The petition “Free and Protect the Rhône Glacier” was symbolically handed in on Saturday morning in the Conches Valley, close to the Swiss glacier itself. Addressed to the Valais government, it has attracted more than 8,000 signatures. The petit...

At the Photo Elysée Museum in Lausanne, artist Hannah Darabi explores Iranian popular dance as a form of resistance shaped by identity. Her project, Why don’t you dance? centres on three iconic figures, bringing together photographs, video and arc...

The Le Constellation bar, the centre of the tragedy in Crans‑Montana, “will never reopen as a bar”, Christophe Darbellay has said. The president of the Valais cantonal government added that he hopes the site will be repurposed for young people....

Hans Meyer, the former chairman of the governing board of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), has died. He passed away on June 17 at the age of 90, the bank said in an obituary published in the Tages-Anzeiger. The obituary said Meyer devoted his entire pr...

On Friday, 80 specialists from the Swiss rescue team landed in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. They aim to locate and rescue people affected by the earthquakes. The group arrived with 18 tonnes of emergency supplies. According to a statement on the ...