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 authorities have selected a site in northern Switzerland, not far from the German border, to host a deep geological storage repository for radioactive waste, they said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20220911/site-in-northern-switzerland-picked-for-nuclear-waste-storage Sun, 11 Sep 2022 12:51:21 +0200 site-in-northern-switzerland-picked-for-nuclear-waste-storage One of four Swiss nuclear power stations was permanently disconnected on Friday after 47 years of service, marking a first in Switzerland, as the country begins to gradually phase out atomic energy. https://www.thelocal.ch/20191220/switzerland-shuts-down-a-nuclear-power-station-for-first-time Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:59:12 +0100 switzerland-shuts-down-a-nuclear-power-station-for-first-time Europe's oldest functioning nuclear reactor, at Switzerland's Beznau plant, will turn 50 next week -- a lifespan deemed dangerously long by environmentalists who are demanding that it be shut down immediately. https://www.thelocal.ch/20191205/inside-switzerlands-beznau-europes-oldest-nuclear-power-plant Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:06:49 +0100 inside-switzerlands-beznau-europes-oldest-nuclear-power-plant Swiss firm Servipier has passed an important milestone in its ambitious plans to cover Swiss freeways with solar panels. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180912/switzerlands-first-solar-highway-a-step-closer-to-reality Wed, 12 Sep 2018 11:51:17 +0200 switzerlands-first-solar-highway-a-step-closer-to-reality Switzerland’s Beznau I, the oldest nuclear reactor in the world, is set to be fully operational again at the end of March after being offline since March 2015 after problems were found in its reactor pressure vessel. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180307/worlds-oldest-nuclear-reactor-to-come-back-online-beznau-switzerland Wed, 07 Mar 2018 10:43:23 +0100 worlds-oldest-nuclear-reactor-to-come-back-online-beznau-switzerland The Swiss people will go to the polls on May 21st to decide whether the government’s ‘energy strategy 2050’ should go ahead. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170201/swiss-to-vote-on-governments-anti-nuclear-energy-strategy Wed, 01 Feb 2017 12:39:23 +0100 swiss-to-vote-on-governments-anti-nuclear-energy-strategy France is to close down one of its oldest nuclear power plants, at the centre of a row with neighbouring Germany and Switzerland, by the end of this year, a green minister said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160307/french-nuclear-plant-near-basel-to-close Mon, 07 Mar 2016 09:33:58 +0100 french-nuclear-plant-near-basel-to-close Geneva is taking legal action over a French nuclear reactor for “endangering lives and polluting water”. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160303/geneva-sues-france-over-dangerous-nuclear-plant Thu, 03 Mar 2016 12:38:54 +0100 geneva-sues-france-over-dangerous-nuclear-plant UPDATED: Swiss and Austrian investigators have launched probes into alleged spying in hotels hosting delicate Iranian nuclear talks, with Israel denying on Thursday that its secret services were involved. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150611/swiss-join-probes-into-iran-nuclear-talks-spying Thu, 11 Jun 2015 21:29:50 +0200 swiss-join-probes-into-iran-nuclear-talks-spying A Swiss business delegation travelled to Iran over the weekend for the first such visit in ten years in a bid to expand trade ties, the federal department of finance says. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150426/swiss-business-delegation-seeks-iran-trade-deals Sun, 26 Apr 2015 21:38:39 +0200 swiss-business-delegation-seeks-iran-trade-deals US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart huddled in Lausanne all night until early dawn Thursday negotiating face-to-face as they sought to clinch a hard-fought deal to curtail Iran's nuclear programme. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150402/iran-nuclear-talks-carry-on-into-the-wee-hours Thu, 02 Apr 2015 11:50:57 +0200 iran-nuclear-talks-carry-on-into-the-wee-hours Russia and Iran claimed a breakthrough in Lausanne talks on a framework deal cutting back Tehran's nuclear programme, but the US denied everything had been agreed as discussions were due to resume Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150401/iran-talks Wed, 01 Apr 2015 10:21:08 +0200 iran-talks Global powers were racing in Lausanne on Tuesday to reach the outlines of a deal to stop any Iranian bid to develop nuclear weapons. Here's a guide to what kind of agreement may be reached: https://www.thelocal.ch/20150331/lausanne-talks-could-set-irans-nuclear-future Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:26:28 +0200 lausanne-talks-could-set-irans-nuclear-future In the margins of intense talks in Lausanne to reach a deal over Iran’s nuclear future over the weekend an Iranian journalist took advantage of the situation to file a request for asylum in Switzerland, media reports said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150329/iran-journalist-covering-lausanne-talks-seeks-asylum Sun, 29 Mar 2015 23:31:26 +0200 iran-journalist-covering-lausanne-talks-seeks-asylum Marathon Iran nuclear talks headed on Friday towards a critical weekend as Britain said its foreign minister would join his US, Iranian and French counterparts in racing the clock to pin down a deal in Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150327/marathon-iran-nuclear-talks-hit-critical-weekend Fri, 27 Mar 2015 18:31:22 +0100 marathon-iran-nuclear-talks-hit-critical-weekend US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart held down-to-the-wire talks in Lausanne on Thursday, with US officials insisting the contours of a historic nuclear deal were in sight just days before a deadline. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150326/down-to-the-wire-iran-nuclear-talks-resume Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:49:38 +0100 down-to-the-wire-iran-nuclear-talks-resume US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Lausanne on March 15th to meet with his Iranian counterpart as part of continuing talks on Tehran's nuclear program, the State Department said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150310/kerry-set-for-more-iran-talks-in-lausanne Tue, 10 Mar 2015 09:34:23 +0100 kerry-set-for-more-iran-talks-in-lausanne The United States says tough challenges remained to seal a nuclear deal with Iran, vowing not to be distracted by external politics in its quest to stop Tehran acquiring the atomic bomb. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150305/iran-nuclear-talks-wrap-up-without-deal Thu, 05 Mar 2015 09:18:09 +0100 iran-nuclear-talks-wrap-up-without-deal US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart on Wednesday resumed talks in Montreux on a nuclear deal, ignoring an impassioned plea from the Israeli prime minister to ditch the process. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150304/us-and-iran-resume-nuclear-talks-in-montreux Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:12:31 +0100 us-and-iran-resume-nuclear-talks-in-montreux High-level talks in Geneva on Tehran's disputed nuclear programme were "useful and constructive" but a deal is still a long way off, a senior US administration official said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150223/swiss-talks-to-continue-on-iran-nuclear-deal Mon, 23 Feb 2015 21:52:06 +0100 swiss-talks-to-continue-on-iran-nuclear-deal