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 Nearly four weeks after closing down, bars and restaurants in five of Switzerland’s six French-speaking regions will be back in business as of December 10th. https://www.thelocal.ch/20201126/cafs-and-restaurants-in-most-swiss-french-cantons-will-re-open-on-december-10th Thu, 26 Nov 2020 16:36:02 +0100 cafs-and-restaurants-in-most-swiss-french-cantons-will-re-open-on-december-10th Faced with a significant increase of Covid-19 cases and hospitalisations, the Swiss cantons of Jura, Fribourg and Neuchâtel are implementing new restrictions starting on October 23rd. https://www.thelocal.ch/20201023/three-more-swiss-cantons-tighten-their-coronavirus-rules Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:07:02 +0200 three-more-swiss-cantons-tighten-their-coronavirus-rules A court on Friday acquitted a policewoman of wrongdoing for having driven a patrol car last year over 22-year-old Stéphane Chenaux who was lying on the A1 motorway in the canton of Fribourg, killing him. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151120/cop-acquitted-after-driving-over-and-killing-man Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:49:06 +0100 cop-acquitted-after-driving-over-and-killing-man Safety questions are being raised at a historic tourist attraction in the Swiss city of Fribourg after a 20-year-old man apparently plunged to his death from the medieval Dürrenbuhl tower. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150928/scout-plunges-to-death-from-medieval-tower Mon, 28 Sep 2015 22:35:36 +0200 scout-plunges-to-death-from-medieval-tower A 62-year-old woman was seriously injured in a freak accident on Sunday when a block of snow smashed through the windscreen of a car from an overhead beam supporting directional signs on the A12 motorway in the canton of Fribourg. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150208/woman-injured-as-snow-block-drops-on-car Sun, 08 Feb 2015 22:21:00 +0100 woman-injured-as-snow-block-drops-on-car An investigation is under way into a fire on a narrow street in the city of Fribourg’s historic Old Town that severely damaged a bookstore on Tuesday, police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141202/fire-guts-bookstore-in-fribourgs-city-centre Tue, 02 Dec 2014 23:32:00 +0100 fire-guts-bookstore-in-fribourgs-city-centre It was a miserable moment for a newly renovated cheese dairy in Misery, in the canton of Fribourg, last week when more than 2,000 rounds of gruyère cheese came crashing to the floor after the shelves they were stored on collapsed. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141009/cheese-disaster-spells-misery-for-fribourg-dairy Thu, 09 Oct 2014 15:20:00 +0200 cheese-disaster-spells-misery-for-fribourg-dairy A police car hit and killed a 22-year-old man who was lying in the middle of the A1 motorway near Bussy in the canton of Fribourg in the early hours of Thursday morning. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140828/police-car-kills-man-lying-on-motorway Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:15:00 +0200 police-car-kills-man-lying-on-motorway Two teenagers have died after the car they were travelling in overturned on the road between Fräschels and Chiètres, in the canton of Fribourg, on Thursday evening, cantonal police have said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140704/teenage-travellers-die-in-chitres-car-crash Fri, 04 Jul 2014 12:10:00 +0200 teenage-travellers-die-in-chitres-car-crash A man armed with a gun held up a public transport ticket vending counter at the Bulle train station in the canton of Fribourg and made off with several thousand francs in cash early Monday, according to a report. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140310/armed-robbery-disrupts-train-traffic-in-fribourg Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:42:00 +0100 armed-robbery-disrupts-train-traffic-in-fribourg Questions are being raised about the death of an inebriated 64-year-old man who fell between a train and the station platform in Lausanne less than two hours hours after police at another Swiss station checked him for being drunk. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130819/drunk-man-dies-trying-to-board-swiss-train Mon, 19 Aug 2013 23:35:00 +0200 drunk-man-dies-trying-to-board-swiss-train The 220 jobs under threat at the Ilford Imaging works in Marly, in the canton of Fribourg, may be saved under a new rescue plan. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130808/ilford-works-rescued-in-management-buy-out Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:42:00 +0200 ilford-works-rescued-in-management-buy-out Three members of an American family who survived the crash of a hot-air balloon in Montbovon with serious injuries are out of danger. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130807/balloon-crash-family-are-out-of-danger Wed, 07 Aug 2013 18:56:00 +0200 balloon-crash-family-are-out-of-danger A 55-year-old American man died and four others were seriously injured on Tuesday when a hot-air balloon crashed to the ground after hitting a power line in the canton of Fribourg, police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130806/one-dead-as-hot-air-balloon-crashes Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:33:00 +0200 one-dead-as-hot-air-balloon-crashes Fribourg-based photographic paper producer Ilford Imaging has failed to find a new buyer and has been forced into receivership. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130731/220-workers-lose-jobs-as-ilford-shuts-fribourg-plant Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:37:00 +0200 220-workers-lose-jobs-as-ilford-shuts-fribourg-plant A protestant church at Villars in the canton of Vaud was overflowing with mourners on Monday for the funeral of Marie, the 19-year-old woman killed earlier this month by a convicted murderer. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130527/mourners-fill-vaud-church-for-maries-funeral Mon, 27 May 2013 23:08:00 +0200 mourners-fill-vaud-church-for-maries-funeral Officers on Tuesday arrested a 36-year-old convicted criminal, alleged to have abducted a 19-year-old woman, after he crashed in a small car following a high-speed chase by police in the canton of Fribourg. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130514/search-for-abducted-woman-continues-after-arrest Tue, 14 May 2013 23:42:00 +0200 search-for-abducted-woman-continues-after-arrest A 48-year-old Swiss man was sentenced on Wednesday to 12 years in jail for murdering his landlord with a hunting rifle in the canton of Fribourg. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130418/tenant-gets-12-years-in-prison-for-killing-landlord Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:48:00 +0200 tenant-gets-12-years-in-prison-for-killing-landlord The Dalai Lama drew 16,000 spectators to a two-day gathering at Fribourg over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130415/dalai-lama-draws-16000-to-two-day-fribourg-event Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:53:00 +0200 dalai-lama-draws-16000-to-two-day-fribourg-event A shooting accident in the canton of Fribourg over the weekend illustrated the hazards of being in the wrong place at the wrong time during hunting season. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121008/hunter-mistakes-pot-plant-picker-for-boar Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:52:00 +0200 hunter-mistakes-pot-plant-picker-for-boar