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 The Lausanne-based International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday called for an immediate probe into a fresh wave of revelations concerning a Russian doping scandal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160513/ioc-demands-probe-into-sochi-doping-allegations Fri, 13 May 2016 10:19:18 +0200 ioc-demands-probe-into-sochi-doping-allegations UN investigators welcomed a "significant decrease" in violence in Syria on the fifth anniversary of the start of the brutal conflict on Tuesday, saying they finally glimpsed hope of an end to the war. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160315/putins-withdrawal-of-troops-a-significant-development-at-geneva-talks-on-syria Tue, 15 Mar 2016 13:35:17 +0100 putins-withdrawal-of-troops-a-significant-development-at-geneva-talks-on-syria Switzerland said on Tuesday it had added 26 more Russian officials and pro-Moscow separatists as well as 18 entities to a blacklist of those considered the main movers in the Ukraine crisis. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140805/switzerlands-ukraine-crisis-blacklist-grows-to-88 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 18:06:00 +0200 switzerlands-ukraine-crisis-blacklist-grows-to-88