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 Switzerland are sending their biggest ever Winter Olympics team to Pyeongchang for the Games that start on February 9th, the country's Olympic Committee said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180130/switzerlands-biggest-ever-winter-olympics-team-will-compete-in-south-korea Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:44:58 +0100 switzerlands-biggest-ever-winter-olympics-team-will-compete-in-south-korea North Korea will send 22 athletes to next month's Winter Games in the South, the International Olympic Committee said in Lausanne, Switzerland on Saturday. The IOC also confirmed that the two nations will march together at the opening ceremony. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180120/22-north-korean-athletes-will-compete-at-2018-games-ioc Sat, 20 Jan 2018 15:19:44 +0100 22-north-korean-athletes-will-compete-at-2018-games-ioc South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye began a state visit to Switzerland Monday, the first by a head of state from her country since the two nations established diplomatic relations in 1962. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140120/south-korean-president-launches-first-visit-to-bern Mon, 20 Jan 2014 20:58:00 +0100 south-korean-president-launches-first-visit-to-bern Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that he backed the idea of Switzerland hosting six-nation talks in an effort to defuse tensions over North Korea. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130412/russians-back-swiss-role-to-defuse-korea-tensions Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:05:16 +0200 russians-back-swiss-role-to-defuse-korea-tensions A South Korean climber and an Austrian BASE-jumper lost their lives in the Swiss Alps over the weekend, police in Bern Canton said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20120813/south-korean-and-austrian-killed-in-swiss-alps Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:11:00 +0200 south-korean-and-austrian-killed-in-swiss-alps