Read more about the article British Man Dies While Swimming In Swiss Lake
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

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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Read more about the article Swiss Glaciers Lose Half Their Volume In 85 Years, Study Shows
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

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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Read more about the article Global Warming Reveals Swiss Mountain Route Unseen Since Roman Times
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

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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Read more about the article Melting Swiss Glacier Reveals Human Skulls And 50-Year-Old Plane Crash
Image shows the plain wreckage in the Swiss Alps in an undated photo. Switzerland's melting glaciers revealed the remains of a plane that crashed on Sunday, June 30, 1968. (Konkordiahuette/Newsflash)

Melting Swiss Glacier Reveals Human Skulls And 50-Year-Old Plane Crash

Global warming has revealed gruesome human skulls and parts of a crashed plane entombed beneath an Alpine glacier for more than 50 years. The Piper PA-28 Cherokee had not been…

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Read more about the article Dachau Death Camp Pic Used To Announce Church Services
Picture shows the website of the municipality of Schattdorf, Switzerland, with an image from the Dachau concentration camp, undated. The post was used to announce the closure of the office. (schattdorf.ch/Newsflash)

Dachau Death Camp Pic Used To Announce Church Services

Swiss council bosses who used a picture of the Nazi death camp Dachau on their website have been forced to apologise. The notice was supposed to announce service times at…

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Read more about the article Have Billionaire’s Bones Emerged From Melting Glacier?
Karl-Erivan Haub pictured in a screen from undated video. He disappeared while mountaineering on April 7, 2018, near Zermatt, Switzerland. (Newsflash)

Have Billionaire’s Bones Emerged From Melting Glacier?

A melting Swiss glacier has revealed a human skeleton that could be the remains of a missing German billionaire who went out on a hike and never came back. Karl-Erivan…

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