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Fire in basement bar in an upscale ski resort confirmed to have killed 40 people, with identification of the burned to potentially take weeks.

The national broadcaster responsible for hosting the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest announced on Wednesday that audience members will be allowed to bring “all official flags,” presumably including the Palestinian flag, and that booing will not be censored out of the live event, emboldening pro-Hamas protesters who have made the non-political event a major target.

Swiss pop singer and rapper Nemo is returning the 2024 Eurovision trophy to protest Israel participating in the song contest.

The world is in a febrile state. Europe is watching Russian aggression into Ukraine while the Middle East and parts of Africa remain unstable as China flexes in Asia. Still, the increasingly sidelined United Nations has its priorities firmly in place.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio touched down in Geneva on Sunday morning for discussions on a 28-point plan for peace to end the Ukraine war, after Washington signalled flexibility on the controversial proposal.

Digital identity cards are set to be introduced in Switzerland after voters narrowly approved a referendum on Sunday.

The Swiss city of Lausanne was rocked this week by race youth riots after a migrant from Gambia died while fleeing from police on a motorbike.

Switzerland’s president held last-gasp talks with the US secretary of state on Wednesday after she rushed to Washington to avert tariffs.

Trump warns Europe would be subjected to a punishment trade tariff if it attempted to welch on its promise to invest in the American economy.

President Donald Trump revealed Tuesday that he plans to put tariffs on pharmaceutical products, which will start at a lower duty but rise to 150 percent or 250 percent 12 to 18 months from now.

A Chihuahua is being hailed a hero after showing rescuers where a man had fallen into a glacier in southern Switzerland.

Officials have claimed that subscriptions to a swimming pool in the Swiss municipality of Porrentruy have increased significantly after authorities imposed a ban on foreigners.

A team of 14-year-old boys had no problem going through the Swiss women’s national team, as they defeated them 7-1 ahead of the Euro 2025 qualifiers.

Iran’s foreign minister arrived Friday for talks with top European diplomats in Geneva after war erupted between Israel and Iran.

One person is missing after a chunk of a glacier careened down a mountainside in Switzerland on Wednesday.

Israel has won its way through to the Eurovision grand final on Saturday, hours after anti-Israel protesters in Basel, Switzerland, tried to disrupt the country’s dress rehearsal and prevent a survivor of the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack go forward.

Three Ukrainian nationals have been arrested in Germany and Switzerland on suspicion of agreeing to send parcels containing explosive or incendiary devices from Germany to Ukraine, apparently at the behest of people acting for Russia, German prosecutors said Wednesday.

Cameras caught an anti-Israel protester at Sunday’s Eurovision opening event, the “turquoise carpet,” making a throat-slitting gesture and spitting in the direction of the Israeli delegation to the competition.

The Swiss fencing team turned their backs to the Israeli national anthem after the Jewish state won gold at the European Championships.

The Swiss president says Switzerland is among 15 countries with which the United States plans to conduct “privileged” negotiations.

Swiss authorities have arrested and deported Ali Abunimah, the executive director of the radical anti-Israel website Electronic Intifada, after he arrived in the country to speak at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Zurich.

Ahead of next week’s presidential election, First Lady Melania Trump is gracing the cover of Schweizer Illustrierte, a Swiss-based magazine, wearing an off-the-runway look from one of her favorite fashion duos.

A Swiss tourist had her throat cut in a cafe in Algeria by a man yelling “Allahu Akbar” and “Long live Palestine” earlier this month in an attack which was allegedly covered up by local authorities.

A man attacked and injured three young children as they were heading to a day care center in Zurich on Tuesday, Swiss police said.

Police in northern Switzerland said Tuesday that several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule.”

Left-green politician later claimed she had no idea image of Virgin Mary and baby Jesus had religious significance at the time of shooting.

Swiss officials confirmed this week that a former Miss Switzerland finalist met a horrific end when her husband allegedly strangled her to death before dismembering her body, which he “pureed” in a blender.

A shooting saw the perpetrator roam and fire a rifle for ten minutes, with police initially unsure whether the rifle was a prop or real.

Three people were missing on Saturday after massive thunderstorms and rainfall in southeastern Switzerland caused a landslide, authorities said.

The Chinese state-run newspaper Global Times declared the Ukrainian “peace summit” in Lucerne, Switzerland, this weekend a failure, pointedly noting that American President Joe Biden did not attend the event despite being in Europe last week and Vice President Kamala Harris, who went in his stead, left early.

Switzerland convicted a former interior minister of Gambia over the repression against opponents of its longtime dictator.

Self-described “non-binary” Swiss rapper Nemo has won the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song “The Code”.

Canadian and American officials announced the arrest of six suspects in a $16 million robbery that stands as Canada’s largest gold heist.

Switzerland’s government it hopes that Russia might join in the peace process one day.

Soaring migration would never have been permitted to happen if the country’s democracy wasn’t so broken, Brexit leader Nigel Farage reflected.