14+ hour, 26+ min ago  (247+ words) Thursday, 16 July 2026 06:30 A Geneva MP is pushing to ban loud cars and motorcycles from city streets at night. Matthieu Jotterand has submitted a motion at the cantonal parliament, targeting main roads such as Route des Acacias and Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve,…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (256+ words) Wednesday, 15 July 2026 06:30 Canton Fribourg is urging bathers to stick to official beaches this summer, warning that low water levels and rising temperatures are letting bacteria multiply in the canton's rivers and lakes. The environment service says the canton's 3,000 kilometres of…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (231+ words) Tuesday, 14 July 2026 06:30 Rents in Geneva have risen 5.3% over the past year, putting the canton well above the national average of 2.5%, according to the property platform Homegate. The June index climbed another 0.2% month-on-month, with Zurich also above trend at 3.3% and Bern…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (203+ words) Tuesday, 14 July 2026 06:30 Eight of Geneva's eleven paddling pools are now closed as the city battles bacterial contamination during the heatwave. Six more pools shut after tests detected high levels of Pseudomonas, following the earlier closure of two others because of…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (231+ words) Tuesday, 14 July 2026 06:30 Crans-Montana is hoping for a broadly stable summer, more than six months after the New Year fire at the Constellation bar. Bookings are holding, though tourism director Bruno Huggler says the strong franc, Middle East tensions and consumer…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (232+ words) Friday, 10 July 2026 06:16 Switzerland has become the first country in Europe to widen its HPV vaccine to everyone aged 9 to 45, including men up to 45. Swissmedic has provisionally approved the extended use of Gardasil 9 to prevent throat, head and neck cancers, which…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (190+ words) Friday, 10 July 2026 06:31 Hundreds of football fans packed Geneva's La Praille shopping centre yesterday to meet Swiss star Xherdan Shaqiri. Some young supporters had been waiting since eight in the morning for the FC Basel player, who was in the city…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (254+ words) Friday, 10 July 2026 06:18 Geneva cantonal minister Carole-Anne Kast says Bern gave in too easily to France over who pays for last month's G7 summit in Évian. The canton is left with CHF 31.6 million in costs, of which the Confederation will cover CHF…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago  (203+ words) Thursday, 9 July 2026 06:30 Football fever is emptying the shelves. Sports shops across the country say they're struggling to keep Swiss national team jerseys in stock after the historic run to the World Cup quarter-finals. Retailers report a surge in demand, with…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago  (202+ words) Thursday, 9 July 2026 06:30 Geneva is banning all fires in forests and near woodland as the risk of wildfires rises. With extreme heat and ongoing drought, authorities have raised the danger level to four out of five — considered high risk. The ban…...