Last week’s shooting at a wood-processing plant in Menznau, Switzerland, which left four people — including the shooter — dead and six others injured, is fueling a recurring debate about the country’s ...

Switzerland, where gun culture has deep roots, has managed to avoid the charged national debates over firearm ownership that have consumed other countries. But in a state where compulsory military ...

Swiss exports of military equipment surged in 2025, climbing nearly 43% from the prior year to reach 948.2 million Swiss ...

Even as the gun-control debate rises again in the U.S. in the aftermath of the horrific school shooting in Newtown, Conn., the gun-loving Swiss are not about to lay down their arms. Guns are ...

GENEVA - Neutral Switzerland is among the best-armed nations in the world, with more guns per capita than almost any other country except the United States, Finland and Yemen. At least 2.3 million ...

The Swiss Army is still awaiting a date as to when a contract will be placed with various contractors at home and abroad to ...

Swiss voters have approved a measure to tighten the Alpine nation’s gun laws, bringing the country in line with many of its European partners despite the objections of local gun owners, Swiss media ...

GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss government blocked a shipment of pistol parts to the United States on Wednesday, citing the risk that they could be used to commit human rights abuses at their final ...

Two years ago–on September 27, 2001–a lone gunman shot and killed shot 14 people in the cantonal parliament in Zug, near Zurich. To the Swiss justice minister, Ruth Metzler, the country’s liberal gun ...

Switzerland, where gun culture has deep roots, has managed to avoid the charged national debates over firearm ownership that have consumed other countries. Switzerland has the world's 16th highest ...