Snapshots of 2025 through a Swiss lens

For Switzerland, 2025 was a year marked by economic, political and climatic challenges. But there were also many cheerful moments and traditional events. The Swissinfo picture desk looks back from a subjective perspective. Early in 2025 the World Economic Forum in Davos attracted a great deal of international interest. As always, numerous members of the international business community attended. Among the 2,800 registered participants there were 900 CEOs. Later in the year global warming took its toll and a massive landslide has to be included in every year-end review of 2025: After a glacier collapsed on May 28, an avalanche erased most of the mountain village of Blatten. Over 300 residents were evacuated, most of them lost their home. Politically, much energy was absorbed by the dispute with the USA over the level of tariffs. In April, US President Donald Trump announced 31% tariffs on Swiss imports, end of July he fixed them on 39%, sending shockwaves through Switzerland. The ...