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In Zürich, the penumbral phase will begin at 3:23 AM CEST. The visibly darker partial phase will start at 4:33 AM.
Some improvement in business conditions is emerging for the third quarter, particularly in the wholesale sector.
Marking the 60th edition, organizers are introducing a new category called ewz-Limmatstrom for Limmatschwimmen, an exclusive group that will be the first to enter the water and open the swim.
Zurich Street Parade 2026 recorded 906 medical treatments before the last medical post closed shortly after midnight.
Swiss Post will also introduce a new category for bulky letters, aimed at making it easier for customers to send small goods.
Zurich public swimming areas near record after 2.26 million visits during the relentless Swiss Heatwave.
Zurich permits cooling, but it pushes residents and building owners toward passive measures first.
This is Switzerland's fourth significant heatwave of the season.
Adam Beyer will kick off the Zurich Street Parade 2026, the Parade's 33rd edition.
The new electric buses are expected to enter service starting mid-2027.
According to the ruling, undocumented migrants are entitled only to emergency aid.
The city is expected to remain mostly sunny and very warm, with the highest temperatures likely arriving later in the week.
Switzerland is well behind countries such as Sweden, Germany and Norway, which offer much longer maternity and paternity leave.
Meteorologists stress that heatwave predictions this far ahead remain uncertain.
Zurich would allow only three providers, each with up to 1,000 E-scooters, instead of the current eight operators.
The event brought together experts from Novartis, Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Sanofi, AstraZeneca, ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich and the University of British Columbia.
Zurich has already opened three drop-in centres, including supervised consumption spaces and support services.
On social media and discussion forums, Swiss residents have voiced growing frustration with MeteoSwiss forecasts.
After the break-in, the three suspects fled in a white car with a black roof and foreign licence plates.
Negotiations between SBB Cargo and Migros on a long-term freight contract are ongoing, with SBB describing the discussions as "partnership-oriented".
Petrol and diesel prices rose during the weekend, with diesel now selling at CHF 2.00 per litre.
The three suspects, two Swiss men aged 18 and 20, and an 18-year-old woman from Bosnia and Herzegovina, were taken to a police station.
Record heatwaves in 2025 and 2026 have made cooling devices a near-necessity for many households.
The first measure is a federal resolution to raise the standard VAT rate by 0.4% points to 8.5% in order to co-finance the 13th AHV pension, which was approved by voters in March 2026 and is due to be paid out for the first time this year.
A total of 156 apartments owned by Zurich Insurance and 59 owned by a UBS real estate fund are affected, with tenants told they must vacate by 2027–2028.
UBS has operated a major service hub in Krakow since the early 2010s, initially moving HR, IT and other support functions from Zurich to the Polish city.
There is continued pressure on buyers across the country as single-family homes see strongest annual price increase.
Several people have been arrested and the Zürich Police are now appealing for witnesses to help reconstruct what happened.
The heatwave warning is in place until at least Monday 13 July, with urban areas expected to experience particularly intense overnight heat.
Domestic violence in Zürich is more prevalent than thought. Three out of four people affected by domestic violence are women.
If weather conditions remain unfavourable, a further postponement to Wednesday, 16 July, is possible. The organising committee is due to make that call on Monday, 6 July.
Zürich Airport's exposure to summer thunderstorms is a well-documented structural challenge. The airport sits in a part of Switzerland that is climatically prone to convective storms.
The June heatwave peaked at 33 to 37 degrees in parts of Switzerland, with the Basel region and the northwest recording the highest levels. MeteoSchweiz may raise warning for another heatwave.
Power outage at Zürich Children’s Hospital triggers emergency precautions. Power cuts cause sewage spill to hit the river Limmat.
The CHF 87,000 Swiss Median Salary figure translates to a gross monthly salary of CHF 7,250 for a full-time worker, up from CHF 7,024 per month recorded in the previous survey year, 2024.
Geneva's regulations have stood out as an outlier even by Swiss standards. The debate is intensifying as the Swiss heatwave grows longer and hotter.
Fire ban imposed across Zürich Canton as drought pushes forest fire risk to Level 4 to 5.
MeteoSwiss has issued heat warnings at level 3 out of 5, classified as "significant risk," across nearly the entire country, with an elevated warning in the Basel region.
The cantonal health authority reports a steady and accelerating rise in supervisory healthcare complaints across the entire system since the Covid-19 pandemic.
"Robot transport has proven its worth in everyday hospital life. It relieves the burden on staff, simplifies processes and creates more time for core tasks in the hospital," said City Councillor Andreas Hauri, head of the Department of Health and Environment, commenting on Zürich City Hospital's delivery robots.
The seized narcotics include MDMA, marijuana, cocaine, ketamine, hashish and amphetamine, as well as 15 kilograms of silver, as drug network is unravelled in Zürich.
Zürich's city president Raphael Golta expressed his condolences for the teen who lost her life during Zürich Storm. "Today’s news of the 16-year-old’s death fills us all with deep sorrow," he said.
The authorised march had been called at short notice the previous evening, serving as the launch event for the nationwide feminist strike.
Meteorologists are warning that the heat building over the country from Wednesday 18 June could be historic as Switzerland braces for record-breaking heatwave.
AI jobs in Switzerland rose from approximately 16,000 in 2024 to 25,000 in 2025.
Aargau loses out on 1,000 existing jobs as Hitachi Energy chooses Otelfingen for new Swiss campus.
Switzerland's revised Gender Equality Act (GEA) requires companies and public employers with 100 or more employees to carry out an internal equal pay analysis every four years and have the results verified by an independent body.
A man was stabbed and injured at a shop in Zürich's Seebach neighbourhood on Wednesday afternoon after an altercation with another man. The suspected attacker was later arrested at his home.
Zug's extraordinary tax revenues mechanically increases its obligation to National Equalisation Fund poorer cantons year after year
Switzerland remains one of the few wealthy nations without a national statutory minimum wage. Zürich and Winterthur to introduce minimum wage soon.
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