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 A 48-year-old man died while skiing at night at the Flumserberg resort in the canton of Saint Gallen after colliding with a marker post on an unlit slope, police said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151220/man-dies-while-night-skiing-in-swiss-alps Sun, 20 Dec 2015 22:57:52 +0100 man-dies-while-night-skiing-in-swiss-alps French authorities have searched the homes of two imams from Geneva's main mosque, the largest in Switzerland, the mosque said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151126/french-search-homes-of-geneva-mosque-imams Thu, 26 Nov 2015 20:41:12 +0100 french-search-homes-of-geneva-mosque-imams Police confirmed on Tuesday that the shooting death of a man in a mosque in the Swiss city of Saint Gallen last Friday was the result of a settling of accounts between two Albanian families. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140826/feud-confirmed-in-mosque-shooting-death Tue, 26 Aug 2014 23:16:00 +0200 feud-confirmed-in-mosque-shooting-death A collision between two light aircraft in the canton of Saint Gallen on Sunday afternoon left seven people with serious injuries, cantonal police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140824/seven-injured-after-two-light-aircraft-collide Sun, 24 Aug 2014 21:25:00 +0200 seven-injured-after-two-light-aircraft-collide UPDATE: One person was killed Friday in a shooting in the prayer hall of a mosque in the Swiss city of Saint Gallen, police said. Media reports said the victim was 18 and was killed as a result of a row between Albanian families. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140822/man-shot-dead-in-saint-gallen-mosque Fri, 22 Aug 2014 22:23:00 +0200 man-shot-dead-in-saint-gallen-mosque Twelve skiers had to be rescued at a ski resort in the canton of Saint Gallen on Wednesday when high winds blew a chairlift cable off sheaves attached to a tower. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140205/skiers-rescued-as-wind-blows-lift-off-tower Wed, 05 Feb 2014 23:56:00 +0100 skiers-rescued-as-wind-blows-lift-off-tower FC Saint Gallen bowed out of the Europa Cup football competition qualifying stage in style on Thursday night, defeating Swansea City 1-0 before a home crowd. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131212/saint-gallen-scores-bittersweet-victory-against-swansea Fri, 13 Dec 2013 00:07:00 +0100 saint-gallen-scores-bittersweet-victory-against-swansea Police arrested four young women after a friendship that fell apart following insults traded on Facebook and Whatsapp degenerated into a violent confrontation involving a baseball bat and pepper spray at a Saint Gallen train station this week. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131120/womens-facebook-insults-spark-baseball-bat-fight Wed, 20 Nov 2013 11:50:00 +0100 womens-facebook-insults-spark-baseball-bat-fight Authorities in the canton of Saint Gallen are planning to install surveillance cameras in the woods in a bid to capture stray dogs that are killing — and eating — deer and sheep. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130924/game-officials-tackle-deer-devouring-dogs Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:24:00 +0200 game-officials-tackle-deer-devouring-dogs A 44-year-old Swiss man killed his two daughters, aged two and five, after kidnapping them on Sunday in the Simmenbödeli area of the canton of Saint Gallen, police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130826/estranged-husband-kills-two-daughters Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:16:00 +0200 estranged-husband-kills-two-daughters A nurse in Switzerland who posted pictures of herself on Facebook sitting next to the corpse of an old woman is coming under fire from her profession, while prosecutors say they have launched an investigation. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130301/nurse-posing-with-corpse-sparks-outrage Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:15:00 +0100 nurse-posing-with-corpse-sparks-outrage Saint Gallen cantonal police arrested a 41-year-old Swiss man after a retired Italian couple were shot dead on Monday on the street where they lived in Saint Margrethen, a town near the Austrian border. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130129/man-arrested-after-retired-couple-shot-dead Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:37:00 +0100 man-arrested-after-retired-couple-shot-dead A Swiss man allegedly picked an unusual parking spot after celebrating Christmas Eve, when police say he maneuvered a car through a narrow pedestrian passage and parked it on a train platform. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121225/driver-parks-on-swiss-train-platform Tue, 25 Dec 2012 22:52:00 +0100 driver-parks-on-swiss-train-platform A 25-year-old woman accused of causing the death of her baby girl by injecting cocaine and heroin into a milk bottle was acquitted by a Saint Gallen district court for lack of evidence. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121105/mother-acquitted-of-murdering-tot-with-hard-drugs Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:28:00 +0100 mother-acquitted-of-murdering-tot-with-hard-drugs A three-year-old girl died on Tuesday in Wil, a small city in the canton of Saint Gallen, after a delivery van ran over her. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121023/three-year-old-girl-crushed-delivery-van Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:14:00 +0200 three-year-old-girl-crushed-delivery-van A Swiss floor layer who won €43 million at an Austrian casino last year only to be denied the prize has reached an out-of-court settlement for a reported €1 million. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121011/swiss-mans-jackpot-win-slashed-in-casino-deal Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:48:00 +0200 swiss-mans-jackpot-win-slashed-in-casino-deal The head of gynaecology at a hospital in the canton of Saint Gallen was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter after a botched pregnancy killed both the mother, Julitta, and her child. https://www.thelocal.ch/20120816/doc-convicted-of-manslaughter-in-fatal-pregnancy Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:38:00 +0200 doc-convicted-of-manslaughter-in-fatal-pregnancy