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The city has adopted 20 objectives covering access to services, participation and social cohesion. Preventing discrimination now has its own place in the strategy.
Zurich’s 29th Oktoberfest will run from October 8 to November 7 at Bauschänzli, with Bavarian food, beer and live music.
The city credits a new park above a covered motorway for much of its first-year progress.
The victims were attacked without warning and assaulted with objects, including glass bottles and kicks to the head, while lying defenceless on the ground.
Cembra framed the move as part of longer-term workplace and space planning rather than a cost-cutting exercise.
Of the 124 people who applied, the City Council selected 25.
The exact cause of the accident is now under investigation by Zurich City Police.
Vontobel's relocation should force Zurich authorities to reconsider their tax and building regulations.
Among people from the asylum and refugee sector, the number receiving employment support rose by roughly a third, to 1,624 people.
Swiss said it could not yet determine with certainty what caused the pungent odor in the economy cabin.
Asian and African job seekers face up to 19% worse odds in Switzerland. Zurich just voted to do nothing about it.
The Lake Zurich Navigation Company (ZSG) suspended its Limmatboat sightseeing tours in mid-August, and further services are now being cancelled.
More than 75% of vacant homes in the canton are rental properties.
Authorities have not released further details about the man’s condition or the nature of his injuries.
There are safe projection methods for people who cannot obtain certified solar eclipse glasses.
At the opening of the appeal, Vincenz’s lawyer asked the Zurich High Court to dismiss the case. Defence lawyers have also argued that some of the alleged offences are time-barred, an issue that could prevent the court from examining particular accusations.
Zurich Street Parade 2026 recorded 906 medical treatments before the last medical post closed shortly after midnight.
Luxury-watch theft has been a recurring issue in Zurich in recent years. The city police began recording watch thefts separately in August 2022 after observing an increase in such offences
Zurich permits cooling, but it pushes residents and building owners toward passive measures first.
Is the bigger risk that regulators now see UBS as a repeat offender that had years to fix the problem and did not?
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.
The city is expected to remain mostly sunny and very warm, with the highest temperatures likely arriving later in the week.
Search of the 65-year-old Austrian doctor’s practice and the seizure of digital material revealed photos and videos of naked women.
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.
After the break-in, the three suspects fled in a white car with a black roof and foreign licence plates.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Power outage at Zürich Children’s Hospital triggers emergency precautions. Power cuts cause sewage spill to hit the river Limmat.
The upgrade at Zürich Airport is built on computed tomography (CT) scanning. The new rules do not apply to transfer passengers connecting through Zürich.
Infection occurs exclusively through the inhalation of tiny water droplets (aerosols) that may contain Legionella. Human-to-human transmission does not occur in Legionella cases.
Fire ban imposed across Zürich Canton as drought pushes forest fire risk to Level 4 to 5.
"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.
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.
Switzerland remains one of the few wealthy nations without a national statutory minimum wage. Zürich and Winterthur to introduce minimum wage soon.
The Office of the Attorney General is now investigating suspected terrorism.
Zürich suffered the heaviest net corporate emigration of any Swiss canton in 2025, losing a net 252 companies. Bern was the second-largest loser at 117.
Streets will be closed temporarily as ETH Zurich evacuation zone will cover the area around Leonhardstrasse, Tannenstrasse, Universitätsstrasse, Sonneggstrasse and Weinbergfussweg.
Zurich police reimburses the Winterthur crypto catfishing scam victim in full as they seize CHF 800,000
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