The Local Switzerland

Whisky sold for $10,000 a shot at Swiss bar proven to be fake

Fri, 03 Nov 2017 09:25:26 +0100

A shot of Macallan whisky purportedly made in 1878 that a Chinese man paid $10,000 for at a Swiss hotel was actually distilled between 1970 and 1972.

Switzerland Tourism targets Chinese for skiing

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 00:01:00 +0100

Winter in Europe wouldn't be winter without a bit of skiing, and this year Switzerland has its sights set on attracting a whole new group of amateur skiers to its slopes — the Chinese.

Gut manages podium finish minus ski pole

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:05:00 +0100

Swiss skier Lara Gut battled to a third-place finish after losing a pole in the World Cup women’s giant slalom race at Lenzerheide in the canton of Graubünden on Sunday.

Flame snuffed out for Swiss Olympic bid

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:43:00 +0100

Switzerland will not be hosting the Winter Olympics in 2022 after almost 53 percent of residents of St Moritz voted against a candidacy.

Graubünden support for Olympics slips: survey

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:39:18 +0100

Less than a month before a binding referendum in Graubünden, support for Switzerland’s bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics is slipping in the canton, where backers hope to stage the Games in St. Moritz and Davos.

St. Moritz skijoring fans shrug off the cold with champagne and caviar

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:54:00 +0100

Thoroughbreds nervously snort and stamp their hooves, their shiny coats glistening in the sun, before setting off, not around a traditional race track, but across a frozen lake with jockeys on skis hanging on for dear life behind them.

Lara Gut wins super-G silver as Vonn crashes

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:54:00 +0100

Swiss skier Lara Gut claimed a silver medal on Tuesday in the women’s super-G world championships at Schladming, Austria behind Slovenia’s Tina Maze in a race marred by the crash of American Lindsey Vonn.

Swiss skier Lara Gut wins Val d'Isère downhill

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:17:00 +0100

Switzerland's Lara Gut won the women's World Cup downhill in Val d'Isère, France on Friday as the 21-year-old finished ahead of American Leanne Smith and fellow Swiss Nadja Kamer for the third win on the circuit.

Maze consolidates World Cup lead at St. Moritz

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:51:00 +0100

Tina Maze of Slovenia won the women's World Cup giant slalom while Swiss favourite Lara Gut had to settle for fourth place at St Moritz on Sunday.

Most Swiss back Winter Games bid: poll

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:11:00 +0100

A majority of Swiss support a proposed bid by the canton of Graubünden to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, according to a new poll.

Boy, 4, in 'miracle' train crash escape

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:57:00 +0200

A four-year-old boy escaped serious harm when the car he was travelling in flipped upside down onto a railway line and was crushed by an oncoming train in the canton of Graubünden on Wednesday.

St-Moritz to host 2017 world ski championships

Thu, 31 May 2012 18:02:00 +0200

The Swiss resort of St-Moritz was designated Thursday as the host of the 2017 world alpine ski championships, following the International Ski Federation (FIS) congress in Kangwonland, South Korea.

Secretive power group gathers in St Moritz

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:31:00 +0200

The Bilderberg Group of some 100 political and economic leaders, as well as aristocrats, will meet from Thursday in the chic Swiss ski station of St Moritz.