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Indie sci-fi thriller gets to shoot inside world-famous CERN

‘Lea, An Angel in My House’ is an experimental independent film – a hybrid between a scientific thriller and a sci-fi movie. Shot on a tiny budget

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Switzerland: Experiment blast triggers artificial avalanche

Switzerland

Ten dead in Swiss-Alp avalanches

Avalanches kill 10 people across three deadly days in the Swiss Alps

Romania

Soaring Swiss franc may leave EU mortgage holders homeless

Around 800 Romanians with debts and mortgages denominated in Swiss francs (CHF), have protested in Bucharest for protective financial measures. Some

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Sport

Alpine skiing: Very Gut downhill victory

Lara Gut celebrated a home snow victory on Saturday. The Swiss Olympic Bronze medallist recovered from a slow start to master the bottom half of the

Business Series

Ebola, poverty and inequality pleas at World Economic Forum in the name of good business

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Snowmen greet participants at Davos World Economic Forum

Business Series

International conflict set to dominate World Economic Forum in Davos

Geopolitical tensions are expected to dominate the World Economic Forum amid warnings of the threat of major conflict between world powers

World News

The rich get richer

As the World Economic Forum prepares to get underway at Davos in Switzerland, the charity Oxfam has published a report claiming that by 2016 half of

Sport

Vonn the bomb defies gravity and serious injury to equal the record of World Cup wins

Do up the boots and get on the piste, Vincent Menard is the euronews mountain guide. Welcome to gravity, our weekly round up from the world of

Sport

Janka back to winning ways

Carlo Janka ended a four-year-victory drought by winning a World Cup super-combined event in front of a jubilant home crowd in Wengen, Switzerland

World

Don't worry, be happy: learning to conquer fears and anxieties

Sport

Sunday surprise: Stefano Gross takes a very close slalom victory

Welcome to Gravity, our weekly programme dedicated to the world of alpine skiing. We were in for a surprise on Sunday (January 11) at the Adelboden

Sport

Hirscher wins giant slalom in Adelboden

Austria’s Marcel Hirscher extended his lead at the top of this season’s standings with a convincing win over Alexis Pinturault at a giant slalom in

Switzerland

Solar Impulse plane set to circle world using renewable energy

A plane powered by the sun, the Solar Impulse 2, has left Switzerland in a cargo flight bound for Abu Dhabi. Once there, it will attempt a flight

Sport

One year on: Schumacher's long road to recovery

A year after Formula One racing great Michael Schumacher suffered a serious head injury while skiing, his manager says he faces a "long, hard fight" for recovery

Sport

Koudelka edges out Ammann in Engelberg

Roman Koudelka of the Czech Republic outclassed Simon Ammann to claim a ski jump World Cup event in Engelberg on Sunday. The 25-year-old cleared

Switzerland

Left-wing extremists run riot in upscale Zurich, Switzerland

Dozens of masked extremists have clashed with riot police in Zurich, Switzerland, one of Europe’s wealthiest cities. Police fired rubber bullets

Switzerland

Left-wing extremists run riot in upscale Zurich, Switzerland

Dozens of masked extremists have clashed with police in Zurich, Switzerland, one of Europe’s wealthiest cities. Police fired rubber bullets, tear gas

Switzerland

Russia says West is wrong to blame Moscow for Ukraine crisis

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has criticised the West for constantly blaming Moscow for the crisis in eastern Ukraine. Lavrov was speaking