We also look at other decisions decided today at the federal parliament in Bern and at the People's Party's attempt to activate the safeguard clause to limit immigration. As a correspondent at the Federal Palace for SWI swissinfo.

Switzerland said on Friday it was imposing a tighter freeze on the assets of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and his entourage. The government

Switzerland has not shown it is meeting the requirements of a landmark climate change decision from Europe’s highest human rights court.

The EAER has implemented various sanctions listings under its jurisdiction. A further 48 individuals and 35 entities have been sanctioned with a freeze on assets and a ban on providing funds and economic resources.

Over 1 million asylum applications were made in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland in 2024, according to the EU asylum agency’s annual report

While the new car market for EVs surged by 37% in January across Europe, Tesla’s share dwindled as sales dropped by almost half.

The European Commission said on Wednesday it will react "firmly and immediately against unjustified barriers to free and fair trade" after U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration would soon announce a 25% tariff on imports from the EU.

(CN) — Annual inflation in the eurozone and European Union is drifting away from a 2% goal established by the European Central Bank in 2024. According to a report released Monday by Eurostat, the annual inflation rate climbed to 2.5% in the eurozone in January and 2.8% in the broader European Union.