The Graubünden public prosecutor's office has charged five people with multiple negligent homicide in connection with the deadly Bondo rockslide that occurred seven years ago. The Maloja Regional Court must decide whether they misjudged the danger a...

A women fell down the east face of the iconic mountain on Thursday, from an altitude of some 3,460 metres above sea level. Third parties who witnessed the fall alerted rescue services, who could only confirm that the woman had died of her injuries, V...

During an unprecedented search of some 900 people and 500 vehicles in the Swiss-French border region, three days before the opening of the Olympic Games, officials seized banned weapons and ammunition. The Swiss Federal Office of Customs and Border S...

Switzerland’s highest court has ruled against the father of an unborn child, who had sued his ex-partner for terminating pregnancy at an advanced stage. Abortions are legal in Switzerland if they take place in the first twelve weeks of pregnancy. I...

Sports shooter Nina Christen and mountain-biker Nino Schurter will be the Swiss delegation’s flag-bearers at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on Friday, Swiss Olympic has announced. Christen, 30, revealed herself to the Swiss public at th...