The invasive quagga mussel is continuing to spread. It’s already a major problem in Lake Geneva, spreading in Lake Constance ...
Geneva residents are being warned a five-year programme of works to spread geothermal energy starts next year.
Is the much-maligned tax that home owners have to pay on the way out – or not? A parliamentary vote has moved the abolishing ...
A young boy was killed in canton Vaud on Tuesday evening after he was hit by a bus. The 10-year-old was walking in a designated space that buses use to turn around in the commune of Forel. The 65-year ...
The Swiss National Bank slashed interest rates by half a percent yesterday to 0.5% – a far bigger cut than the markets were expecting. While it won’t be immediate, mortgage rates and rents are likely ...
Switzerland winning the Eurovision song contest this year grabbed our attention, it seems. The adult website Pornhub noted that while the competition was on, traffic to the site in this country began ...
The State Secretariat for Migration is clarifying the status of Syrian asylum seekers in the country. There are around 500 Syrians waiting for a decision. They don’t have to leave, which some felt ...
The Swiss National Bank has surprised the markets by slashing interest rates by half a percent. Many analysts were expecting a cut just a quarter of a percent. Inflation is still low which gives the ...
A police woman has been pardoned for a speeding offence dating from 2017. She had been given a suspended sentence of 280 hours of community service. The Geneva Grand Council Pardons Committee decided ...
Jim's has been selling British goods in the region since 1996. It now sells other international goods from the US, Asia, South Africa. Chris Anderson, Jim's son, joined Katt Cullen on the WRS ...
The number of women seeking breast reduction surgery in Switzerland has doubled in the last 20 years – with the greatest increase in demand over the last few years. The Vaud Cantonal Hospital in ...
A prolific child abuser has been given the maximum sentence of 15 years in jail. The man was in court in Frauenfeld in canton Thurgau. The 39-year-old, identified as Miguel, was arrested after one ...