Exit polls show rightwing SVP making gains in Swiss federal elections
Public broadcaster SSR reports party on track to win 29% of vote, an increase of almost 3.5 percentage points on 2019 results The rightwing populist...
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Rightwing SVP expected to make gains in Swiss federal elections
Swiss People’s party believes its campaign focus on immigration and cost of living will increase its lead The populist rightwing Swiss People’s party (SVP) is...
Zero-degree line at record height above Switzerland as heat and fire hit Europe
Weather ballon climbs to 5,300 metres before temperature falls to 0C amid late summer heatwave A Swiss weather balloon had to climb to an unprecedented...
Three convicted after Met police sting operation recovers £2m Ming vase
Detective from force’s specialist crime unit says cross-border operation was the result of four years’ work Three men have been convicted after a £2m vase...
Gotthard rail tunnel, world’s longest, closes for months after Swiss derailment
Sixteen freight carriages run off rails, tearing up eight kilometres of train track and leaving engineering marvel inaugurated in 2016 unable to take passengers Train...
Lightning strikes twice as rescuers of Swiss victims are also hit
Police officer and helicopter pilot struck on the way to help victims of earlier blast in Fribourg canton of Switzerland Lightning never strikes twice, until...
Heatwave last summer killed 61,000 people in Europe, research finds
Hottest summer on record – fuelled by climate crisis – brought unusually high mortality rates, statistics show Searing heat killed more than 60,000 people in...
Tariq Ramadan acquitted of charges of rape and sexual coercion by Swiss court
Judges clear academic and Islam scholar of all charges in case brought by Swiss woman The prominent Swiss academic and Islam scholar Tariq Ramadan has...
Three dead in tourist plane crash in Switzerland
Pilot and two passengers died at scene of accident in steep and forested area in west of country A tourist plane crashed in a wooded,...
Credit Suisse investors suing Swiss regulator after £4bn bond wipeout
Finma accused of acting unlawfully and undermining confidence in Switzerland as a financial centre A group of Credit Suisse investors who lost bonds worth more...
