Around 900,000 dance music fans turned out for Zurich’s 33rd Street Parade on Saturday — despite the heat.
Emergency medical teams treated 906 people, mostly for cuts, grazes and alcohol-related problems.
Police arrested 30 on charges including theft, drug trafficking and assault, while seizing amphetamine, ketamine, cocaine and ecstasy.
Despite more reports of fights and assaults overnight, no serious injuries were reported.
'On the Water Festival' great success
Nearly 3,000 people took to Lake Geneva on Saturday for the second edition of the ‘On The Water Geneva Festival’ — dancing from their boats to music blasted out in 360 degrees from a floating barge.
Woman found dead on Mont-Blanc
A Russian mountaineer in her sixties has been found dead in a crevasse on the Glacier du Tour on Mont Blanc.
Sugar beet crop wiped out
Sugar beet farmers are facing a disastrous harvest, with drought and extreme heat killing crops before they mature.
Summer ski areas close
Saas-Fee has become the latest ski resort to suspend summer skiing because of the heat.
Russia gets involved with upcoming neutrality vote
Russia is openly campaigning for a yes vote on the upcoming neutrality referendum.
Drought alert reaches critical
Switzerland has moved to its highest drought alert, according to Blick, as rivers run dry and grasslands burn.
