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 Swiss health experts say that if restrictions currently in place continue to be relaxed, the country could experience a significant increase of infections this winter. https://www.thelocal.ch/20201203/switzerland-warned-it-could-face-a-third-wave-of-covid-19 Thu, 03 Dec 2020 13:12:53 +0100 switzerland-warned-it-could-face-a-third-wave-of-covid-19 Earlier in November, the Swiss canton ranked among the European regions with the highest number of contaminations per capita. Now authorities say the situation, while still serious, is more stable. https://www.thelocal.ch/20201116/update-covid-19-situation-in-geneva-is-stabilising-officials-say Mon, 16 Nov 2020 13:57:27 +0100 update-covid-19-situation-in-geneva-is-stabilising-officials-say Geneva hospitals on Sunday issued a call for medically trained volunteers and recently retired staff to help tackle a record number of Coronavirus patients anticipated in the coming days. https://www.thelocal.ch/20201025/geneva-hospitals-call-for-volunteers-as-virus-surges Sun, 25 Oct 2020 17:42:14 +0100 geneva-hospitals-call-for-volunteers-as-virus-surges Police have opened a murder investigation after a 29-year-old Italian doctoral student at the University of Geneva was battered to death on the street on Monday night. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160414/italian-research-student-slain-in-geneva-street Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:48:46 +0200 italian-research-student-slain-in-geneva-street The Geneva University hospital (HUG) has suspended a senior manager after revelations that the public facility paid a lawyer more than 40 million ($41.2 million) in fees. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150921/geneva-hospital-probes-massive-lawyer-fees Tue, 22 Sep 2015 00:19:21 +0200 geneva-hospital-probes-massive-lawyer-fees The World Health Organization on Thursday downplayed the suspension of trials in Geneva of an experimental Ebola vaccine over unexpected side-effects. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141211/swiss-suspension-of-ebola-vaccine-trials-downplayed Thu, 11 Dec 2014 19:24:00 +0100 swiss-suspension-of-ebola-vaccine-trials-downplayed Organ donation in Switzerland is lagging far behind other European countries, according to a new study which found more than half of potential donors in Switzerland refuse consent. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140926/swiss-organ-donor-rate-at-shameful-low Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:21:00 +0200 swiss-organ-donor-rate-at-shameful-low The former head of a psychiatric division of Geneva’s university hospital system (HUG) is being sought for arrest under an international warrant over an alleged 1.7-million-franc ($1.9-million) fraud, according to a newspaper report. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140403/doc-sought-for-geneva-fraud-elected-in-france-2 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 12:12:00 +0200 doc-sought-for-geneva-fraud-elected-in-france-2 The oldest prisoner in Switzerland will remain in detention a Geneva court ruled in overturning a decision to interrupt his sentence for medical reasons. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130426/court-orders-detention-of-oldest-swiss-prisoner Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:02:00 +0200 court-orders-detention-of-oldest-swiss-prisoner