Geneva, Bern and Lausanne open more emergency shelters as temperatures drop (LINK) 29 December 2025

— With the opening of the PC shelter in Champel, 577 places will be available in Geneva.

Experts predict Swiss franc will stay strong in 2026: political stability, high current account surpluses, low debt, a strong and highly innovative economy and very low inflation in Switzerland as the main pillars of the franc (LINK) 29 December 2025

Executions in Iran estimated to have doubled in 2025 up to 1,500, Norwegian-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) group says (LINK) 28 December 2025

Iran's President says country is in full-scale war with US, Israel and Europe (LINK) 27 December 2025

Switzerland's military cannot defend itself against full-scale attack, needs higher defence spending: Army chief (LINK) 27 December 2025

— Switzerland's armed forces chief Thomas Suessli, who is retiring at year-end, told NZZ that while the country can defend against cyber attacks and non-state threats to critical infrastructure, it's not prepared for long-range or large-scale military attacks. Suessli said the military continues to suffer from serious equipment gaps, noting that in a real emergency only about one-third of Swiss soldiers would be fully equipped.

ISW: Iran update, December 26, 2025: The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) seized a "foreign" tanker near Gheshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz on December 24. The IRGC claimed the tanker was smuggling four million liters of oil. The IRGC Navy also detained 16 non-Iranian crew members, according to local judicial authorities in Hormozgan Province on December 26. Neither the IRGC nor Iranian media has disclosed the name of the tanker or the nationality of its crew members. (LINK) 26 December 2025