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Geneva’s decision to stop admitting students from neighboring France into its public schools by 2026 is causing a stir across the border.

Swiss universities are benefitting from the grim mood in higher education in the United States.

Geneva is one of the most international places in Switzerland.

Several communities in central parts of the country were startled in the early hours of yesterday morning after the sirens went off.

Switzerland has a new hero – 22 year old, Riola Xhemaili.

Two pizzerias near the French-Swiss border had a secret - they allegedly helped launder millions for organised crime.

In Zurich, the Swiss People’s Party State Councillor Natalie Rickli is calling for a nationwide ban on gender reassignment surgeries for minors.

There is hope a new structure being set up in neighbouring France will help sort out the region’s transport issues.

It’s always been seen as taboo in Switzerland – but a survey says people want it to change – especially women.

The Director General of the Geneva Chamber of Commerce, Vincent Subilia, is sounding the alarm over deep budget cuts impacting Geneva’s international institutions.

Around 300 people marched in Fribourg yesterday in response to the death of a mother and her baby on Saturday.

In Geneva, unions and left-wing parties have submitted over 8,000 signatures to force a referendum against a new law allowing stores to open two Sundays a year.

In yesterday’s Euro 2025 games. England responded to their opening defeat by thrashing the Netherlands 4-0 in Zurich.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will undergo significant budget cuts, with a 17% reduction planned next year.

The debate over whether 16-year-olds should be allowed to ride 125cc motorcycles is heating up in Switzerland.

The brief cool weather has brought wintery conditions to some of the passes.

The City of Geneva has unveiled its plans for the August 1st National Day this year.

The first two teams in the Women’s Euro Championships have secured their place in the quarter finals. Sweden and Germany are now through – with 6 points each.

Two men have been arrested for attacking and blackmailing several homosexual men at public toilets on the A9 autoroute over a two-year period.

It’s not just people who’ve suffered in the recent heatwave, young birds in Geneva have taken desperate measures to survive.

A Swiss man got a nasty surprise while using mobile data in Germany.

Work on the second Gotthard Road Tunnel has come to a halt as engineers have hit unexpected rock conditions.

Dog owners, beware, your pet’s summer swim could lead to a beaver brawl.

The heatwave may be over for now in Geneva, but doctors are sounding the alarm - on booze, not the weather.

Swiss fans breathed a sigh of relief last night after winning their second Euro match against Iceland 2-0.

More Geneva cafes and restaurants are failing hygiene tests.

Fribourg police were called to an apartment on Saturday after a 30-year-old mother and her baby were found dead.

After years of negotiation the first Park and Ride car park for Geneva will open in France.

If the initiative to half the amount households pay for the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation is passed, it won’t be just the public service that will suffer – but thousands of jobs in the independent sector will also be threatened, that’s the conclusion of a government backed study.

The death of the Portuguese football player, Diogo Jota, hung heavily over last night’s Euro game in Bern where Portugal faced Spain.

In Geneva, a court has ruled in favor of a student group behind a university calendar that was pulled last year.

Inflation is on the rise again in Switzerland. The national consumer price index rose by 0.2 percent in June compared to May.

A Geneva construction worker is in critical condition after falling seven floors.

Two women, aged 21 and 25, have been arrested in Martigny in canton Valais after allegedly scamming an 85-year-old man by pretending to be police officers.

Geneva and Vaud have the highest prison rates in the country - but not because there are more crimes or fewer spaces.

Initial Swiss dreams were crushed last night after losing 2-1 to Norway in their opening match of the Euro Championships.

It’s a high-speed crime wave tearing through Vaud and Geneva.

If you’re not going to the Denmark-Sweden game in Geneva tomorrow, then the advice to stay well away from the stadium.

A combination of a heatwave and a major football tournament is prompting officials to make sure that everyone stays safe.

Geneva locals around the Bertrand and La Grange parks are angry the city has decided to renovate two paddling pools now.

We are in for a hot summer - that’s the prediction from MétéoSuisse.

The much-awaited Swiss-hosted Women’s Euro Championship kicks off today.

Questions are being raised about the baseball caps the City of Geneva recently purchased to protect children against the sun during last week's school parades.

The US dollar has dropped to its lowest level against the Swiss franc in 14 years, hitting CHF 0.78 yesterday.

The government have set the dates and issues to be voted on in the second half of the year.

In a bold theft, the newly established Casi Casa restaurant in Zurich’s Europaallee was robbed of all its outdoor furniture over the weekend.

The heat wave is pushing up the level of the zero-degree mark – now at 5,100 meters.

With the high temperatures, do you have the right not to go to school or work if it’s too hot?

The F-35 scandal continues – and could get worse.

Tickets for the Women’s Euro Championships, being hosted in Switzerland this time, are selling well everywhere, except Geneva.

A Euro Championship ticket competition sounded too good to be true, so Zurich police issued a warning.

Two major tram lines in Geneva are suspended over the summer to allow for renovation.

Switzerland is sweltering as a heat dome covers Europe. The government has pushed up its alert due to the high temperatures.

Police in Lausanne had to use pepper spray to keep pro-Palestinian activists at bay during a basketball match on Saturday evening.

One person has been killed and two others injured after a helicopter crashed in canton Valais on Saturday afternoon.

From tomorrow, July 1st, there’ll be new rules covering e-bikes.

Unsurprisingly, municipal swimming pools around the Geneva region were packed to capacity over the weekend.

Slow drivers should be fined the same way as speeders – that’s the idea of a Swiss people’s Party parliamentarian Walter Gartmann.

The Swiss government now says the F-35 fighter jets could cost up to CHF 1.35 billion more than expected – and that’s triggered a political storm.

The Rhône River is once again off-limits to swimmers and boaters downstream of the Sous-Terre bridge, following a second oil spill in less than a week.

The Geneva branch of the Swiss People’s Party has collected enough signatures to force a vote on a new lake crossing.

Work on the long-awaited tram running from Nations to Ferney Voltaire will start in September.

A long-standing Geneva tradition may have to change due to climate change.

This hot weather is dangerous, and the Federal Office of Meteorology is issuing warnings for two reasons – ultraviolet levels and storms.

The Geneva government’s decision to end public school access for students living outside the canton has sparked frustration among cross-border families.

There’s a warning of a particularly sophisticated scam linked to Geneva parking tickets.

An import from London is worrying Zurich City Police.

With the warmer weather, many in Switzerland are heading to lakes and rivers - but safety remains a concern.

The Rhône was unusually quiet yesterday evening after all swimmers were ordered out of the water around 5:25 p.m. due to an oil spill.

Police teams working at the devastated village of Blatten in canton Valais have found human remains.

Anti-roads campaigners are crying foul as it seems the widening of the autoroutes is now back on the agenda despite being rejected by the people in a tightly fought vote in November.

Finding an apartment in Switzerland’s big cities remains a real challenge, but a new report reveals that construction has actually surged in recent years.

Over 100 animals have died near Bern after a fire broke out in an animal shelter yesterday afternoon.

Shoppers at Migros may have noticed several dairy products are missing from the shelves – but charities are benefitting.

The mother of a 15-year-old girl murdered by her 14-year-old school mate in canton Aargau says she feels abandoned after she discovered the perpetrator may only serve a few days in jail for the crime.

Canton Geneva has issued a forest fire alert – it’s raised the level to three, out of five.

A TGV train heading or Geneva smashed into a tractor near Russin yesterday morning.

A Scottish wingsuit flyer has been killed after a jump in canton Uri.

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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