Switzerland spends almost $500m a year on protective structures. Is it worth it - or, as some suggest, should people move ...

Blatten Belalp Witches Festival in Switzerland, a wacky skiing festival in January where hundreds of skiers dressed as ...

Police are calling for witnesses after a home-jacking in Moudon in Canton Vaud. The perpetrator knocked on a woman’s door ...

Tourism companies in the Lötschental in Canton Valais are getting creative as visitor numbers have plummeted following the recent landslide over the town of Blatten.

One of Switzerland's glaciologists says his teams are noticing a strange phenomenon in the Alpine country's glaciers.

There has been a huge outpouring of solidarity in Switzerland for the people of Blatten. Yet debate around the cost of protecting mountain villages h ...

Canton Valais is releasing CHF10 million ($12.1 million) in emergency funds for the mountain village of Blatten, which was wiped out by a devastating glacier collapse last week.

Maja Riniker, president of the House of Representatives, called on Switzerland to show solidarity with those people who have lost everything.

GENEVA, Switzerland — A small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing through the debris, and the level of a newly created lake that ...

Water from the Lonza river flows over the mud and stone, after the formation of a lake by the last houses of the village of Blatten, Switzerland, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone ...

GENEVA (AP) — A small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing through the debris, and the level of a newly created lake that raised ...