From the cockpit to cab - pilots training to drive trains
Jan. 25, 2021, 4:33 a.m.Pilots for SWISS International Airlines are switching the cockpit for the train cab.
Geneva moans it hasn't got enough of the vaccine
Jan. 22, 2021, 6:28 a.m.The vaccine roll out in Geneva is being hit by lack of supplies and IT glitches.
Police identify lake body
Jan. 22, 2021, 6:25 a.m.Bern police say they’ve identified the woman found dead in Lake Thun last Sunday.
South African billionaire jumps Swiss vaccine queue
Jan. 22, 2021, 6:23 a.m.Questions are being asked about why a health group vaccinated a South African billionaire who doesn’t live in S...
Lockdowns lead to depressive thoughts
Jan. 22, 2021, 6:21 a.m.The longer the lockdown and restrictions continue – the higher the rate of depression.
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France tightens entry laws
Jan. 22, 2021, 6:18 a.m.France is tightening its travel restrictions and now anyone wishing to enter the country has to show a negative Covid...
Plans for new Geneva park gets solid support
Jan. 22, 2021, 6:13 a.m.Geneva city officials are examining a project to create a park near Plainpalais by closing a car park on the rue Dancet.
Govt says it could close schools - but doesn't want to
Jan. 21, 2021, 6:58 a.m.The Federal Council says it will close all the schools again if it has to – but it will be a last resort.
Geneva hospital starts up routine surgery
Jan. 21, 2021, 6:54 a.m.The Geneva University Hospital is to re-start routine surgeries.
Hopes for Geneva economy in 2021
Jan. 21, 2021, 6:49 a.m.There are hopes the Geneva economy will begin to bounce back during the course of this year.
The Cantonal Statisti...
Swiss President congratulates Biden
Jan. 21, 2021, 6:44 a.m.The Swiss President, Guy Parmelin has congratulated President Joe Biden and the Vice-President Kamala Harris. He twee...
Far-right extremists 'wanted to start race war'
Jan. 21, 2021, 6:41 a.m.Six alleged right-wing activists have been arrested in a co-ordinated action by Zurich, Lucerne cantonal police and W...
Bomb threat empties Geneva TV and university
Jan. 21, 2021, 6:37 a.m.Hundreds had to be evacuated from the Geneva university building Uni Mail and the from the TV Tower in the city follo...
Government wants to be able to search asylum seekers' phones
Jan. 21, 2021, 6:35 a.m.The government wants to change the law to allow authorities to search the phones and laptops of asylum seekers to det...
Two schools in canton Zurich closed due to virus
Jan. 20, 2021, 8:56 a.m.Two schools in canton Zurich have been closed and the staff and students have been ordered to stay home – as we...
Swissmedic pushes back against skeptics
Jan. 20, 2021, 7:35 a.m.The medicines agency Swissmedic is pushing back after vaccine skeptics claim a series of deaths in Norway prove the j...
Health Office under fire for vaccination numbers
Jan. 20, 2021, 6:24 a.m.The Federal Health Office found itself under attack at a press conference in Bern yesterday for not having to hand ac...
Another death in the mountains
Jan. 20, 2021, 6:22 a.m.A British citizen who lived in Verbier has died in an avalanche. 38-year-old Jamie Clark had lived in the country for...
Geneva beggar wins human rights case
Jan. 20, 2021, 6:20 a.m.The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against Switzerland for detaining a beggar when she couldn’t pay t...
Village cut off - everyone has to dig
Jan. 20, 2021, 6:18 a.m.Everyone in an entire village in Graubünden was called to help dig out the streets after it was hit by record sn...
St Moritz hit by outbreak of African strain
Jan. 19, 2021, 6:43 a.m.The exclusive ski resort of St Moritz is the centre of a new outbreak.
Father killed while skiing with his children
Jan. 19, 2021, 6:42 a.m.A man was killed while skiing in canton Valais on Sunday morning. His children called for help when he didn’t m...
Teen killed in avalanche in Vaud
Jan. 19, 2021, 6:38 a.m.A young skier has died in canton Vaud after a group of four were caught up in an avalanche on the Rochers-de-Naye abo...
Bern police launch murder hunt after body found in lake
Jan. 19, 2021, 6:27 a.m.Bern cantonal police have launched a murder investigation after a body was found in Lake Thun on Sunday.
