Swiss authorities said on Tuesday that the bar that burst into flames in an upscale ski resort, killing 40 people at New Year, had not had a mandatory annual inspection since 2019, underlining concerns about what safety measures were in place.

Swiss authorities identified the first victims of the deadly New Year’s Eve nightclub fire, confirming teenagers were among those killed. Two bar managers are under criminal investigation as

The Swiss bar owner, a French national, is a ‘known pimp’ who also served time in prison for fraud and kidnapping, said a French newspaper

An investigation will scrutinise work carried out in the bar’s basement in 2015. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Tahirys Dos Santos was on holiday in the Swiss Alps with friends when the fire broke out around 1:30 a.m. local time during New Year’s celebrations.

Violier shot himself to death, a statement by Swiss authorities said French-Swiss chef Benoit Violier, who presided over Switzerland’s celebrated Restaurant l’Hotel de Ville, was found dead in his home on Sunday in an apparent suicide, according to ...

Over 40 communes in French-speaking Switzerland have joined forces to fight closures of local post offices. They have urged parliamentarians to clarify Swiss Post's universal service mandate and scope of activity prior to any future restructuring.