Switzerland
EPFL’s Response to the Lausanne Occupations
EPFL’s updates document a cancelled class, a police evacuation and a later town hall.
Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland
Why ETH Zurich Called Police to Its Main Hall
ETH Zurich’s account documents its response to a May 2024 sit-in in its main building.
Crime & Law
Zurich · An antisemitic knife attack in Zurich
Switzerland’s Federal Intelligence Service records a knife attack against an Orthodox Jewish person in Zurich on 2 March 2024.
Public costs and population trends
The country coverage below includes only costs and disruptions documented in its sources. A verified nationwide total for policing Gaza-related demonstrations or repairing associated damage is unavailable in the records assembled here.
Documented effects beyond campus
Cost figures retain their original geography and reporting period. An evidence gap here is not a reported zero.
| Area | What the sources establish |
|---|---|
| Policing and dispersal | Bern cantonal police put the full cost, including preparations, at about CHF 1.1 million for October 11, 2025. The report says the cost was generally covered by the existing city resource contract. The figure measures the operation’s full resource cost. Bern executive and police reports |
| Property damage and repairs | The police report describes a preliminary estimate reaching the high six figures in Swiss francs. It was based on damage complaints still being submitted. An audited repair total was unavailable. Bern case reports |
| Businesses and economic activity | The coverage does not establish lost sales, insured losses or a nationwide business impact. |
| Transport and access | The sources reviewed for this profile do not establish a protest-related closure or service-delay figure. |
Migration and religion
2,773,840 international migrants lived in Switzerland at midyear 2024, according to UN DESA estimates. This is the resident migrant stock. The UN uses birthplace or citizenship depending on the source available for each country. UN DESA definitions · Country figures
20105.1%
20206.1%
Both bars use a 0–100% scale. Estimates describe the whole population. Pew Research Center dataset
These population measures have different denominators and dates. Neither identifies participants in a demonstration, and aggregating their counts cannot establish which people caused a disruption.