Read more about the article 1,500 Swiss Cabbies Lose Licence Over New German Language Law
Illustrative image shows a taxi, undated. Poor German skills cost 1,500 taxi drivers their jobs. (Newsflash)

1,500 Swiss Cabbies Lose Licence Over New German Language Law

Hundreds of taxi drivers in Switzerland have been stripped of their licences after strict new German language rules came into force. The regulation means any cabbie without advanced qualifications and…

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Read more about the article AI Changes Prices Of Ski Passes Several Times A Day Same As Petrol Stations
Illustrative image shows Zermatt ski area, undated. The lift prices reportedly change several times a day. (Newsflash)

AI Changes Prices Of Ski Passes Several Times A Day Same As Petrol Stations

Artificial intelligence has been changing the prices of Swiss ski resorts several times a day for the first time, it has emerged. The posh Zermatt mountain resort, famous for its…

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Read more about the article Swiss Plane Leaves For Spain Without Luggage Due To Staff Shortage
Image shows an Airbus A220-100, similar to the one that traveled from Zurich, Switzerland, to Bilbao, Spain, undated photo. It arrived at the airport in Spain without the passengers' luggage due to a shortage of staff on Saturday, Sep. 9, 2023. (Swiss International Air Lines Ltd./Newsflash)

Swiss Plane Leaves For Spain Without Luggage Due To Staff Shortage

A Swiss airline has set a new standard after it managed to lose everyone's luggage while on a flight from Switzerland to Spain. The 111 Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS)…

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Read more about the article Authorities Charge Tourists GBP 4.50 For Selfies At Lake Spot Featured In Korean Netflix Show
Image shows tourists at the Lake Brienz in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland, undated photo. The place has been overflown with visitors because of the South Korean TV series 'Crash Landing on You' on Netflix. (Postauto/Newsflash)

Authorities Charge Tourists GBP 4.50 For Selfies At Lake Spot Featured In Korean Netflix Show

The Swiss authorities have begun charging tourists to take selfies at an idyllic lake beauty spot featured in a popular South Korean Netflix show after thousands of people started visiting…

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Read more about the article Fears Over 80-year-Old Round-The-World Sailor Missing For Two Months
Peter Baggenstos, 80, poses in undated photo. He was last seen in the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, on Dec. 1, 2022. (Tasmania Police/Newsflash)

Fears Over 80-year-Old Round-The-World Sailor Missing For Two Months

The search for a missing round-the-world sailor has continued nearly two months after he was last seen in New Zealand. Swiss yachtsman Peter Baggenstos, aged 80, vanished in the middle…

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Read more about the article Dad Of Two Dead After Avalanche On Swiss Mountain Buried Him Alive
Image shows the area around the mountainous village of San Bernardino, canton of Grisons, in Switzerland, where the incident happened, undated photo. A 56-eyar-old man died in the hospital after being buried by an avalanche on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. (Kantonspolizei Graubuenden/Newsflash)

Dad Of Two Dead After Avalanche On Swiss Mountain Buried Him Alive

A father has died in hospital after he and his son were swept away by an avalanche on a Swiss mountain. The man was travelling with his wife and their…

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Read more about the article 60 Per Cent Of Creepy Crawlies Are Threatened With Extinction
Image shows a true leaf insect or a walking leaf, undated photo. The Zurich Zoo in Switzerland raised awareness against the global insect biodiversity loss on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. (Zoo Zurich, Rita Schlegel/Newsflash)

60 Per Cent Of Creepy Crawlies Are Threatened With Extinction

A Swiss zoo has predicted that almost 60 per cent of all insect species in the country are threatened with extinction. Experts from Zurich Zoo say that the declining insect…

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Read more about the article Nobleman’s Medieval Graffiti  Found In Jerusalem Holy Tomb
Photo shows the inscription and family emblem of Adrian von Bubenberg in the Holy Complex on Mount Zion, Jerusalem, Israel. Written sources record that Adrian von Bubenberg came on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1466. (Shai Halevy, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)

Nobleman’s Medieval Graffiti Found In Jerusalem Holy Tomb

Graffiti drawn by a knight from the Middle Ages has been discovered more than 500 years later in King David's Tomb in Jerusalem. A charcoal scrawling shows the name of…

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Read more about the article Boffins Feed Power From Idle Electric Cars Back Into National Grid
Image shows an electric vehicle by Swiss pilot project "V2X Suisse" that can be used as a power bank. (obs, Mobility, Mobility Genossenschaft/Newsflash)

Boffins Feed Power From Idle Electric Cars Back Into National Grid

Seven Swiss companies have turned 50 electric cars into power banks by feeding electricity from their batteries back into the grid when not driven to fill current energy gaps. The…

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