SWITZERLAND – A 3.1 Richter scale earthquake was recorded today at 02:13 in canton Valais, said the Swiss Seismological Service (SED) at ETH Zurich (see map at left in red).
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Swiss farmer grows an 800kg pumpkin
GERMANY – A Swiss farmer has won the title of Master Pumpkin Grower after producing an 850kg monster pumpkin, considered the largest in Europe.
Roger Federer: From Ace of Tennis, to Ace of Hearts in Malawi
GENEVA, Switzerland – Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer, could add a new title to his long career: Ace of Hearts.
Swiss heatwave 2015: New danger alert
Updated 21 July: Heat alert raised to level 4 in Ticino until 21 July. Forest fire danger index is also high. Other European nations also under heat alert. Swiss glaciers melting three times as fast this summer GENEVA, Switzerland – Most Swiss residents have lived through one of the hottest June’s on record, and according to the Swiss meteorological…
Switzerland faces heatwave: how to cope (update)
Update Saturday 4 July 05:00 GENEVA – Get ready to sizzle. Switzerland and most of Europe will burn hot with above-normal temperatures for the next two weeks, has warned the Swiss meteorological office.
It’s official: the UN in Geneva has a new Director General
GENEVA, Switzerland – Michael Møller, a Danish national with 30 years of experience working at the United Nations, has become the official, 14th Director General of the UN Office at Geneva. The announcement was made today 30 June, by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
US Secretary John Kerry hospitalized in Geneva
Updated GENEVA, Switzerland – US Secretary of State, John Kerry is said to be in stable condition after being flown to Geneva’s University Hospital following a biking accident in neighboring France.
Swiss GDP slows down in first quarter
GENEVA – Swiss real Gross Domestic Product fell by 0.5% in the first quarter of 2015, with gross investments and household consumption preventing a larger GDP decline, said the Swiss Federal Government.
Shooting in Geneva leaves woman wounded
GENEVA, Switzerland – Geneva police are investigating a Friday afternoon shooting in Plainpalais that left one young woman in a hospital emergency room.
Geneva police investigate second homicide of the year in Collonge-Bellerive
GENEVA, Switzerland – A second homicide has taken place in the otherwise quiet community of Collonge-Bellerive in less than two months. This time, an elderly man, 73, was shot and killed in a parking lot on Tuesday 19 May.
Multiple people found dead outside suburban Aargau home in Switzerland
Updated since first published. Aargau, Switzerland – Police in canton Aargau say a 36-year-old man shot his parents-in-law, his brother-in-law and seemingly, a passerby before killing himself.
Topshop now available in Switzerland via Zalando
GENEVA, Switzerland – German e-retailer giant Zalando has scored big among its growing Swiss fan base by making Topshop available in Switzerland.
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