Some in Switzerland awoke to snow on Sunday morning. The weather service Meteo News is predicting more light snow overnight and on Monday across the Swiss plateau. Speaking to Le Matin, Lionel Peyraud of Météo Suisse said 10 to 17 cm of snow could fall at altitudes above 1,000 m, with 15 cm falling on the […]
Sun powered aircraft Solar Impulse completes Pacific ocean crossing
Solar Impulse 2 left Hawaii on 21 April at 6:15 am local time (UTC-10) and landed at the Moffett Airfield on 23 April at 11:44 pm local time (UTC-7), completing its crossing of the Pacific, using only the power of the sun to drive its four motors, a feat considered impossible by industry experts. The […]
The Patrouille des Glaciers 2016 cancelled
The decision was taken this morning to cancel the last race of this year’s Patrouille des Glaciers, the iconic Swiss ski race between Zermatt and Verbier that takes place every two years. The ski mountaineering race organised by the Swiss Army, in which military and civilian teams compete, consists of four races. This year, the […]
Solar impulse back in the air and bound for the US
Born in Switzerland and now heading from Hawaii to California, Solar Impulse 2 took off early this morning from Kalaeloa in Hawaii, as it continues its round-the-world flight. In silence, the 100% solar-powered aircraft took off across the Pacific at 6:15am Hawaii time (UTC-10) bound for California. The plane belonging to Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, […]
Rising tiger numbers are nothing to cheer about
When the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Global Tiger Forum (GTF) roared the news last week that “for the first time in 100 years, tiger numbers are growing”, the media, including the New York Times, splashed the headline around the world. Few journalists checked out the headline or the facts. After all, WWF said so. Yet, as science writer […]
Swiss buy more and more meat across the border
Swiss are buying increasing amounts of meat in neighbouring countries according to Switzerland’s professional meat union (UPSV). Over the border After three years of rising, Switzerland’s appetite for meat appears to have declined by around 1% in 2015, or 2% on a per capita basis, to an annual average of 51.4 kg per person. These numbers […]
Stiff new fines for littering in Switzerland
Tribune de Genève. Throwing a cigarette butt on the street or an empty can on to the side of a road is set to become an offense with a steep fine. The new rules, supported by the Federal Council, and likely to be adopted by parliament over summer, will apply to all of Switzerland. According […]
Snow returns to Switzerland
20 Minutes. Don’t put your coats and gloves away just yet. Temperatures and the snow line are set to drop significantly by the end of the week. The foehn, a warm wind that blows from the south, lifted Swiss temperatures sharply to close to 25 degrees last Sunday, bringing a taste of summer to western […]
Swiss police get tough on noisy motor cyclists, but will it work?
We have all heard them. Those big thundering noisy bikes that stop conversations and leave your ears ringing. Swiss police in Vaud started to crackdown on noise last year and continue to target noise polluters, especially motorcyclists. Why are these motorbikes allowed on Swiss roads? Some are and some are not. Switzerland has adopted EU […]
French airliner dumps fuel in Swiss and Italian airspace
According to the Swiss news service ATS, a Corsair Boeing B747 flying from Paris to Mauritius on Sunday, dropped 70 tonnes of fuel in Swiss and Italian airspace. The aircraft, bound for Mauritius, had technical problems and had to return to Paris to land. Certain aircraft, such as the Boeing B747, have a maximum landing weight […]
