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Swiss Post has gone ahead with its annual results press conference despite the deadly bus fire in Kerzers that killed six people, including a PostBus driver.

Authorities in Geneva are preparing for possible unrest ahead of the G7 summit in the nearby French town of Évian in June.

SWISS International Airlines has extended the suspension of its flights to Dubai until March 28.

Geneva is organizing a digital detox day on March 20th to highlight the environmental impact of technology.

Investors in the collapsed Swiss energy company Prime Energy say they were aggressively targeted before the firm went bankrupt in November 2024.

A carpool lane is set to be introduced at the busy Bardonnex border crossing between France and Geneva.

The people of Kerzers in Fribourg gathered in the town centre yesterday afternoon to mark the deaths of those killed in an horrific bus fire on Tuesday evening.

Parliament seems to be turning back to nuclear power.

A rockfall is threatening another village - but it won't be buried, but flooded.

Swiss retail giant Migros is pulling out of Germany. It’s selling the Tegut Group, an organic supermarket chain with about 340 stores and more than 7,400 employees, mainly in central Germany.

Thousands of orange emergency call boxes along Switzerland’s autoroutes could soon disappear.

Another fire tragedy has struck Switzerland.

Investigators looking into the New Year’s fire in Crans-Montana are asking Facebook to restore eight accounts linked to the owners, Jacques and Jessica Moretti.

Parliament is considering allowing former soldiers to return to the army on a voluntary basis to help address personnel shortages.

Winter sport injuries are keeping emergency helicopter crews busy.

A study by researchers at Unisanté has found that Switzerland’s summer heatwave in 2022 led to a rise in deaths. The analysis shows excess mortality of about four percent, mainly among people over the age of 80.

Swiss office supplies retailer Office World plans to close all of its remaining physical stores and move entirely online.

The criminal investigation into the deadly bar fire in Crans-Montana has been widened to include the comune’s president, Nicolas Féraud.

Now last weekend's votes are behind us - already eyes are looking towards the next set in June.

The Swiss government says it will not appeal a court ruling ordering the disclosure of Covid-19 vaccine contracts.

One in four people in Switzerland now speaks a non-national language as their main language.

Ten geladas have been euthanised at Zurich Zoo as part of population management.

A new program in canton Geneva is encouraging residents to give up their cars for a month and try more sustainable ways of getting around.

In a series of votes on Sunday - the people followed the advice of the government.

In Geneva, voters passed a law that will allow students to be paid 25% below the minimum wage during holidays.

The Federal Intelligence Service is warning of terror attacks in Switzerland due to the Iran war.

Several hundred people gathered at Europaplatz in Zurich on Saturday evening for a rally calling for political change in Iran.

A Geneva court has sentenced a dermatologist to 14 years in prison for murdering his wife in Vandœuvres in October 2021.

Around 3,000 people marched through Lausanne on Saturday to mark International Women’s Day, responding to a call by the Feminist Strike Vaud collective.

The first set of Swiss nationals have been brought home on a Swiss International Airlines flight from the Middle East.

A big voting weekend coming up.

The practice of jailing people who fail to pay fines is under scrutiny in Geneva.

The war in Iran is hitting Swiss tourism hard.

Geneva’s population continued to grow in 2025, reaching over 537,000 residents by the end of December - 41.7 percent of them foreign nationals.

The government is being criticised for leaving more than 5,000 Swiss nationals stranded in the middle east - while other countries are successfully managing to get their own nationals back to their home countries.

In Bern, the upper house of parliament, The Council of States, has approved emergency federal support for victims of the Crans-Montana tragedy.

A court in Zurich has sentenced a group of four men who tried to smuggle 44 kilos of pure cocaine into the country through the airport - worth CHF 1.5m.

A Lausanne based design company has won the competition to design the new set of Swiss banknotes.

Swiss beekeepers are launching a popular initiative to anchor stronger protection for native pollinating insects in the Federal Constitution.

Students with dyslexia will not be allowed to systematically use computers and adapted software in high schools.

Swiss Federal Railways says assaults on train staff remain a daily reality - and it seems the government is ready to step in.

Switzerland’s Senate has voted to require police to systematically mention the nationality of suspects when communicating about crimes.

The association that represents bars and restaurants in canon Valais - GastroValais - has caused outrage by writing to all cantonal parliamentarians saying no new safety fire laws are needed.

The Swiss logistics firm - Kühne+Nagel - says it will have to lay off 2,000 staff. Around 1,000 more than previously believed.

If you’re voting by post this weekend - get your ballot in the mail.

MeteoSwiss says the winter was significantly warmer than average, despite dense fog on the Swiss Plateau in December and a bitterly cold start to the year.

Bern says it’s not able to repatriate thousands of Swiss citizens who are either resident in the middle east - or stranded as their flights have been cancelled.

Around a hundred people gathered in Geneva yesterday evening to protest the war in Iran.

Swiss President Guy Parmelin met European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels yesterday to advance a new package of bilateral agreements between Switzerland and the EU.

Switzerland is moving closer to abolishing the 30 year statute of limitations for murder.

A worker has died after being buried alive in canton Fribourg.

A woman from Biel in canton Bern has launched an online petition calling for quiet carriages in second class on Swiss trains.

Legal uncertainty is preventing authorities from clearing camps built by the homeless in Geneva.

Swiss prosecutors have dismissed a rare homicide case involving an 87-year-old former family doctor who killed his partner while asleep in September 2024.

Switzerland will prohibit the purchase and import of Russian liquefied natural gas from April.

Geneva has recorded its first fatal traffic accident of the year.

Students and staff in Geneva are mobilising against planned cuts to higher education.

The president of the World Economic Forum, Børge Brende, has resigned following an internal probe into his past contacts with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In a special edition of Infrarouge on RTS, the Swiss President Guy Parmelin defended his recent meeting with Donald Trump in Davos during the World Economic Forum.

A pharmacy in Zurich has apologised after a potentially dangerous dosing error involving a four-month-old baby.

Geneva’s car market is shifting gears.

The US government has confirmed it will spend CHF 36m on renovating the embassy in Bern.

Bern has announced it will pay each victim of the Crans Montana fire CHF 50,000 as a one time payment.

It looks set voters will reject the climate fund which will be decided on March 8th.

Another major issue which seems to be running into trouble is individual taxation.

Switzerland’s new electronic ID may be optional, but its future use is already sparking debate.

A group of small shop owners in Geneva have launched an initiative to end the ban on the sale of alcohol after 9pm.

February has been very wet - that's unlikely to be news to you.

A popular Geneva lakeside beach at Creux-de-Genthod remains closed five months after swimmers reported seeing toilet paper and waste floating in the water.

Two women who went cross country skiing near La Chapelle d’Abondance in Haute-Savoie close to the Swiss border, have been found dead after being buried by an avalanche.

We’re using public transport more.

The prestigious horse racing event, White Turf in St Moritz, has ended on a sombre note after a second horse was put down during this year’s event.

They declared they only had their modest state pension to live on - but they actually had more than a million francs saved up.

A wolf being tracked by researchers has surprised everyone by swimming across Lake Lucerne.

Several Swiss companies have either launched, or are preparing to do so, legal action against the Trump administration for illegally collecting tariffs on their products.

A coalition of left-wing parties and residents’ groups has launched a referendum against Geneva’s decision to reinstate a 50 kph limit on major roads.

A building in the Old Town in Geneva has been evacuated due to mysterious movements.

Bern Zoo is facing a difficult dilemma. Thanks to improved care and nutrition, animals are living longer - but that longevity is limiting space for younger generations.

The United Nations has marked a new milestone in Geneva. Secretary-General António Guterres and Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis have inaugurated the UN Gateway, a new visitor centre set to open in May.

After weeks of heavy snowfall, we’re now seeing a sudden surge of spring warmth.

Switzerland is weighing its response after the US Supreme Court struck down much of Donald Trump’s tariff regime.

The Iranian foreign minister says there could be a new meeting with the American delegation in Geneva to discuss their nuclear program.

A young man is being praised for his bravery after he tackled a fire in the Vernier tunnel on the A1 just outside Geneva on Friday afternoon.

A 22-year-old skier has died in an avalanche in Verbier.

No-shows are becoming an escalating problem for Swiss businesses.

Clocks change at the end of the week - and it could be dangerous - as it sends more people to hospital.

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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