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 After the driest December in 150 years, snow finally arrived in Switzerland last week. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170116/in-pictures-snow-finally-comes-to-switzerland Mon, 16 Jan 2017 12:43:23 +0100 in-pictures-snow-finally-comes-to-switzerland Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen held his nerve on Sunday to claim his fourth World Cup slalom win of the season in Wengen. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170116/kristoffersen-wins-slalom-in-wintry-wengen Mon, 16 Jan 2017 09:39:05 +0100 kristoffersen-wins-slalom-in-wintry-wengen Organisers called off Saturday's men's World Cup Alpine ski downhill due to heavy snow falls. Between 40 and 50 cm (15 to 20 inches) of snow fell since Friday on the Oberland resort, making it impossible to prepare the Wengen piste for the scheduled 12:30pm (1130 GMT) start. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170114/heavy-snowfall-calls-off-skiing-world-cup-in-switzerland Sat, 14 Jan 2017 13:26:48 +0100 heavy-snowfall-calls-off-skiing-world-cup-in-switzerland Switzerland beat Sweden to claim victory in the mixed team event at the season-ending World Cup skiing finals in Méribel, France on Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150320/swiss-claim-world-cup-mixed-ski-team-victory Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:21:27 +0100 swiss-claim-world-cup-mixed-ski-team-victory In-form all-rounder Carlo Janka will head up the 12-strong Swiss team for the February 2nd-15th World Ski Championships in Colorado, Switzerland's ski federation announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150128/swiss-mens-ski-team-announced-for-worlds Wed, 28 Jan 2015 20:22:00 +0100 swiss-mens-ski-team-announced-for-worlds Two Swiss skiers made the podium but were unable to catch Austria's Hannes Reichelt who claimed Sunday's downhill at Wengen on the Lauberhorn slope — the longest downhill on the World Cup calendar. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150118/reichelt-beats-swiss-in-downhill-victory Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:25:00 +0100 reichelt-beats-swiss-in-downhill-victory Switzerland's Carlo Janka looked like his old self going fastest in the downhill and then holding on in the slalom to win the first World Cup super-combined event of the season on Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150116/janka-returns-to-form-in-wengen-races Fri, 16 Jan 2015 19:06:00 +0100 janka-returns-to-form-in-wengen-races Swiss upstart skier Patrick Küng dominated a shortened Wengen downhill on Saturday to claim his first ever World Cup win in the sport's blue-riband event. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140118/kng-wins-wengen-downhill-before-home-crowd Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:40:00 +0100 kng-wins-wengen-downhill-before-home-crowd Experienced Italian duo Werner Heel and Peter Fill topped training for the men's World Cup downhill ski race at Wengen on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140115/italians-top-downhill-training-run-at-wengen Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:30:00 +0100 italians-top-downhill-training-run-at-wengen Frenchman Alexis Pinturault won the World Cup combined race at the Swiss ski resort of Wengen on Friday after a blistering slalom run propelled the 21-year-old to his second victory of the season. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130118/french-skier-pinturault-wins-wengen-combined-race Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:42:00 +0100 french-skier-pinturault-wins-wengen-combined-race Two Swiss companies are planning to invest 195 million francs in a cable car system and new rail cars in the Jungfrau region of the Bernese Oberland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121219/new-cable-car-systems-planned-for-jungfrau Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:09:00 +0100 new-cable-car-systems-planned-for-jungfrau An investigation is continuing into the death of a 39-year-old man from Holland following a skiing accident at Wengen in the Bernese Oberland over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121211/dutch-skier-dies-on-off-piste-run-at-wengen Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:31:42 +0100 dutch-skier-dies-on-off-piste-run-at-wengen