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

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:May 4, 2023

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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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

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:February 6, 2023

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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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

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:December 19, 2022

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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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

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:December 4, 2022

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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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

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:October 26, 2022

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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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

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:September 21, 2022

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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President of the Swiss Confederation Guy Parmelin poses. (Newsflash)

Swiss Who Heat Homes Above 19C Face Three Years Behind Bars

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:September 18, 2022

Swiss residents who heat their homes to more than 19 degrees Celsius face up to three years in jail under strict new guidelines as Europe's energy crisis bites. The Swiss…

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Picture shows Vorderer Schwendisee, Switzerland, undated. A 43-year-old unidentified Briton died here in a swimming accident, on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Kantonspolizei St. Gallen/Newsflash)

British Man Dies While Swimming In Swiss Lake

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:September 4, 2022

A British man died while trying to swim towards a platform in the middle of a Swiss lake. The tragedy took place on the small lake of Schwendisee in St.…

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The Marjelenalp glacier in Switzerland, pictured in 2021. Scientists reconstructed the retreat of glaciers using historical photo material and came to the conclusion that the volume of the glaciers halved between 1931 and 2016, in Switzerland. (VAW, ETH Zurich/Newsflash)

Swiss Glaciers Lose Half Their Volume In 85 Years, Study Shows

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:September 1, 2022

Switzerland’s glaciers have decreased by around 50 per cent within 85 years - and are now melting at an even faster rate. Experts studied tens of thousands of period photographs…

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Photo shows the Tsanfleuron Pass in the Swiss Alps in an undated photo. It reappeared after being buried under ice for over 2000 years in August, 2022. (Glacier 3000/Newsflash)

Global Warming Reveals Swiss Mountain Route Unseen Since Roman Times

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:August 18, 2022

A Swiss mountain pass buried under ice for more than 2,000 years has reappeared due to global warming. The ice covering the pass between Scex Rouge and Tsanfleuron in the…

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