Light aircraft crashes in cornfield during pleasure flight
July 20, 2020, 8:24 a.m.A light aircraft crashed in a cornfield in canton Aargau over the weekend.
Food bank demand rises considerably in french-speaking region
May 22, 2020, 9:05 a.m.More people are asking for food aid in French-speaking Switzerland.
Swiss emergency loans held up as example to Europe
April 6, 2020, 10:23 a.m.The Swiss system for providing emergency loans to small and medium sized businesses during the crisis is being admire...
Swiss banks prepare to hand out 0% interest emergency loans
March 26, 2020, 9:10 a.m.Swiss banks are preparing for a rush of emergency loans provided to companies that run out of money due to the p...
Government considers increasing Swiss contribution to IMF
Feb. 13, 2020, 9:48 a.m.Parliament is to debate doubling the amount of money Switzerland pays into the IMF emergency bailout fund.
Emergency calls disrupted after Swisscom network goes down
Feb. 12, 2020, 10:25 a.m.The telecom firm Swisscom says much of its network was disrupted last night – including calls to emergency serv...
Parliament votes to charge patients using hospital emergency units
Dec. 4, 2019, 9:55 a.m.The lower House of Parliament has voted in favour of charging patients CHF 50 for using the emergency units at hospit...
Government may reverse decision to stop coffee stockpiling
Nov. 12, 2019, 9:51 a.m.Switzerland is reconsidering its decision to stop stockpiling coffee in case of an emergency.
Major emergency response exercise carried out in Geneva
Nov. 11, 2019, 9:10 a.m.A major exercise was carried out in Geneva over the weekend to test emergency response to a radiological or chemical ...
Call to make forming 'emergency lane' law
May 8, 2018, 6:51 a.m.The federal government is examining if it should make it law that drivers should create a corridor for emergency vehi...
Swiss plane makes emergency landing in Canada
Feb. 3, 2017, 10:01 a.m.Passengers on a Swiss International Airlines flight from Zurich to Los Angeles found themselves freezing in minus 23 ...
Emergency response exercise carried out on Lake Geneva
Sept. 15, 2016, 10:26 a.m.An exercise to test Swiss and French emergency response systems on Lake Geneva was carried out this morning.
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