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The price of housing is concerning many experts as the low paid are being squeezed.

Marketing cold calling remains a problem, despite new regulations in force since September.

A currency trader who lost all his client’s money has been told he will have to serve 6 months in jail - with a further two years suspended.

Swiss French Television are celebrating the success of its most expensive show it’s ever produced – and hopes are high when it debuts on Netflix internationally next month.

A full-scale argument is raging in St Moritz over the future of Europe’s highest airport.

Geneva firefighters had to rescue a horse that had fallen into a ditch on Saturday.

Geneva is extending its emergency cold weather plan until Monday.

There’s been a twist in the tale of two brothers attacking hospital staff in Annemasse.

The new Super U Hypermarket has now opened in Val Thoiry.

Cross border workers seeking jobs in Geneva may have to accept lower paid positions or risk losing their unemployment benefits.

It seems to be very likely the group systematically buying lottery tickets earlier this week would have won the nearly three-million-franc jackpot.

The number of people using Geneva airport last year is practically back to the same levels as before covid.

Canton Geneva can continue to cull the deer population in the Versoix woods.

Switzerland is in the midst of a major flu epidemic at the moment – and many pharmacists are observing infections are lasting longer.

There’s a vacancy in the Federal Council after the defence minister Viola Amherd announced she’s resigning.

Women are not required to undergo military service, like men. Although they are entitled to join the army if they wish.

Lottery ticket sales for ‘The Joker’ game were temporarily suspended after a seemingly organised group of players started to buy thousands of francs worth of tickets.

Servette Football Club have lost the first round in a legal fight against the commune of Lancy about advertising hoardings outside the stadium.

The guest list for this year’s World Economic Forum’s meeting in Davos has been released.

Lake Geneva broke records last year.

Canton Geneva is struggling to integrate Ukrainian refugees who are in the country under the special S permit – and the federal government wants to know why.

Rail services between Geneva and Lausanne will be running normally today after severe delays yesterday evening.

The Green Party in Bern is putting forward a motion to bring the speed limit on autoroutes down to 100 kph.

Switzerland will be joining the EU ‘Military Mobility’ project after this country’s membership was confirmed by EU states.

A former currency trader is in court in Geneva, accused of hiding trading losses from his clients and issuing inflated statements.

People are buying more homes as interest rates fall.

An assault last week at a private hospital in Annemasse has triggered a high-level intervention by the French health minister – Yannick Neuder.

The start of the year will see some major roadworks in Geneva – many of them scheduled to last several months.

Chocolate lovers beware – hefty price rises are coming.

Maybe a bit unsurprisingly, the free subscriptions to Geneva public transport have been a phenomenal success.

The new Swiss president, Karin Keller-Sutter, is facing criticism for opening a new account on the social media site X – formerly known as Twitter – just after Christmas, at a time many are deserting it.

Accessing toilets at train stations is becoming harder for those who use cash – although not impossible.

A young driver who was behind the wheel when his car crashed in 2021, killing one of his friends and seriously injuring two others, will be on trial in March, charged with intentional killing and attempted intentional killing.

We’re drinking less and less – which may be good for our health, but it’s proving to be bad for the nighttime economy.

The Tiktok influencer who dropped thousands of francs in cash from a drone in Zurich has been fined.

The Federal Councillor, Beat Jans, says the decision by Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg to end fact checking is worrying – but he says he sees an opportunity.

Police in Lucerne have dismantled a drugs operation being run from a travel agency on a busy street, in the middle of the city, in sight of the local police station.

Many residents in the city of Geneva are frustrated by office buildings that keep their lights on all night – despite cantonal rules which say office lights must be switched off between 1am and 6am.

French authorities are warning drivers in neighbouring France that there’s a crack down on speeding.

Residents in the town of Baar in canton Zug were shocked when police abseiled down a building, crashed in through the window and fired shots.

Geneva is desperately short of nurses and the canton is willing to throw money at the problem.

A section of the A1 autoroute was closed for hours yesterday after a woman climbed the barriers of a bridge over the main road near Winterthur.

A group of campaigners gathered outside the HQ of the commodities trading company Cargill in Geneva yesterday.

Researchers at the University of Zurich say zoos should start to cull their animals to control populations and improve animal welfare.

A man has been fined by a Geneva court for filming himself with a sex worker – without her consent.

Two red pandas managed to escape their enclosure at a zoo in Gossau in Sankt Gallen.

The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken to the Swiss president Karin Keller-Sutter and both confirm preparations are underway for an in-person meeting.

Switzerland is in the grip of a flu epidemic – and a chronic shortage of some drugs.

A Geneva lawyer is suggesting everyone contest their traffic tickets as they’re being issued illegally.

An investigation is underway into the running of the fire station in Chêne-Bougeries in Geneva after a secret lounge with a wine collection was discovered in the attic.

A teenager in canton Valais is being charged after he collected and made his own fireworks.

A video is going viral on social media after a drunk man entered a woman’s apartment in Zurich and fell asleep on the couch.

On average, five people die on the slopes in Switzerland every year, according to the Accident Prevention Office.

The new Geneva law banning single use plastic for foods, which should have come into force at the beginning of the year, has been out on hold after a court ruling.

An elderly woman has died in a house fire in Plan-les Ouates.

This year, Switzerland hosts the women’s European Football Championships – and expectations are high.

One of Zurich’s most visited landmarks is disappearing from view for the next four years.

The furniture store Ikea has issued a recall notice on its electrical adaptor ‘Koppla’.

Around 50 flights were cancelled at Zurich airport over the weekend as freezing rain and black ice hampered operations.

Local ski resorts are celebrating the start of the season. Snow and cold nights have led to an ideal start.

The air steward who died on a SWISS International Airlines flight just before Christmas died due to a faulty mask.

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Pink Floyd fans in Zurich are warning about a tour which promised them to relive the ‘timeless’ sound of the legendary rock band.

A mechanic from Schaffhausen has a New Year’s resolution – to break the world speed record for a car over half a mile – which is about 800 meters.

The Migros Hypermarket at the Val Thoiry shopping centre in neighbouring France is closed now until the 16th as it rebrands to a Super U – the major French chain.

Residents in the threatened village of Brienz in Graubünden were allowed to visit their homes briefly yesterday.

Courtesy of the Interlaken tourist office, you can win 2 nights for two people at the Hotel Metropole in Interlaken with fantastic views of the Jungfrau.

WRS normal programming back in January