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The tourist office for the Lötschental Valley in canton Valais is emphasising that it is safe for visitors and it’s open for business.

Both houses of parliament have unanimously passed an emergency bill, giving CHF 5m to the destroyed village of Blatten.

As Genevans suffer from all the roadworks currently underway, many will be frustrated at the news that a recently completed section will have to be re-opened.

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Temperatures across the country are hitting highs in the thirties - with Geneva being one of the hottest areas.

The Upper House of Parliament, the Council of States, has taken the first step of loosening the laws restricting the re-sale of Swiss-made arms and munitions.

The City of Geneva is preparing its heatwave plan.

Protestors who invaded the train tracks at Geneva and Lausanne stations on Monday could face a lengthy jail term.

A man accused of sexually abusing his step-daughter has been acquitted by a Geneva court.

One of Donald Trump’s closest confidants will soon be in Bern.

A Swiss man has broken the world record for the longest time being buried naked in the snow.

Temperatures are set to soar over the next few days - but don’t expect blue skies.

The train company that runs services through the channel tunnel says it wants to develop a route from London to Geneva.

Executive head hunters are back at work to find a new head of Geneva Airport after only eight months.

Strike action will hit the cross-border buses running from Gex to Geneva, through Ferney Voltaire from today.

The roofing scam seems to be back in Geneva after a 96-year-old woman was fooled.

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Pro-Palestinian protestors invaded the train tracks at Geneva and Lausanne stations yesterday evening.

French police were called to the Lycée International in Ferney-Voltaire when an end of year party descended into chaos last Friday.

The boats running on Lake Geneva are in crisis.

Geneva police are calling for witnesses after a cyclist was found semi-conscious and bleeding on a street near the Plainpalais in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The cross-border authority, Grand Genève is asking the Confederation for more than half a billion francs to boost public transport for frontalier workers.

Protestors are gearing to fight the installation of a ground station for Starlink, Elon Musk’s direct to satellite home internet system.

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis is under fire from several parliamentarians for comments equating violations of international law by both Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Zurich is reporting a measles outbreak.

An elderly woman has been trampled to death by cattle in canton Graubunden.

The medical treatment of homeopathy could be excluded from basic health insurance.

An automated system designed to cut traffic jams on the autoroutes is being rolled out on the A1 between Geneva and Lausanne.

Swimming in Lake Geneva has been banned in Vengeron and Pregny-Chambésy after a sewerage pipe burst.

More than 150 Geneva taxi drivers protested yesterday in the middle of the city, claiming that Uber is operating illegally and should be banned.

Geneva public transport is very slow compared to the rest of the country, but the operator, the TPG, says it runs a dense network with plenty of stops which makes the service extremely useful.

Members of the City of Geneva Council have voted themselves a pay increase of 25%.

Police in canton Vaud say more than 7,000 motorists were caught speeding in the canton over the Ascension holiday.

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Researchers at the federal polytechnic ETH Zurich, say climate change is almost certain to have played a part in the Blatten disaster.

Aircraft traffic is back to normal at Geneva airport after the air traffic control company, SkyGuide, says it has fixed a problem with the radar screens.

The University of Geneva says it’s ending its research partnership with two Israeli universities - the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University.

The air quality in Geneva is getting better.

The summer music season kicks off today with the opening of the Caribana Festival.

Emergency teams around Blatten are itching to start the clean-up operation after last week’s devastating rockfall – but authorities say it’s still too dangerous to get too close as rocks continue to tumble off the mountain.

The US software company Microsoft is to invest USD 400m in expanding its cloud and AI services in Switzerland.

Switzerland has until July 9 to avoid new US customs duties.

Geneva police are appealing for witnesses after a traffic accident at 11:30 p.m. on Friday.

The town of Büsingen is a small German town completely surrounded by Switzerland – a German exclave.

The village of Blatten is gone and the locals are in shock as their lives – and livelihoods – have been destroyed.

Now it’s been a few days since the Blatten disaster – geologists have had time to examine the site, and the conclusion is that the result is actually worse than the predicted worst-case scenario.

It’s been confirmed that there were problems with the recent local elections in the commune of Vernier in Geneva – and the new elected authority will not yet take its position.

Federal health authorities are angry with canton Sankt Gallen as it's allowing meat that’s been contaminated with PFAS chemicals to be sold across the country.

Basel is cancelling any large-scale celebrations after it won the Swiss Cup yesterday.

A mysterious Tesla cybertruck has been filmed on the streets of Basel.

An investigation has been launched in Lausanne after a man of African descent died in police custody.

A large chunk of the Birch glacier above the Valaisian village of Blatten has crashed down, causing a massive flow of ice, rock snow and water.

If it seems too good to be true – it probably is.

Laser attacks against pilots in Swiss airspace are on the rise, according to the Federal Office of Civil Aviation's 2024 safety report.

A new profession has taken root in Geneva: park wardens.

The tenants’ association ASLOCA says property owners are using the pretext of renovations to evict long-term tenants who are normally paying below-the-market rates.

France and Switzerland are close to a new agreement regarding water.

Despite efforts to eradicate the pest – the Asian hornet is still spreading in Switzerland.

Getting a mortgage in Switzerland is going to get more difficult.

Geneva has decided it will be more open about the amount of video surveillance it carries out.

This year’s Pride March will be in Geneva on Saturday June 7th.

The Geneva Grand Council has been listening to the complains about the amount of road works in the canton.

Rescuers found five dead bodies on the Adler Glacier on Saturday afternoon.

A major police operation is underway in the town of Wolhusen in canton Lucerne.

Bern police were forced to use water cannon, rubber bullets and batons on an unauthorized demonstration on Saturday.

Two men had to be helicoptered out of the Rhône yesterday afternoon.

The motoring organisation, the TCS, says the City of Geneva should install more on-street charging stations for electric cars.

After nearly 30 years on air, World Radio Switzerland (WRS) - Switzerland’s only 24/7 English-language radio station - will close at the end of 2025 unless new ownership is secured.

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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