https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Zurich-based chef Heiko Nieder has been named Gault & Millau’s male ‘Chef of the Year’. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181009/chef-of-the-year Tue, 09 Oct 2018 12:03:38 +0200 chef-of-the-year The Local has been shortlisted in the 'Best Use of Online Media' category in the Native Advertising Awards 2018 for its work on the ongoing initiative 'A Woman's Place'. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180926/the-local-shortlisted-for-top-native-advertising-award-a-womans-place Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:29:59 +0200 the-local-shortlisted-for-top-native-advertising-award-a-womans-place Roger Federer has been voted BBC overseas sports personality of the year for a record fourth time. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171215/tennis-federer-voted-bbc-overseas-sports-personality-of-the-year Fri, 15 Dec 2017 11:52:15 +0100 tennis-federer-voted-bbc-overseas-sports-personality-of-the-year Switzerland’s new 50 franc banknote, released last year, has won the ‘banknote of the year award 2016’ voted by the members of the International Bank Note Society (IBNS). https://www.thelocal.ch/20170426/swiss-50-franc-note-named-banknote-of-the-year Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:38:45 +0200 swiss-50-franc-note-named-banknote-of-the-year An Ethiopian journalist on Monday became the first man to win an Olympic award aimed at promoting women and sport. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161108/man-wins-iocs-women-and-sport-award Tue, 08 Nov 2016 09:21:10 +0100 man-wins-iocs-women-and-sport-award