Swiss authorities have temporarily shut the airspace over a small part of southwestern Switzerland because recreational gliders have endangered the work of emergency teams battling a persistent forest fire in the area. The Federal Office of Civil Aviation said Friday that the
Kemi Badenoch is today heading to Switzerland to launch negotiations on a new trade deal. The Trade Secretary is looking to update the current agreement – which was signed more than 50 years ago – to make it easier to export services
Authorities in eastern Switzerland ordered residents of the tiny village of Brienz to evacuate by Friday evening because geology experts say a mass of 2 million cubic meters of Alpine rock looming overhead could break loose and spill down in the coming
Switzerland’s executive body agreed Wednesday to help pay for the country’s first national memorial to honor the six million Jews and other victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution. The Federal Council, the seven-member executive branch, approved 2.5 million Swiss francs (about
Interested investors may have to dig deep into their pockets to claim a giant Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton going up for auction on Tuesday — a first in Europe — that’s been dug up from three sites in the United States and could
A familiar name returned to the top of the podium and another one got there for the first time in the wheelchair division at the 127th Boston Marathon. Marcel Hug of Switzerland captured his sixth men’s wheelchair Boston Marathon title, claiming the
Switzerland says it will spend about $2 billion to help Ukraine with humanitarian and development assistance over the next six years, ponying up financial aid for Ukraine as Western critics press Bern to do more to help it defend itself against Russian
An 18-year-old British man has died following an avalanche whilst on a skiing tour in Switzerland. Local police made the announcement as authorities searched a second person believed to have been caught up in the disaster that occurred on Tuesday in Meiringen,
Police in Switzerland’s capital evacuated Parliament and related offices Tuesday after a man in a bulletproof vest was arrested near one of its entrances and found to be bearing explosives. Berne police said in a statement that in the early afternoon, “federal
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, a close supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, worked for Russian intelligence services during a stay in Switzerland in the 1970s, according to two Swiss newspapers, citing declassified archives. According to the daily Le Matin Dimanche and the