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's state-owned postal service Swiss Post has been criticised by consumers for running campaigns designed to boost the number of people agreeing to receive junk mail. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190402/swiss-post-under-fire-over-hidden-junk-mail-campaigns-advertising-public-services Tue, 02 Apr 2019 12:35:17 +0200 swiss-post-under-fire-over-hidden-junk-mail-campaigns-advertising-public-services Police divers have retrieved a drone that fell into Lake Zurich on Friday while carrying blood samples from a clinic to a laboratory as part of a test project. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190128/police-recover-swiss-post-drone-that-crashed-into-lake-zurich Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:03:56 +0100 police-recover-swiss-post-drone-that-crashed-into-lake-zurich The Swiss postal service is to pilot a drone delivery service to shuttle laboratory samples between two hospitals in the canton of Ticino. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170314/swiss-post-trials-drone-deliveries-between-hospitals Tue, 14 Mar 2017 12:48:22 +0100 swiss-post-trials-drone-deliveries-between-hospitals The Swiss post office is launching a new campaign to persuade householders to accept junk mail – by promising them free samples. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161014/swiss-post-bribes-junk-mail-haters-with-free-muesli Fri, 14 Oct 2016 14:17:01 +0200 swiss-post-bribes-junk-mail-haters-with-free-muesli Robots will be seen on the streets of the Swiss capital next month as Swiss Post signs up to trial parcel delivery by post-bot. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160823/swiss-post-trials-robot-parcel-deliveries-in-bern Tue, 23 Aug 2016 15:00:36 +0200 swiss-post-trials-robot-parcel-deliveries-in-bern The Swiss post office has released a special stamp to mark the achievement of the Swiss pilots who became the first to fly around the world on a solar-powered plane. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160727/swiss-post-gives-stamp-of-approval-to-solar-impulse Wed, 27 Jul 2016 14:17:40 +0200 swiss-post-gives-stamp-of-approval-to-solar-impulse The Swiss post office is gearing up to accept debit cards for the first time in a pilot project rolled out over the next few months. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160721/swiss-post-moves-to-accept-debit-cards-sometimes Thu, 21 Jul 2016 15:01:54 +0200 swiss-post-moves-to-accept-debit-cards-sometimes Swiss publishers and bookshops are unable to compete with foreign booksellers because the Swiss federal post office, Swiss Post, charges so much for postage, publishers have said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160418/booksellers-bear-burden-of-high-swiss-postage-costs Mon, 18 Apr 2016 14:37:12 +0200 booksellers-bear-burden-of-high-swiss-postage-costs Swiss Post is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Switzerland’s first woman doctor with a special stamp. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160204/swiss-post-salutes-countrys-first-female-doc Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:32:35 +0100 swiss-post-salutes-countrys-first-female-doc Driverless post buses will soon be operating in the canton of Valais, thanks to a new collaboration between PostBus and a Swiss startup founded by recent graduates from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151105/driverless-buses-to-launch-in-switzerland Thu, 05 Nov 2015 12:56:35 +0100 driverless-buses-to-launch-in-switzerland The University of Neuchâtel will launch a new project in February to examine the impact of drone usage on civilian life in Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151016/new-study-to-assess-drone-use-in-swiss-life Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:08:29 +0200 new-study-to-assess-drone-use-in-swiss-life Wondering where your package is? Look up! https://www.thelocal.ch/20150707/swiss-post-launches-drone-delivery-tests Tue, 07 Jul 2015 22:56:33 +0200 swiss-post-launches-drone-delivery-tests Swiss Post, the national post office, offered a steal of a Christmas deal on a wide-screen 3D TV, promoted online at just 259 francs, more than 2,700 francs less than the regular price — thanks to a clerical error. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141208/widescreen-tv-sale-price-too-good-to-be-true Mon, 08 Dec 2014 22:53:00 +0100 widescreen-tv-sale-price-too-good-to-be-true Swiss Post, operator of the national post office, says two of its former employees stole parcels containing merchandise worth around 100,000 francs ($114,000) from one of its sorting centres near Lausanne in the canton of Vaud. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140428/swiss-post-sorters-steal-gadgets-worth-100000-francs Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:43:00 +0200 swiss-post-sorters-steal-gadgets-worth-100000-francs Switzerland's postal service admitted Saturday it had accidentally sent mail to people who recently died welcoming them to their new homes and wishing them well settling in. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131006/swiss-postal-service-welcomes-dead-to-new-homes Sun, 06 Oct 2013 11:05:00 +0200 swiss-postal-service-welcomes-dead-to-new-homes Swiss Post has launched a new way of paying for mailing an envelope with an SMS “postage stamp” obtained through a mobile phone. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130902/swiss-post-tests-sms-letter-stamp Mon, 02 Sep 2013 23:53:00 +0200 swiss-post-tests-sms-letter-stamp An 81-year-old woman was seriously hurt and five others were injured when the car she was driving collided with a Swiss PostBus in the canton of Fribourg on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130827/six-injured-as-car-collides-with-swiss-post-bus Wed, 28 Aug 2013 00:48:00 +0200 six-injured-as-car-collides-with-swiss-post-bus