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 Just two days after announcing a ban on visitors taking photographs, the commune of Bergün/Bravuogn says it will after all allow pictures of the village to be taken. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170602/mountain-village-lifts-photography-ban-after-media-storm Fri, 02 Jun 2017 12:11:12 +0200 mountain-village-lifts-photography-ban-after-media-storm Residents of the canton of Graubünden on Sunday rejected a plan for the area to host the 2026 winter Olympics. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170213/graubnden-says-no-to-hosting-2026-winter-olympics Mon, 13 Feb 2017 11:33:35 +0100 graubnden-says-no-to-hosting-2026-winter-olympics Over a week since a huge forest fire broke out in the canton of Graubünden the situation is finally under control, the Swiss government said in a statement on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170105/swiss-army-helps-win-battle-against-forest-fires Thu, 05 Jan 2017 10:40:26 +0100 swiss-army-helps-win-battle-against-forest-fires The Swiss army has been drafted in to help battle a huge forest fire in Graubünden amid reports of a separate fire in the eastern canton. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161229/forest-fires-rage-on-in-eastern-switzerland Thu, 29 Dec 2016 10:30:34 +0100 forest-fires-rage-on-in-eastern-switzerland A large forest fire broke out in the canton of Graubünden on Tuesday night. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161228/firefighters-battle-forest-fire-in-eastern-switzerland Wed, 28 Dec 2016 10:06:50 +0100 firefighters-battle-forest-fire-in-eastern-switzerland A 19-year-old American student who disappeared over the weekend while skiing in the Les Diablerets area of the Vaud Alps was rescued Tuesday, alive but suffering from hypothermia, police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150204/us-teen-survives-48-hours-lost-in-alps Wed, 04 Feb 2015 15:13:00 +0100 us-teen-survives-48-hours-lost-in-alps Close to 250 people have died in avalanches in Switzerland over the past decade, according to a report released on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150203/swiss-avalanches-claim-248-lives-over-10-years Tue, 03 Feb 2015 22:36:00 +0100 swiss-avalanches-claim-248-lives-over-10-years Another person has died after being overcome by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps while skiing off-piste, police said on Sunday, bringing the death toll in such accidents to 11 in the past four days. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150131/graubnden-avalanche-claims-lives-of-four-people Sat, 31 Jan 2015 21:51:00 +0100 graubnden-avalanche-claims-lives-of-four-people Avalanches in Switzerland's Alps claimed the life of an 18-year-old Swiss skier and injured two German backcountry skiers on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150105/avalanches-claim-weekend-victims-in-alps Mon, 05 Jan 2015 09:37:00 +0100 avalanches-claim-weekend-victims-in-alps Officers discovered the body of a 47-year-old British motorcyclist in a ravine in the canton of Graubünden after he was earlier reported missing, cantonal police said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140922/uk-motorcyclist-dies-in-mountain-pass-crash Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:06:00 +0200 uk-motorcyclist-dies-in-mountain-pass-crash An 85-year-old man injured in the Rhaetian Railway train derailment in the canton of Graubünden on August 13th has died in hospital. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140822/graubnden-train-derailment-claims-first-fatality Fri, 22 Aug 2014 13:22:00 +0200 graubnden-train-derailment-claims-first-fatality A couple of bearded vultures won out over a planned hydroelectric plant in a referendum held in a small village in the Engadin Valley region of the canton of Graubünden this week. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140819/villageres-reject-hydro-plant-to-protect-vultures Tue, 19 Aug 2014 21:42:00 +0200 villageres-reject-hydro-plant-to-protect-vultures The village of Zernez in the canton of Graubünden will lead celebrations for the 100th birthday of Switzerland’s only national park on August 1st, Swiss National Day. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140731/switzerland-ftes-centenary-of-only-national-park Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:51:00 +0200 switzerland-ftes-centenary-of-only-national-park As the Rhaetian Railway celebrates its 125th anniversary, The Local’s Emily Mawson takes a ride on one of its trains to find out what makes the Graubünden cantonal rail network so unique. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140715/into-italy-via-a-masterpiece-of-swiss-railroad-engineering Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:53:00 +0200 into-italy-via-a-masterpiece-of-swiss-railroad-engineering A 61-year-old Swiss man died on Sunday after participating in the Engadin cross-country ski marathon race in the canton of Graubünden. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140309/marathon-race-skier-dies-after-crossing-finish-line Sun, 09 Mar 2014 23:33:00 +0100 marathon-race-skier-dies-after-crossing-finish-line When Tamil Kavithas Jeyabalan arrived in Chur in the canton of Graubünden from his native Sri Lanka in 1984, he had never seen snow and didn’t speak a word of German. Now, the talented expat carpenter is using his skills to keep the Swiss sledge tradition alive. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140109/sri-lankan-carpenter-keeps-swiss-tradition-alive Thu, 09 Jan 2014 13:55:00 +0100 sri-lankan-carpenter-keeps-swiss-tradition-alive A photograph of a Swiss train travelling over a bridge against a snowy backdrop won this year’s annual Wiki Loves Monuments global photo competition. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131211/swiss-photographer-wins-wiki-monuments-award Wed, 11 Dec 2013 22:40:00 +0100 swiss-photographer-wins-wiki-monuments-award Swiss and Italian officials are butting heads over how to tackle bears roaming between the two countries, in a dispute centred on balancing human and animal welfare. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130823/swiss-and-italians-butt-heads-over-bears Fri, 23 Aug 2013 17:07:00 +0200 swiss-and-italians-butt-heads-over-bears A woman was killed and a children’s camp had to be evacuated after a rock fall close to a mountain hut in Val Cama in the canton of Graubünden. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130726/woman-killed-in-massive-rock-fall-in-graubuenden Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:37:00 +0200 woman-killed-in-massive-rock-fall-in-graubuenden Switzerland will not be hosting the Winter Olympics in 2022 after almost 53 percent of residents of St Moritz voted against a candidacy. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130304/flame-goes-out-for-swiss-olympic-bid Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:43:00 +0100 flame-goes-out-for-swiss-olympic-bid