A teenage American tourist died in canton Valais over the weekend after falling 100 meters.
The 16-year-old girl was with her family at the Mysterious Gorges in Trient. It’s a well-established tourist destination with underground waterfalls.
Police are still trying to determine how the teen fell down an embankment to the river bed.
Rescue services arrived quickly, but she was declared dead at the scene.
Investigations are underway.
The Swiss passport is the joint 4th most powerful passport in the world
The Henley passport index has been released for this year, ranking passports in order of their so-called “passport power”.
A third of Swiss people don’t want fireworks on 1 August
For half of Swiss people surveyed, the 1 August fireworks are an integral part of the Swiss National Day festivities. However a third of the population do not want fireworks at all on that day, citing pollution, stress to animals or risk of injury as their reasoning.
Swiss President at Olympic Games in Paris
Swiss President Viola Amherd will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris today and stay there until Sunday.
Heightened security at border crossings between France and Switzerland
Border police, customs officers and gendarmerie from Switzerland and France have been conducting coordinated controls of an unprecedented scale this week across 570km of border between the countries.
Chaux de Fonds storm - one year on
One year on, La Chaux-de-Fonds commemorated the storm that took place a year ago yesterday by ringing the bells of the city in unison for 6 minutes 30 seconds shortly after 11:25am.
Geneva and Zurich airports blocked by protesters
Geneva and Zurich airports were blocked yesterday by activists from the organizations “Act Now!” and Extinction rebellion.
