The Local Switzerland

Here are the most popular baby names in Switzerland

Mon, 20 Aug 2018 22:01:44 +0200

If you have cooed over a newborn baby called Emma or Noah in Switzerland in recent times then you are not alone.

Zurich cops become midwives in dramatic mid-road birth

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:15:34 +0100

Two policewomen in the city of Zurich had an unforgettable start to the week when they were summoned to deliver a baby in a car in district six.

Here's why this cardboard baby box costs 269 Swiss francs

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:19:21 +0100

Swiss company Baby Nids recently began selling cardboard boxes for babies to sleep in starting at an eye-watering price of 269 francs but argues that the high-quality raw materials and rigorous environmental standards justify the price tag.

Swiss researchers invent light-diffusing onesies to treat jaundiced newborns

Wed, 01 Nov 2017 11:44:53 +0100

Newborn babies born with jaundice are usually treated with phototherapy in an incubator, but now researchers in Switzerland have come up with a nicer way of delivering treatment that allows the infant to remain clothed and warm in a parent’s arms.

Paternity test ordered for baby orangutan

Thu, 13 Apr 2017 10:32:51 +0200

Basel zoo has announced the birth of a baby orangutan – the second to be born since the monkey house was rebuilt five years ago.

Parents leave baby behind on Swiss train

Thu, 08 Sep 2016 15:15:04 +0200

A couple suffered every parent’s nightmare on Tuesday when they were left standing on a train platform as their train departed without them – with their newborn baby on board.

Mia and Noah are top Swiss baby names – again

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 13:08:37 +0200

Parents in Switzerland have remained steadfast in naming their newborns, said the Federal Office of Statistics (BFM) as it published 2015’s most popular baby names.

Swiss couple told to give back adopted daughter

Mon, 04 Jul 2016 14:28:14 +0200

A Swiss couple living in Nicaragua have been told to give back the baby daughter they adopted nine months ago.

44-year-old refused fertility treatment on insurance

Wed, 11 May 2016 11:57:03 +0200

A woman in her 40s has taken a Swiss insurance company to court after it refused to cover the cost of her infertility treatment because of her age.

UN: 'breast is best' so quit promoting baby formula

Tue, 10 May 2016 10:17:11 +0200

Legislation against the promotion of breast milk substitutes must be significantly tightened if global efforts to encourage breast feeding are to succeed, a UN report warned on Monday.

Parents leave baby son in car to attend concert

Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:42:25 +0200

A young couple left their one-year-old baby boy alone in their car on Sunday so they could go to a concert, media reported on Tuesday.

Swiss scientists against sex-selective abortion

Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:54:00 +0200

A national science commission is backing a government motion to impose stricter controls to prevent parents in Switzerland aborting an unborn child due to its gender.

Fugitive Swiss woman 'kills' sick baby with knife

Thu, 23 Jan 2014 15:23:00 +0100

A Swiss woman who kidnapped her seriously ill ten-month-old son and then went on the run allegedly killed the baby with a knife in a Spanish hospital on Wednesday.

Lausanne police subdue gunman after standoff

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:05:00 +0200

A standoff of more than 11 hours with an armed man who reportedly threatened to shoot passersby in a Lausanne neighbourhood ended peacefully on Monday when city police used a Taser gun to subdue him shortly before midnight.

Mia, Noah, Emma and Gabriel top name chart

Tue, 06 Aug 2013 13:26:00 +0200

The Swiss stuck with recent tradition when it came to naming their children last year, with Mia and Noah remaining the most popular names in German-speaking Switzerland and Emma and Gabriel in the French area.

Police make arrest following gondola deaths

Sun, 04 Aug 2013 22:47:00 +0200

Police in the canton of Schwyz have arrested the operator of a transport gondola that crashed on Saturday killing a couple and seriously injuring their baby.

New British royal to receive Swiss parcel

Thu, 25 Jul 2013 11:56:00 +0200

Celebrity chef Anton Mosimann, who cooked the wedding banquet for Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2011, has sent a gift to their newborn son.

Psychiatrist jailed for Romanian baby kidnap

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:10:00 +0200

A 40-year-old psychiatrist has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for kidnapping a baby from Romania.

Mother of newborn baby found in waste identified

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:47:30 +0200

The mother of a newborn baby whose body was found at a composting centre has been identified, police said.