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Swiss Post will stop delivering parcels to the United States starting Tuesday.

Shops on Geneva’s Rue de Carouge may soon receive financial aid to offset months of disruption caused by major construction works.

Geneva will get taller.

Micromobility is becoming increasingly important in Switzerland. That’s according to a new study by by the insurer AXA.

The Mont Blanc Tunnel will be completely closed to traffic from September 1st to December 12th.

The spate of car thefts by very young drivers continues.

From this evening, heavy rain is expected across much of Switzerland.

Police in Vevey, canton Vaud, have arrested a serial bike thief.

Last week, a wolf attack devastated a flock of sheep in the remote Fex Valley in the Engadine.

The poison information line could close as it’s lacking a million francs to keep it going.

Lausanne saw a second night of unrest last night following the death of a 17-year-old boy, who fatally crashed a stolen scooter while fleeing police over the weekend.

Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer has joined the ranks of billionaire athletes, according to Forbes magazine.

A record number of storks arrived in canton Vaud last week.

The Chinese technology giant Baidu is preparing to roll out driverless vehicles in Switzerland.

Switzerland has one of the worst US import tariffs in the world – and insiders in Washington say it was the attitude of the Swiss president, Karin Keller-Sutter, during a 34-minute phonecall that was to blame.

Just two weeks after the United States imposed 39% tariffs on Swiss goods, companies are already feeling the impact.

Switzerland is facing a disturbing rise in femicides.

The bike rental scheme in Geneva is proving to be a spectacular success and there are plans to expand it.

An outbreak of bovine lumpy skin disease has been detected in the French department of Ain, close to the Swiss border.

If you lose your mobile phone in Lake Zurich – the police will retrieve it for you, for a fee.

The US F-35 jet deal is turning into a headache, but the Federal Council isn’t backing down.

Switzerland has an unhealthy dependence on US tech firms.

It’s a grim day at Swiss Post. The yellow giant has posted first-half results well below last year’s.

Passengers are still lighting up where they shouldn’t — despite a smoking ban on Swiss train platforms.

Nudists in Zurich are fighting back to keep an area open especially for them.

A shocking crime has shaken Neuchâtel. On Tuesday night, police in Corcelles discovered the bodies of a woman and her two young daughters, aged 10 and three, killed with a kitchen knife. The suspected attacker is the children’s father and the woman’s ex-husband.

A rockfall near Chamonix in neighbouring France has killed two and injured two others.

Bad news for electric car owners in Switzerland.

An old scam has been repackaged for the Trump era.

A local sculpture will have to be removed as it was created without permission.

Geneva is being touted as a possible venue for a meeting between the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky and the Russian leader, Vladmir Putin.

Social workers who’ve be working to protect the elderly in Geneva during the heatwave are complaining no one has been looking after them.

As many as 20 women who worked for the Migros Supermarket at Cornavin station went to court to tell judges how they’ve been impacted by a male colleague who placed a camera in the female locker room.

Three teenagers thought it would be a good idea to rob a gun shop over, the weekend – but were thwarted by tight security and a police officer shooting out the tyres of their getaway vehicle.

Feeling down? Well, here’s a secret remedy: volunteering!

Canton Geneva’s decision to ban children who don’t live in the canton from attending its schools will be challenged in court.

The battle to end the tax home owners pay is hotting up in Bern.

Details are emerging of a potential disastrous plane crash over Geneva in November last year.

Four soldiers are still in hospital after a gruelling selection test to join an elite unit.

The heatwave is coming to an end today.

Swiss business leaders are warning of major fallout from new US tariffs.

An elderly woman was found dead early Saturday after being stabbed several times in her apartment on Rue de Frontenex.

A new survey by recruitment firm Robert Walters shows more than half of Swiss professionals feel stressed about going back to work after their summer break – with 29% “very anxious.”

It could be the furthest blue-light response by fire fighters from Geneva, Vaud and Valais.

Thousands marched in Bern on Saturday, calling for more and faster access to mental health care.

Will we be able to watch an episode of Stranger Things or Squid Game while behind the wheel on your way into work soon?

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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