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SWISS International Airlines has extended the suspension of its flights to Dubai until March 28.

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13.03.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Swiss retail giant Migros is pulling out of Germany. It’s selling the Tegut Group, an organic supermarket chain with about 340 stores and more than 7,400 employees, mainly in central Germany.

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A carpool lane is set to be introduced at the busy Bardonnex border crossing between France and Geneva.

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Geneva is organizing a digital detox day on March 20th to highlight the environmental impact of technology.

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13.03.2026 09:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Investors in the collapsed Swiss energy company Prime Energy say they were aggressively targeted before the firm went bankrupt in November 2024.

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Winter sport injuries are keeping emergency helicopter crews busy.

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The people of Kerzers in Fribourg gathered in the town centre yesterday afternoon to mark the deaths of those killed in an horrific bus fire on Tuesday evening.

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Parliament seems to be turning back to nuclear power.

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A rockfall is threatening another village - but it won't be buried, but flooded.

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12.03.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Swiss office supplies retailer Office World plans to close all of its remaining physical stores and move entirely online.

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11.03.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Another fire tragedy has struck Switzerland.

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A study by researchers at UnisantΓ© has found that Switzerland’s summer heatwave in 2022 led to a rise in deaths. The analysis shows excess mortality of about four percent, mainly among people over the age of 80.

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The criminal investigation into the deadly bar fire in Crans-Montana has been widened to include the comune’s president, Nicolas FΓ©raud.

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A new program in canton Geneva is encouraging residents to give up their cars for a month and try more sustainable ways of getting around.

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The Swiss government says it will not appeal a court ruling ordering the disclosure of Covid-19 vaccine contracts.

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One in four people in Switzerland now speaks a non-national language as their main language.

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In a series of votes yesterday - the people followed the advice of the government.

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In Geneva, voters passed a law that will allow students to be paid 25% below the minimum wage during holidays.

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A Geneva court has sentenced a dermatologist to 14 years in prison for murdering his wife in VandΕ“uvres in October 2021.

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Around 3,000 people marched through Lausanne on Saturday to mark International Women’s Day, responding to a call by the Feminist Strike Vaud collective.

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In Bern, the upper house of parliament, The Council of States, has approved emergency federal support for victims of the Crans-Montana tragedy.

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06.03.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Lausanne based design company has won the competition to design the new set of Swiss banknotes.

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Geneva’s population continued to grow in 2025, reaching over 537,000 residents by the end of December - 41.7 percent of them foreign nationals.

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A big voting weekend coming up.

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The war in Iran is hitting Swiss tourism hard.

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The practice of jailing people who fail to pay fines is under scrutiny in Geneva.

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Switzerland’s Senate has voted to require police to systematically mention the nationality of suspects when communicating about crimes.

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05.03.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Swiss Federal Railways says assaults on train staff remain a daily reality - and it seems the government is ready to step in.

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Swiss beekeepers are launching a popular initiative to anchor stronger protection for native pollinating insects in the Federal Constitution.

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05.03.2026 09:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The government is being criticised for leaving more than 5,000 Swiss nationals stranded in the middle east - while other countries are successfully managing to get their own nationals back to their home countries.

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