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 Currently underway in Italy until February 22nd, you can follow all the action in the Winter Olympics on Swiss TV in all three languages. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260209/how-you-can-watch-the-2026-winter-olympics-on-tv-in-switzerland Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:52:27 +0100 how-you-can-watch-the-2026-winter-olympics-on-tv-in-switzerland Switzerland's government on Friday threw its weight behind efforts to prepare a bid to host the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2038. https://www.thelocal.ch/20240928/swiss-government-backs-efforts-towards-2038-winter-olympics-bid Sat, 28 Sep 2024 11:31:26 +0200 swiss-government-backs-efforts-towards-2038-winter-olympics-bid Switzerland's Michelle Gisin consigned American Mikaela Shiffrin to silver after storming to victory in the Olympic women's alpine combined on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180222/swiss-gisin-wins-olympic-combined-ahead-of-shiffrin Thu, 22 Feb 2018 08:57:51 +0100 swiss-gisin-wins-olympic-combined-ahead-of-shiffrin Swiss freestyle skier Joel Gisler was involved in dramatic fall during the halfpipe qualification event on Tuesday but was able to walk away unaided. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180220/winter-olympics-swiss-skier-in-frightening-halfpipe-fall-joel-gisler Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:54:13 +0100 winter-olympics-swiss-skier-in-frightening-halfpipe-fall-joel-gisler Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud took Olympic freestyle silver in the women's ski slopestyle on Saturday, just a day after being taken to hospital after a concussion scare. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180217/concussion-scare-then-silver-for-switzerlands-gremaud Sat, 17 Feb 2018 15:09:06 +0100 concussion-scare-then-silver-for-switzerlands-gremaud North Korean state media praised Saturday’s performance of a united Korean team at the Winter Olympics, currently taking place in South Korea, but failed to mention that the team lost the game 8-0 to Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180212/winter-olympics-north-koreans-silent-on-hockey-loss-to-switzerland Mon, 12 Feb 2018 10:56:54 +0100 winter-olympics-north-koreans-silent-on-hockey-loss-to-switzerland A new Swiss bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics has emerged from a Bern committee proposing multiple sites for the Games. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160131/swiss-proposals-for-winter-olympics-multiply Sun, 31 Jan 2016 22:22:14 +0100 swiss-proposals-for-winter-olympics-multiply The parliament of the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland has backed a bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151210/graubnden-mps-back-new-bid-to-host-olympics Thu, 10 Dec 2015 09:39:58 +0100 graubnden-mps-back-new-bid-to-host-olympics Switzerland's men's curling team defeated defending champions Canada 5-4 in Olympic competition at Sochi on Monday, bringing the gold medal favourites' 16-game winning run in the men's competition to an end. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140210/swiss-curlers-upset-canadas-winning-streak Mon, 10 Feb 2014 20:03:00 +0100 swiss-curlers-upset-canadas-winning-streak Swiss President Ueli Maurer has said that he will attend the Russian Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014 despite other world leaders’ decision to boycott the event in protest over a recent Russian anti-gay law. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131223/maurer-russian-olympics-boycott-would-be-mean Mon, 23 Dec 2013 11:25:00 +0100 maurer-russian-olympics-boycott-would-be-mean