The Local Switzerland

Engineers battle to fix Swiss plane stranded in icy northern Canada

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 11:07:46 +0100

Imagine having to work in temperatures of -30C or colder to replace an entire jet engine in a Boeing 777.

Canadian singer Rykka: ‘I was made in Switzerland’

Tue, 26 Apr 2016 10:54:47 +0200

Switzerland’s Eurovision entry may have been born in Canada, but she’s more Swiss than the Swiss, she tells The Local.

New Canadian PM to attend Davos forum

Mon, 11 Jan 2016 23:56:37 +0100

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos next week, accompanied by five key ministers, his office announced on Monday.

WTO sides with EU over seal products ban

Tue, 26 Nov 2013 00:51:00 +0100

The Geneva-based World Trade Organization on Monday ruled in favour of the European Union in a bitter battle with Canada and Norway over its ban on the import and sale of seal products.

Swiss hold Canadian linked to 'Qaddhafi plot'

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:28:00 +0200

A former executive at a Canadian engineering firm who has been linked to a plot to smuggle Muammar Qaddhafi's son into Mexico has been arrested in Switzerland, officials said.

Swiss TV won't broadcast Swissair crash film

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:05:00 +0200

Swiss television (SF) has decided not to broadcast a documentary about a Swissair crash that left 229 people dead in Canada in 1998 after controversial new allegations emerged that it may have been caused by a terrorist attack.