A world record was broken in Martigny in canton Valais over the weekend – the World’s Largest Raclette.
4,893 guests, 361 raclette-scrapers met and cooked up more than two tonnes of cheese and 1.2 tonnes of potatoes.
The record was taken from Saint-Etienne in France which held the largest, at the time, in March with only half the number of people.
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Most women in Switzerland don’t want to have children.
Dead fish linked to laundry
Canton Geneva has launched a criminal investigation after hundreds of fish were poisoned in the Aire River, which runs through Plan-les-Ouates.
Housing demo in Zurich
Thousands marched in Zurich on Saturday demanding more access to affordable housing.
Drought conditions are here already
One weekend of good weather – and we’re already in drought conditions.
Man fined for asking for cash for lost phone
A man who demanded cash to return a lost iPhone has been fined and now faces probation.
Govt won't react to Trump tariff immediately
The Federal Council says it will not take any immediate retaliatory measures against the United States following the Trump Administration’s decision hit Switzerland with a 31% tax on exports.
