Switzerland to cut SRG foreign media services and staff

The Swiss Federal Council has approved a new service agreement with the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG) for the 2027–2030 period. Due to budget reductions, several international media offerings will be discontinued.

As part of the restructuring, the Italian-language portal tvsvizzera.it will cease operations. Additionally, Swissinfo.ch will discontinue its services in Japanese and Portuguese following an annual budget cut of 8.3 million Swiss francs, reducing its funding from 18.8 million to 10.5 million francs.

The SRG announced that these financial adjustments will result in the loss of approximately 22 full-time positions. The majority of these cuts, totaling 12.7 full-time equivalents, will occur at Swissinfo, with the remainder affecting collaborations with 3sat, TV5MONDE, and tvsvizzera.it. The broadcaster stated that social plans currently in effect will be applied to affected employees.