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Arosa tourist office battles image problem after anti-Jewish sign

Thu 17 Aug 2017

The Arosa tourist office is carrying out a massive damage limitation exercise after a local hotel...

Man in a coma after violent Geneva attack

Thu 17 Aug 2017

A man is in a coma and doctors say the prognoses is not good after he was violently attacked in t...

Is Zurich following Berlin's English language trend?

Thu 17 Aug 2017

After a Berlin politician complained many bars and restaurants in the German capital are turning ...

Whole villa moved in Sankt Gallen

Thu 17 Aug 2017

Workers have moved an entire villa in Sankt Gallen. The historic Villa Jacob was in the way of a ...

Jewish guests outraged at signs at Swiss hotel

Wed 16 Aug 2017

A Swiss hotel has sparked outrage and a diplomatic incident after posting signs aimed directly at...

Court upholds decision to confiscate woman's animals

Wed 16 Aug 2017

A court in Bern has upheld a decision by the cantonal vet to confiscate 100 small animals being k...

'Upskirting' growing problem in Switzerland

Wed 16 Aug 2017

‘Upskirting’ is becoming more and more of a problem in Switzerland and the police hav...

Five Swiss universities in world top 100

Wed 16 Aug 2017

Five Swiss universities are in the top 100 schools in the world. Coming in at the lower end is th...

More bus lanes opened to motorcycles

Wed 16 Aug 2017

More bus lanes are being opened to motorcycles and scooters. The Federal Road Office has authoriz...

Neymar in surprise visit to Geneva performs tricks on the Place des Nations

Wed 16 Aug 2017

The world’s most expensive footballer, the Brazilian Neymar, made a surprise appearance in ...

Swiss intelligence officers could be arrested in Germany

Tue 15 Aug 2017

Three members of the Swiss intelligence service could face arrest if they left Switzerland. They&...

New Eaux-Vives beach work starts next month

Tue 15 Aug 2017

The residents of Eaux-Vives in Geneva have only a couple more weeks to remember how the lake side...

Passengers stranded at Geneva airport

Tue 15 Aug 2017

Some passengers and those picking up friends were stuck at Geneva airport yesterday afternoon aft...

Paraglider stranded on power lines in Nidwalden

Tue 15 Aug 2017

A paraglider had to be rescued after being stuck on a power line for several hours in canton Nidw...

Traditional Zurich Limmat Swim cancelled

Tue 15 Aug 2017

Zurich’s traditional Limmat Swim has been canceled for this weekend.

Swiss football team breaks unwanted record

Tue 15 Aug 2017

A low league Swiss football team has broken a new record – but perhaps one they’d rat...

Zurich police make arrests at massive street parade

Mon 14 Aug 2017

Police made several arrests at this year’s Zurich Street Parade. There were also reports of...

Geneva firework display goes flawlessly

Mon 14 Aug 2017

The massive firework display, which marks the end of the Fetes de Genève went off without ...

Horses injured in Aargau crash

Mon 14 Aug 2017

Yet more animals have been injured on the roads – after last week’s crash which kille...

Chinese documentary wins top prize at Locarno

Mon 14 Aug 2017

The major Locarno Film Festival has come to an end with a Chinese documentary taking the top prize.

German track maintenance leads to delays from Basel

Mon 14 Aug 2017

Major train delays are expected on routes between Basel and Germany for the next two weeks. Track...

Speeder who crashed into president faces jail

Fri 11 Aug 2017

A speeding driver who crashed into the president’s car last September faces up to four year...

Former policeman appeals conviction for lending son his gun

Fri 11 Aug 2017

A former Valais police officer is appealing his conviction for a firearms offence.

Swiss flagship news programme off-air due to technical glitch

Fri 11 Aug 2017

German speaking TV viewers were denied a chance to watch the country’s flag ship news show ...

Geneva to hit half a million people within a year

Fri 11 Aug 2017

Geneva is expected to hit a demographic milestone in the next 12 months – hitting half a mi...

Football fan banned and fined for fireworks

Thu 10 Aug 2017

A football fan has been sentenced to three years in jail for throwing fireworks at a match last y...

Lausanne police try to track down abandoned UK car

Thu 10 Aug 2017

Lausanne police are trying to track down the owners of a UK registered car which has been left ab...

Trucks spill chickens and beer on Swiss autoroutes

Thu 10 Aug 2017

Over 400 chickens were killed when a truck carrying over 4,000 birds tipped over and slid down th...

Cows rescued after lightning strike in Jura

Thu 10 Aug 2017

Farm workers rescued over 70 cows from a burning barn in canton Jura last night. The barn caught ...

US girl visits Swiss town that gave her her name

Thu 10 Aug 2017

A 16 year old American girl has finally made a trip to the town that gave her her name – Br...

Lake Maggiore bathers disgusted by dead pig

Thu 10 Aug 2017

Bathers in Lake Maggiore in canton Ticino had their early morning swim disturbed yesterday mornin...

Police in Vaud and Fribourg launch arson investigation

Wed 09 Aug 2017

Police forces in Vaud and Fribourg are confirming they’re investigating a series of fires w...

Mistreated farm animals being re-homed

Wed 09 Aug 2017

Authorities in canton Thurgau say they are working hard to find new homes for the mistreated anim...

Addax to shed 174 jobs in Geneva

Wed 09 Aug 2017

Addax Petroleum is to close its Geneva offices with the loss of 174 jobs. The Chinese owned compa...

Swiss builders angry at Swiss Railways for Chinese cladding

Wed 09 Aug 2017

Swiss building firms are angry at a decision by Swiss Federal Railways to buy stone cladding from...

Questions raised over Geneva minister's dual nationality

Wed 09 Aug 2017

Questions are being raised about the Geneva Security and Economics Minister Pierre Maudet’s...

Man crushed by lift in Bern

Wed 09 Aug 2017

Bern police are investigating how a man was crushed to death by an elevator in Liebefeld, near Be...

Protestors want farm owner to be banned from keeping animals

Tue 08 Aug 2017

Animal rights activists are camping outside a horse dealer in canton Thurgau, demanding the busin...

Speeder gets car impounded in Aargau

Tue 08 Aug 2017

A 28 year old driver had his licence immediately suspended and his car seized after he was caught...

Elderly man causes accident in Ticino tunnel

Tue 08 Aug 2017

More questions are being asked about the safety of elderly drivers after an 85 year old crossed t...

Asian visitors lift Swiss hotel stays

Tue 08 Aug 2017

Visitors from Asia lifted the Swiss hotel sector in the first half of this year, according to new...

Investigations continue into tragic Swiss Aero Club plane crash

Mon 07 Aug 2017

Air accident investigators are still trying to establish what caused a light aircraft to crash in...

Plane ‘near misses’ more than doubles

Mon 07 Aug 2017

The number of incidents in Swiss airspace where there was a high risk of collision was more than ...

Former Swiss Attorney General resigns from UN Syria Commission

Mon 07 Aug 2017

Carla Del Ponte, a former war crimes prosecutor and Swiss Attorney General, has announced that sh...

Holiday makers suffer major delays in the annual getaway

Mon 07 Aug 2017

Holiday makers returning from time away and those setting off for a summer trip found themselves ...

Women’s right to vote comedy picked as Swiss Oscars entry

Mon 07 Aug 2017

A German-language comedy about the women’s suffrage movement in a small Swiss town has been...

Thousands slip and slide through Lausanne streets

Mon 07 Aug 2017

Nearly 3,000 people donned swimsuits and swimming trunks in the centre of Lausanne this weekend a...

Suspected mafia members extradited to Italy

Fri 04 Aug 2017

Two people, suspected of being members of the Calabrian mafia ‘Ndrangheta, have been extrad...

Elderly man dies paddle-boarding on Lake Neuchâtel

Fri 04 Aug 2017

A 72-year-old man has died after falling from a paddle-board in the canton of Vaud and disappeari...

Speedboat driver convicted of seriously injuring swimmer

Fri 04 Aug 2017

The driver of a speedboat, which hit a swimmer and left him with life-changing injuries, has been...

High security costs put Zurich Street Parade in the red

Fri 04 Aug 2017

The cost of installing extra security measures to guard against possible terror attacks left Zuri...

One in six e-bikers don’t wear a helmet

Fri 04 Aug 2017

Road safety campaigners say that one in six of people who ride high-powered electric bikes, or e-...

Yesterday was the hottest day of the year

Fri 04 Aug 2017

Temperatures in the country hit a new high yesterday with the day being declared the hottest day ...

American climber dies on Matterhorn after lightning strike

Thu 03 Aug 2017

An American woman has died after being struck by lightning while climbing the Matterhorn.

Firefighter arrested on suspicion of arson released

Thu 03 Aug 2017

A volunteer firefighter who had been detained on suspicion of arson has been released without cha...

Another body found in Valais glacier

Thu 03 Aug 2017

Another body has been found in a glacier in Valais. The German climber had been missing for thirt...

Man pays CHF 10,000 for a whiskey

Thu 03 Aug 2017

A man has paid CHF 10,000 for a shot of whiskey. The Chinese businessman was staying at the Ho...

Geneva triggers heatwave alert

Thu 03 Aug 2017

Canton Geneva has launched its heatwave alert. Forecasters say warm air from Northern Africa is c...

Hottest National Day since records began

Wed 02 Aug 2017

Switzerland baked in high temperatures for yesterday’s National Day celebrations. The warm ...

Geneva police chase car across French border

Wed 02 Aug 2017

Geneva police chased a car across the border into France yesterday morning. The French registered...

21 year old injured after firework explodes in his hand

Wed 02 Aug 2017

A 21 year old man was seriously injured when a firework exploded in his hand on Monday evening in...

Woman bites Zurich policeman

Wed 02 Aug 2017

A Zurich policeman had to be taken to hospital after being bitten by a 25 year old woman.

Swiss President addresses Swiss nationals abroad - in English!

Tue 01 Aug 2017

The Swiss President, Doris Leuthard has made a traditional National Day address to Swiss citizens...

Switzerland strengthens travel advice for Turkey

Fri 28 Jul 2017

The Swiss foreign ministry has tightened its travel advice for Turkey. It’s advising travel...

Regulators kill dream of summer snowball fight

Fri 28 Jul 2017

Killjoy government regulators have banned a snowball fight to mark Swiss National Day on Tuesday.

Oil spill leaves Uri tax payers with big bill

Fri 28 Jul 2017

Tax payers in canton Uri will have to pay for a major cleanup on the A2 autoroute after an unknow...

German customs catch Ferrari smuggler

Fri 28 Jul 2017

German customs officers stopped a car transporter arriving from Switzerland with two unregistered...

Teacher sacked after tryst with school boy on EasyJet flight from Geneva

Fri 28 Jul 2017

A schoolboy on a trip from the UK to Switzerland got more than he bargained for after joining the...

Three UK men stuck in Swiss legal system

Thu 27 Jul 2017

Three British nationals are caught up in Swiss legal limbo after being accused of racing sports c...

Federal court rules errant doctors can remain anonymous

Thu 27 Jul 2017

Questions are being raised over a decision by the Federal Court not to publish the name of a psyc...

Swiss paper factory blames strong franc for closure

Thu 27 Jul 2017

The strong franc has led to the closure of a Swiss paper mill. Utzenstorf Papier operated for the...

Schaffhausen police say no clear motive for chainsaw attack

Thu 27 Jul 2017

Schaffhausen police say they have no motive behind Monday’s chainsaw attack in the cantonal...

One in three blood poisoning cases contracted in hospital

Thu 27 Jul 2017

A study has shown that one in three blood poisoning infections in children was contracted while i...

Police search for driver after Chihuahua

Thu 27 Jul 2017

Graubünden police are searching for a car driver who ran over and killed a Chihuahua being t...

Chainsaw attack suspect arrested

Wed 26 Jul 2017

Zurich police have arrested Franz Wrousis, the man thought to be responsible for the chainsaw att...

Swiss court approves supercar seizure

Wed 26 Jul 2017

The Swiss Federal Court has upheld a decision to seize 23 supercars belonging to the son of the p...

Volunteer firefighter accused of arson maintains his innocence

Wed 26 Jul 2017

A volunteer fire fighter who’s currently being detained on suspicion of starting a series o...

Kids find tropical snake in Geneva

Tue 25 Jul 2017

A group of kids in Geneva had a shock when they came across a boa-constrictor on the banks of the...

Chainsaw attacker still on run

Tue 25 Jul 2017

A man thought to be responsible for a chainsaw attack in Schaffhausen yesterday remains on t...

Switzerland calls on UN to check Libya detention centres

Tue 25 Jul 2017

Switzerland is demanding Libya open its migrant detention centres to the United Nations.

Insurance claims after storms expected to be more than CHF 2m

Tue 25 Jul 2017

Insurance companies are beginning to count the cost of the weekend storms. Damage is being estima...

Government to launch incentives to encourage car sharing

Tue 25 Jul 2017

The government is looking at ways to encourage car sharing for commuters. Ministers hope to have ...

Schaffhausen attack - 'not terror related' say police

Mon 24 Jul 2017

A man armed with a chainsaw injured at least 5 people, two of them seriously, when he entered a b...

Weekend storms cause havoc in central Switzerland

Mon 24 Jul 2017

Major thunderstorms caused havoc on Saturday night and Sunday morning right across the country. T...

Younger porn offenders should be educated not punished

Mon 24 Jul 2017

There are calls to treat younger people who may be accused of distributing pornographic images mo...

Geneva emergency services teach throwing life rings

Mon 24 Jul 2017

Geneva emergency services held an information session over the weekend to teach people how to thr...

2017 Paleo a success

Mon 24 Jul 2017

This year’s Paleo Festival has wrapped up – and the organisers say it was a tremendou...

Switzerland losing battle to stub out smoking

Fri 21 Jul 2017

Switzerland isn’t doing enough to discourage people from smoking, according to the latest r...

Swiss banker pleads guilty to helping American clients avoid taxes

Fri 21 Jul 2017

A former Swiss banker, who worked in the Zurich office of Credit Suisse, has pleaded guilty at a ...

Italy seeks cooperation over suspect Swiss bank accounts

Fri 21 Jul 2017

Swiss authorities have been contacted by Italian financial crime investigators who are trying to ...

Woman’s body recovered from Lake Zug

Fri 21 Jul 2017

The body of a 32-year-old woman has been recovered from a lake in central Switzerland, a day afte...

Pumping water from rivers and streams banned in canton of Vaud

Fri 21 Jul 2017

High temperatures and a distinct lack of rain have led to authorities in the canton of Vaud annou...

Pony stolen from Geneva found badly injured in France

Fri 21 Jul 2017

A Shetland pony, who was stolen from her enclosure in Choulex in Geneva at the beginning of May, ...

Funeral preparations for couple found mummified on Valais glacier

Thu 20 Jul 2017

The identities of a couple whose mummified remains were found last week on a retreating glacier i...

Asylum requests drop by more than a third in first half of this year

Thu 20 Jul 2017

The number of people applying for asylum in Switzerland dropped by more than a third in the first...

Mother dies two weeks after saving her child from lake fall

Thu 20 Jul 2017

A woman has died a fortnight after she fell in a lake in the canton of Valais after saving her to...

Switzerland ranks second in world retirement index

Thu 20 Jul 2017

Switzerland has taken second place in the fifth annual Global Retirement Index, which examines th...

Man convicted after urinating into parked car in Valais

Thu 20 Jul 2017

A man has been found guilty of hurling abuse at a woman after she’d complained he’d u...

Pair of young vultures prepare to spread their wings at Zurich Zoo

Thu 20 Jul 2017

Two young Egyptian vultures have been introduced to Zurich Zoo where they’re now getting to...

British couple sentenced in Swiss court for multimillion franc fraud

Wed 19 Jul 2017

A 63-year-old British man, his wife and his financial adviser have been found guilty by a court i...