reitschule ended without major incidents.
- [Rain Barely Dents Switzerland's Severe Drought, and the Coming Week Looks Dry Again](https://theswisspress.ch/articles/swiss-drought-rain-deficit-2026.html): The 20 to 40 millimetres north of the Alps improved the water balance by only 15 to 35 percent. Record lows were measured on the High Rhine.
- [Bern Weighs Traffic Lights at More Than 120 Motorway Entrances, and Accepts Queues on Local Roads](https://theswisspress.ch/articles/motorway-ramp-metering-criticism-2026.html): ASTRA lists 138 ramp metering projects since voters rejected new lanes. An internal note accepts jams on cantonal roads, and cities want a say.
- [S&P Confirms Zurich's AAA Rating but Turns the Outlook Negative](https://theswisspress.ch/articles/zurich-aaa-outlook-negative-2026.html): The agency kept the top grade and cut the outlook to negative, with a one-in-three chance of a downgrade within two years. Leupi promises tighter priorities.
- [Strasbourg Will Rule Whether Joint Tax Bills for Ex-Spouses Discriminate Against Women](https://theswisspress.ch/articles/ecthr-vaud-joint-tax-mahaim-2026.html): The ECtHR declared Mahaim's application against Vaud's tax solidarity rules admissible, a hurdle only one application in ten clears.
- [Zurich Teaches Residents What to Do When the Power Goes Out](https://theswisspress.ch/articles/zurich-resilience-weeks-blackout-2026.html): The second Resilience Weeks run through October, with emergency meeting points, 80 spring-fed fountains and a household rule of 9 litres per person.
- [Zurich Airport Finishes First Skymetro Rebuild Stage, Next Starts in November](https://theswisspress.ch/articles/zurich-airport-skymetro-first-stage-2026.html): Garaventa returned a refitted tunnel tube to service. Days earlier the airport handled a record 123,000 passengers in one day.
- [Around 1,000 March Through Zurich in a Peaceful Gaza Demonstration](https://theswisspress.ch/articles/zurich-gaza-demonstration-bahnhofstrasse-2026.html): Participants knelt for a minute of silence on Bahnhofstrasse before marching from Helvetiaplatz toward Langstrasse. The protest stayed peaceful.
- [Baume-Schneider Defends VAT Rise to Fund the 13th Pension](https://theswisspress.ch/articles/vat-rise-13th-pension-vote-2026.html): A no vote on 29 November would leave the AHV CHF 5 billion short by 2035. VAT would rise from 8.1 to 8.5 percent, with the first 13th payment due in December.

## Full content

- [llms-full.txt](https://theswisspress.ch/llms-full.txt): Complete site index with article summaries for AI systems

## Optional

- [Sitemap](https://theswisspress.ch/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable URL index
- [Web App Manifest](https://theswisspress.ch/manifest.json): PWA configuration