The Local Switzerland 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 Swiss village bordering France subsidises alarms for burglary-prone residents A Swiss village at the border with France will become the first to subsidise burglary alarms for all residents after a spike in break-ins, the mayor said in comments broadcast on Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190419/swiss-village-subsidises-alarms-over-cross-border-burglary-fears Fri, 19 Apr 2019 18:48:18 +0200 swiss-village-subsidises-alarms-over-cross-border-burglary-fears Basel woman tied up and robbed in own home A woman was tied up and injured by three burglars in her home in the canton of Basel-City on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160824/basel-woman-tied-up-and-robbed-in-own-home Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:48:10 +0200 basel-woman-tied-up-and-robbed-in-own-home Crime rate highest in Geneva: report Switzerland was a safer place last year with fewer crimes committed overall, but the west of the country bucked the trend. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160322/crime-rate-higher-in-western-switzerland-report Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:00:00 +0100 crime-rate-higher-in-western-switzerland-report Swiss watches stolen in second museum break-in Burglars have stolen a number of valuable items from the watch museum in Le Locle, in the canton of Neuchâtel, just two months after a similar incident in nearby La Chaux-de-Fonds. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150729/watches-stolen-in-second-swiss-museum-break-in Wed, 29 Jul 2015 13:43:25 +0200 watches-stolen-in-second-swiss-museum-break-in Thieves smash up Jura factory using tractor A group of thieves used a tractor to burgle a watchmaking facility in Alle, in the canton of Jura, causing damage estimated at hundreds of thousands of francs, police have reported. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140912/thieves-smash-into-jura-factory-using-tractor Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:08:00 +0200 thieves-smash-into-jura-factory-using-tractor More police sought against foreign gangs Switzerland needs 1,500 more police officers to deal with foreign gangs and rising cases of burglaries and thefts, according to the working group of the conference for cantonal justice and police ministers. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121118/more-police-sought-against-foreign-gangs Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:05:00 +0100 more-police-sought-against-foreign-gangs