Canton Valais is releasing CHF10 million ($12.1 million) in emergency funds for the Swiss mountain village of Blatten, which ...

Please stop sending clothes, but give us money. That’s the message from the authorities in the devasted village of Blatten.

A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.

On August 23, 2017 three million cubic metres of rock crashed down from the Piz Cengalo mountain in eastern Switzerland, triggering a landslide into the valley. It was the largest landslide in ...

Disposable e-cigarettes, or vapes, should be banned for sale in Switzerland, according to the Swiss parliament.

Researchers at the federal polytechnic ETH Zurich, say climate change is almost certain to have played a part in the Blatten disaster.

Married couples in Switzerland will get tax relief at last; the canton of Aargau seeks to introduce tougher checks at German ...