DJANET, Algeria—A Swiss tourist was killed earlier this month in Algeria, which has in recent years aimed to attract tourists and put a history of instability and terrorism in the Sahara in the past. Switzerland’s Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday said in a statement to The Associated Press that it had been in contact […]
BERLIN—Two regional trains in Switzerland derailed in separate incidents, injuring more than a dozen people after a storm brought high winds and strong rains to the small Alpine nation, police said. The incidents occurred at Lüscherz and Büren zum Hof, near the western city of Bern, police said. In Büren zum Hof, a police spokeswoman […]
BERLIN—The Swiss government on Wednesday rejected the idea of introducing a third gender option or no-gender option for official records, a position which differs from that of some neighboring countries. Responding to two proposals from parliament, the governing Federal Council said “the binary gender model is still strongly anchored in Swiss society.” “The social preconditions […]
SAUBRAZ, Switzerland—Swiss artist Francois Monthoux’s annual project to build clay sculptures on the banks of Switzerland’s Toleure river has sprawled into a captivating castle complex this year as the drought afflicting Europe allows him to extend his dream world. Monthoux began this year’s project with modest ambitions six weeks ago but the drought allowed him […]
ZURICH—The eastern Swiss canton of the Grisons gave the green light on Friday to shoot two young wolves whose pack has begun attacking cows in addition to traditional prey of sheep and goats. The move highlights a national debate over how to handle the more than 100 wolves in Switzerland whose protected status is a […]
BERLIN—Two climbers were killed Friday and nine others injured by falling blocks of ice in the Alps in southern Switzerland, police said. Police in Valais canton (state) were alerted shortly after 6 a.m. to the accident in the Grand-Combin massif. Seven rescue helicopters were dispatched. Seventeen climbers, in different groups, were in the area when […]
A Chinese state-run media is promoting tourism in China with a stolen photo of the Swiss Alps. A video clip from state-run media China Daily’s Twitter account invites viewers to visit the peaceful getaway and enjoy playtime with their dog in a Chinese village. But people soon found out the picture was taken not in China, […]
BERLIN—Swiss voters narrowly approved on Sunday a proposal to ban face coverings, both the niqabs and burqas worn by a few Muslim women in the country and the ski masks and bandannas used by protesters. The measure will outlaw covering one’s face in public places like restaurants, sports stadiums, public transport or simply walking in […]
GENEVA—Swiss authorities are investigating as a possible terrorist attack the stabbing of two women in a department store in the southern city of Lugano, for which a suspect has been arrested. Police said the women’s injuries were not life-threatening. Swiss federal police said on their Twitter feed that an attack “presumably of terrorist motivation” took […]
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Switzerland rose to nine on Thursday, as the canton of Basel-City put a number of children into a two-week quarantine after one of their caregivers tested positive for the virus. A young woman who returned to work at a daycare facility after traveling to Milan has tested positive […]
BASEL, Switzerland—Swiss police have arrested a 75-year-old woman in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 7-year-old boy on his way home from school. The child, who has not been named, was attacked while walking alone in the northern city of Basel around midday local time on Thursday, March 21, police said in a statement. […]
A woman who gave birth at home to twins and later killed one of them was jailed for just one year in Switzerland, according to reports. The Mirror reported that a Serbian woman, named only as Jelica S., was living in Lucerne, Switzerland, when she gave birth in 2015. Photos of the woman published online already […]
The Swiss Army has launched a preliminary investigation into an incident showing Swiss soldiers throwing stones at a new recruit. The incident was captured on video and the footage was released last week by public broadcaster RSI. A military spokesman said the army was aware of the video before it was released, according to a […]
Painting takes time, and it is ideal to have ease and comfort. Corinne Sutter showed all of us, how to cope otherwise. On Switzerland’s Got Talent she starts to paint, but one by one, all four judges hit the red buzzer to vote her out, but what a mistake that was… Sutter needed only a few more seconds […]
