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 Alpine dam disaster remembered 50 years on More than 1,000 people gathered at the Mattmark hydro dam in the canton of Valais Alps on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a natural disaster that killed 88 workers, including 56 Italians. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150830/swiss-dam-disaster-remembered-50-years-on Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:25:06 +0200 swiss-dam-disaster-remembered-50-years-on Swiss dam fault kills thousands of trout Thousands of trout were killed in Switzerland after technical trouble at a hydroelectric dam stemmed the water flow in a national park, the Swiss news agency ATS reported. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130401/swiss-dam-fault-kills-thousands-of-trout Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:25:00 +0200 swiss-dam-fault-kills-thousands-of-trout