Armed with an ax and knife, the man, 32, held the hostages on a train in the town of Essert-sous-Champvent in the Swiss canton of Vaud near the French border for almost four hours on Thursday night.

Donald Trump's return to power as United States president has sent a wave of panic through international Geneva. Former Swiss ...

The canton of Vaud – Switzerland’s third largest canton by population and fourth by size – has renewed an energy storage incentive scheme. The Government said it has allocated CHF 3 million ...

The latest figures from the Federal Finance Administration (FFA) show that Swiss taxpayers paid more income tax than any year since 2008, reported RTS. The average rate of cantonal and municipal tax p ...

Louis-Henri Delarageaz, the commander of civil protection in the canton of Vaud, shared with Reuters that Switzerland is working on updating its older shelters and eliminating some exceptions to ...

Generally speaking, Switzerland’s income tax rate is the lowest in western Europe, but this doesn’t mean that, in terms of ...

As soon as you received the approval from the Migration Office of the new canton, make sure to deregister with your previous municipality of residence. Their residence permit is valid for the whole of ...