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 The Swiss ski resort bar where dozens of young people perished in a New Year fire will be repurposed as a youth venue, the top regional official said in a newspaper interview published Saturday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260627/site-of-deadly-swiss-ski-resort-fire-will-never-reopen-as-a-bar Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:32:50 +0200 site-of-deadly-swiss-ski-resort-fire-will-never-reopen-as-a-bar Four more current and former officials are now under criminal investigation in the probe into Switzerland's Crans-Montana fire disaster that killed 41 people and injured 115 others. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260417/four-more-officials-are-charged-in-swiss-fire-probe Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:59:01 +0200 four-more-officials-are-charged-in-swiss-fire-probe Crans-Montana Mayor Nicolas Feraud said he had not known that safety checks were not carried out for six years at a Swiss ski resort bar where a fire erupted during New Year celebrations. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260414/swiss-mayor-was-unaware-that-safety-checks-were-not-done-at-the-burned-bar Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:25:20 +0200 swiss-mayor-was-unaware-that-safety-checks-were-not-done-at-the-burned-bar A Swiss court said on Thursday it had rejected a request to recuse the regional prosecutors investigating a New Year's fire that killed 41 people in the ski resort of Crans-Montana. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260410/court-rejects-request-to-recuse-swiss-bar-fire-prosecutors Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:59:43 +0200 court-rejects-request-to-recuse-swiss-bar-fire-prosecutors A former fire safety official in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana remained silent when questioned Wednesday by prosecutors investigating a deadly New Year blaze, his lawyer said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260408/suspect-remains-silent-in-swiss-bar-fire-probe Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:59:09 +0200 suspect-remains-silent-in-swiss-bar-fire-probe The blaze in a Postbus in a Swiss community of Kerzers, in the canton of Fribourg, which killed six people and injured four others, was started by a man police described as ‘disturbed.’ Now more information has emerged about him. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260313/swiss-police-reveal-more-details-of-man-who-started-deadly-bus-blaze Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:07:48 +0100 swiss-police-reveal-more-details-of-man-who-started-deadly-bus-blaze All the victims in a Swiss bus blaze that was deliberately started by a "disturbed" man on board have been identified, according to authorities. Here's the latest. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260312/all-victims-in-the-deadly-bus-fire-are-identified Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:02:25 +0100 all-victims-in-the-deadly-bus-fire-are-identified Pyrotechnic devices will be banned in all enclosed public spaces across Switzerland from April 1, an interregional body announced Friday, two months after pyrotechnics sparked a deadly bar blaze in the Crans-Montana ski resort. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260307/after-crans-montana-fire-swiss-to-ban-pyrotechnics-in-enclosed-public-spaces Sat, 07 Mar 2026 08:52:01 +0100 after-crans-montana-fire-swiss-to-ban-pyrotechnics-in-enclosed-public-spaces As of February 25th, a total of 58 people are still in hospital following the deadly fire that engulfed a bar in the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana during New Year celebrations. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260225/58-still-in-hospital-following-new-year-swiss-bar-blaze Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:04:20 +0100 58-still-in-hospital-following-new-year-swiss-bar-blaze The local fire chief for a Swiss ski resort where a New Year's fire broke out in a bar, claiming 41 lives, was questioned for the first time on Monday by Swiss investigating prosecutors. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260217/local-fire-chief-questioned-in-swiss-ski-resort-blaze-investigation Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:15:32 +0100 local-fire-chief-questioned-in-swiss-ski-resort-blaze-investigation Bereaved relatives on Thursday angrily confronted the owners of a Swiss bar that caught fire during New Year celebrations, heckling them as they arrived to face questions over the fatal tragedy. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260213/swiss-bar-owners-face-wrath-of-bereaved-families Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:01:00 +0100 swiss-bar-owners-face-wrath-of-bereaved-families A memorial for the victims of a deadly New Year's fire in Switzerland itself caught fire early Sunday, likely sparked by candles left burning inside, police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260208/memorial-for-swiss-bar-fire-victims-goes-up-in-flames-police Sun, 08 Feb 2026 15:19:25 +0100 memorial-for-swiss-bar-fire-victims-goes-up-in-flames-police The lawyer for the family of a victim of a devastating New Year's fire in Switzerland on Friday demanded the recusal of the prosecutors in charge of the case, accusing them of "serious misconduct". https://www.thelocal.ch/20260207/prosecutors-recusal-requested-in-swiss-bar-fire Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:12:13 +0100 prosecutors-recusal-requested-in-swiss-bar-fire A teenager injured in the fire that engulfed a Swiss bar during New Year celebrations has died in hospital, taking the death toll to 41, authorities announced on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260201/death-toll-from-swiss-new-year-bar-fire-rises-to-41 Sun, 01 Feb 2026 15:03:36 +0100 death-toll-from-swiss-new-year-bar-fire-rises-to-41 Several hundred demonstrators marched in Switzerland on Saturday to demand "justice and truth" over a New Year's blaze that killed 40 people and injured 155 others, most of them teens and young adults. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260201/protesters-demand-justice-one-month-after-swiss-bar-fire Sun, 01 Feb 2026 08:23:51 +0100 protesters-demand-justice-one-month-after-swiss-bar-fire Prosecutors investigating the deadly New Year bar inferno in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana have accepted Italy's request for legal assistance, Switzerland's justice ministry said Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260131/italy-granted-legal-assistance-in-swiss-fire-tragedy-probe Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:15:27 +0100 italy-granted-legal-assistance-in-swiss-fire-tragedy-probe Prosecutors investigating the deadly New Year bar inferno in Crans-Montana have opened a criminal investigation against a former security official in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260129/safety-official-charged-in-a-swiss-bar-blaze-probe Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:52:57 +0100 safety-official-charged-in-a-swiss-bar-blaze-probe Italy's government said it would not return its ambassador to Switzerland until a joint investigative team was established over the Swiss bar fire that killed 40 people, including six Italians. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260127/italy-demands-joint-investigation-of-switzerland-fire Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:15:52 +0100 italy-demands-joint-investigation-of-switzerland-fire Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday voiced outrage after the co-owner of the Swiss bar destroyed in a New Year fire that killed 40 people was released on bail. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260124/italy-condemns-release-of-swiss-fire-bar-owner-on-bail Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:18:36 +0100 italy-condemns-release-of-swiss-fire-bar-owner-on-bail The co-owner of the Swiss bar hit by a deadly fire during New Year celebrations was released from custody on Friday after bail was paid on his behalf, dismaying victims' families. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260124/shock-and-anger-as-swiss-fire-bar-owner-bailed Sat, 24 Jan 2026 08:22:08 +0100 shock-and-anger-as-swiss-fire-bar-owner-bailed