The Local Switzerland

Villages across Swiss Alps set to fight proposed base jumping ban

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 12:20:40 +0200

A proposal to ban base jumping in the Bernese Highlands has drawn criticism, with locals countering claims that the extreme sport is dangerous.

Zurich's Dolder Grand named best Swiss hotel

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 21:53:18 +0200

It was good enough for Justin Bieber when he visited Switzerland a couple of years ago and now Gault&Millau is giving Zurich’s Dolder Grand Hotel the thumbs up.

Credit Suisse to admit 'criminally wrong': report

Sun, 18 May 2014 17:06:00 +0200

Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse is set to sign a document admitting it had unwittingly run a "criminal enterprise" in its past wooing of US tax dodgers, media reported on Sunday.

US lawsuit targets Swiss expert over fake Rothko

Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:51:00 +0200

A Las Vegas billionaire is suing a respected Swiss curator accused of standing behind the authenticity of a painting purportedly by American artist Mark Rothko which turned out to be fake.

Zurich police arrested after 'sex club' raid

Tue, 12 Nov 2013 23:23:00 +0100

Five members of Zurich police departments’s vice squad were among 14 people arrested on Tuesday following a raid on a nightclub in the city’s red light district.

Train kills boy at same spot where uncle died

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:39:00 +0200

Questions are being raised anew about the safety of a level crossing in a Fribourg village after an eight-year-old boy was killed by a train near the same spot where his uncle died in 2004.

Dutch skier dies on off-piste run at Wengen

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:31:42 +0100

An investigation is continuing into the death of a 39-year-old man from Holland following a skiing accident at Wengen in the Bernese Oberland over the weekend.

Switzerland bans import of dolphins

Wed, 30 May 2012 13:08:46 +0200

The National Council decided finally on Tuesday to ban the importation of dolphins or whales to Switzerland.