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Switzerland

Family jumped off balcony in 'collective suicide', say Swiss police

Three adults and a child died after falling from a seventh-floor balcony in Montreux. a 15-year-old boy survived but was seriously injured.

29/03/2022

Switzerland

Four French family members die after falling from apartment balcony

Three adults and a eight-year-old girl have died after falling from a seventh-floor balcony in Switzerland.

24/03/2022

Culture news

Watches & Wonders 2022: 'It's like a school reunion!'

This is the first physical event under the name 'Watches and Wonders' after the organisers announced the name change from Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie at the end of 2019.

23/03/2022

Switzerland

European court condemns Switzerland for COVID ban on demonstrations

Between March and June 2020, Swiss citizens faced up to three years in prison if they held public or private demonstrations.

15/03/2022

Cinema

Women's rights, ecology and torture scoop top FIFDH 2022 awards

Women's rights, ecology, and torture scoop top FIFDH awards as the Geneva film festival closes. Cinema reports.

15/03/2022

Health news

Cannabis 'stock exchange' launches in Europe as CBD market booms

An online trading platform for cannabis products is hoping to disrupt Europe’s booming CBD market and bring more transparency to consumers.

09/03/2022

Tech News

CERN suspends Russia's observer status following Ukraine invasion

The decision is the latest falling-out among the international scientific community following Russia's invasion of Ukraine at the end of February.

08/03/2022

Cinema

The FIFDH celebrates 20 years of standing up for human rights

The International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) explores human rights violations through cinema, fiction, documentaries, and news. Cinema went to Geneva to find out more.

08/03/2022

Culture news

Chelsea Manning and Data Privacy take centre stage at FIFDH film fest

"We turned your life into a film, and your data was the script."

07/03/2022

Cinema

The FIFDH opens and organisers dedicate special debate to Ukraine

The 20th edition of the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights has opened. Organisers have dedicated an evening to debate on the conflict in Ukraine with people live from Ukraine expected to take part.

04/03/2022

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Lavrov boycotted in two Geneva UN forums

Many delegations, including Western countries, boycott two speeches by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the UN headquarters in Geneva in solidarity with Kiev, with diplomats leaving the proceedings shortly before his video was broadcast

01/03/2022

Switzerland

Watch: Diplomats walk out during Sergey Lavrov speeches at UN

Envoys left en masse as Russia's foreign minister addressed the United Nations in Geneva via video.

01/03/2022

Switzerland

Ukraine war: Switzerland adopts full EU sanctions against Russia

Brussels welcomed the Alpine nation's departure from its traditional neutrality, saying that without Switzerland the measures would have been "less effective".

28/02/2022

Food and Drink

A robot that makes fondue? It has to be Switzerland...

Tradition is wonderful. Automation is brilliant.

24/02/2022

Switzerland

Credit Suisse leak alleges bank stashed billions in illicit funds

Credit Suisse 'strongly rejects' the accusations.

21/02/2022

Switzerland

Swiss-Belarusian ‘political prisoner’ freed after 17 months

The 52-year-old was arrested in September 2020 for taking part in opposition demonstrations in Belarus.

18/02/2022

Europe News

'Finger cutter': Police arrest one of Europe's most-wanted criminals

One of Europe's most-wanted criminals has been arrested in Switzerland.

18/02/2022

Women Beyond Borders

Meet the pioneer extreme sports star riding across slopes and skies

Géraldine Fasnacht found her sports through a love of nature. By snow or by air, she is always on an adventure in the mountains.

17/02/2022

Switzerland

Four referendums, one day: Which issues will Swiss settle this Sunday?

It's the first round of referendums in Switzerland this year.

11/02/2022

Green News

Will Switzerland become the first country to ban animal testing?

For the fourth time, animal welfare activists are trying to get the ban approved, but the government and researchers say it “goes too far.”

11/02/2022

Green News

This region of Switzerland wants to give primates fundamental rights

Monkeys and apes in Basel-Stadt could be recognised as having the right to life and to have their mental and physical integrity respected, just like people.

10/02/2022

Health news

New spinal implant helps three paralysed patients walk again

The device, developed by Swiss researchers, is tailored to the needs of individual patients and is controlled by a touchscreen tablet.

09/02/2022

Switzerland

Rich countries should pay €14 billion urgently to end pandemic — WHO

"Science gave us the tools to fight COVID-19; if they are shared globally in solidarity, we can end COVID-19 as a global health emergency this year," said the World Health Organization's chief.

09/02/2022

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Unique parallel freeride event at the Corvatsch North Face in Silvaplana, Switzerland

Austria's Tao Kreibich and Julian Uberbacher won the Unique parallel freeride event at the Corvatsch North Face in Silvaplana, Switzerland

01/02/2022

Tech News

This hiking robot dog could swap the Swiss Alps for other planets

Its creators hope the dog, which uses its sense of touch to navigate, will help humans get to previously inaccessible, dangerous places.

21/01/2022

Switzerland

Red Cross' cyber attack exposes data of 515,000 vulnerable people

“An attack on the data of people who are missing makes the anguish and suffering for families even more difficult to endure,” Robert Mardini, the ICRC's director-general, said in a statement.

21/01/2022