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 Police in Bern are warning against the threat of fraudsters who have swindled 440,000 francs ($445,000) out of people looking for love on internet dating sites and social media. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160713/online-scammers-target-lovelorn-in-bern Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:57:59 +0200 online-scammers-target-lovelorn-in-bern Switzerland’s biggest retailer, Coop, is testing out personalized pricing in its online store, offering some customers higher reductions than others on the same products. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150720/coop-tests-out-controversial-pricing-policy Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:19:20 +0200 coop-tests-out-controversial-pricing-policy Popular US video streaming service Netflix launched in Switzerland on Thursday morning after opening for business in Germany, France and Austria earlier this week. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140918/streaming-service-netflix-arrives-in-switzerland Thu, 18 Sep 2014 11:41:00 +0200 streaming-service-netflix-arrives-in-switzerland A 57-year-old man who passed himself off as a 12-year-old girl in online chatrooms in order to obtain naked photos of children was sentenced to four and a half years in prison by a Zurich district court on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140828/media-executive-jailed-for-online-child-abuse Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:23:00 +0200 media-executive-jailed-for-online-child-abuse