An investigation is underway after one person died and two others injured after an explosion in an apartment in canton Vaud.
When emergency workers arrived at the flat in La Tour de Peilz yesterday morning they were met with a fierce blaze and a lot of smoke.
The building was quickly evacuated, two had to be treated for smoke inhalation, and one body was recovered.
The dead person has not been formally identified.
Cable car crashes to the ground, killing a woman.
A cable car crashed to the ground in central Switzerland yesterday morning and a woman died.
Dengue virus found in Basel
The Dengue virus has been detected for the first time in Switzerland, in mosquitoes found in Basel.
More vacant shops in Geneva
Vacant shopfronts are on the rise in Geneva, with commercial vacancies now at their highest level since 1994.
Men on trial for blackmailing suspected pedophile
Two men, aged in their twenties, are on trial in Fribourg for attempting to lure a suspected child molester online.
Small exception for cross border student ban
Geneva’s State Council has slightly eased rules on cross-border students, allowing children already in primary school to stay until the end of elementary education.
Swiss 'sex map' shows Bern most experimental
A new study is shedding light on our intimate habits.
