Dozens of women rallied in Bellinzona on Tuesday evening to protest domestic violence, after Ticino recorded its third femicide of the year on 9 July.
Switzerland has now counted 17 femicides in 2026.
Protesters called for stronger legal protection, faster interventions and more funded shelter places.
Protest groups add there’s also no opportunities for violent men to attend therapy, so reoffending is likely.
Victims of domestic violence can now call the national helpline 142, launched in May.
Shooting in Annemasse
A 25-year-old man has died after being shot on a café terrace in Annemasse's Perrier district late on Sunday night
Possible increase in military aircraft
The SVP and the PLR are pushing to expand Switzerland's F-35 order from thirty to thirty-six aircraft, at an added cost of CHF 650 million
Smoke related health risk
Geneva’s World Meteorological Organization warns today that wildfire smoke has become a major global health risk — and that current mortality models may under-count deaths from it by as much as 93%
High rental prices creep over the border
There is "nothing to rent" in Annemasse — unless you are paid in Swiss francs
Big change in the weather on the way
Switzerland is about to swap late-summer for autumn almost overnight
Another important vote looms
Geneva voters will decide on 27 September whether to spend CHF 39.5 million on transport projects across the border in France
