Switzerland

• Swiss prosecutors order detention of ski bar owner in deadly blaze probe

  Prosecutors are investigating the French owners of the "Le Constellation" bar on suspicion of crimes including homicide by negligence.

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  Jan 9
  
• Sparkling flares on Champagne bottles fuelled lethal Swiss bar blaze: officials

  People frantically tried to escape from the basement nightclub up a narrow flight of stairs and through a narrow door, causing a crowd surge, one witness said.

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  Jan 2
  
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• Dozens presumed dead, several others injuries in fire at Switzerland bar

  Dozens of people are presumed dead and about 100 injured following a fire at a Swiss Alps bar during a New Year’s celebration. Investigators are working to determine the cause.

  Jan 1
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• About 40 dead, 115 injured in New Year’s fire at Swiss Alps bar: police

  The Crans-Montana resort's crowded Le Constellation bar morphed from a scene of revelry into the site of what Switzerland's president said was one of the country's worst tragedies.

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  Jan 1
• ‘A four-legged hero’: Chihuahua helps rescue owner who fell into glacier

  The victim was found after a member of the rescue team spotted a small movement on a rock; it was the man's dog sitting patiently next to the hole down which its owner had fallen.

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  Jul 7, 2025
• Video shows Swiss village being flattened by glacier collapse

  The village of Blatten's mayor, Matthias Bellwald, said 'the unimaginable' had happened before promising that the village would make it through.

  World

  May 28, 2025
• Machete-wielding man injures 4 people and a baby in Switzerland

  Several tenants were wounded by the machete-wielding attacker as they tried to intervene and restrain the man until police arrived at the apartment building.

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  Jul 12, 2024
• Switzerland’s Nemo wins 68th Eurovision Song Contest

  Nemo, 24, is the first nonbinary winner of the contest that has long been embraced as a safe haven by the LGBT community.

  Entertainment

  May 12, 2024
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• Switzerland’s climate inaction violated human rights, historic court ruling says

  The European Court of Human Rights's ruling is expected to resonate across Europe and beyond, and to embolden more communities to bring climate cases against governments.

  Environment

  Apr 9, 2024
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• Switzerland hosts Ukraine’s Zelenskyy, offers to hold peace summit with Russia

  The two presidents said the Ukrainian and Swiss teams will begin preparations for the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland as early as Tuesday.

  World

  Jan 15, 2024