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The dramatic, snow-covered mountainscape of the Grand Combin and Petit Combin, with clouds being blown over the peaks

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Helicopter crashes on Petit Combin in Valais

This content was published on Apr 2, 2024 A helicopter crashed in the Pennine Alps on Tuesday morning, in the upper Val de Bagnes of canton Valais.

Skiers ride down the slopes at Riffelberg with Mount Matterhorn in the background

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Avalanche at Swiss ski resort near Zermatt claims three lives

This content was published on Apr 2, 2024 An American teenager and two other people were killed in an avalanche near the Swiss resort of Zermatt.

Bavaria, Munich: Journalists stand in front of a window in the Bavarian state parliament. Bad weather with Saharan dust is gathering over the city centre, colouring the sky yellow/orange. Dust from the African desert colours the sky yellowish and creates a special lighting mood.

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Saharan dust blankets Switzerland, skies turn cloudy and yellow

This content was published on Mar 30, 2024 Cloudy and yellow skies: an extraordinary amount of Saharan dust has settled over Switzerland.

Two ski tourers died in an avalanche at La Fouly, canton Valais, on January 24, 2024.

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Avalanches killed 14 people in Switzerland this winter

This content was published on Mar 27, 2024 Fourteen people died in avalanches in the Swiss Alps this winter, mostly ski tourers, the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) reported on Wednesday.

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Higher proportion of foreigners died in Swiss mountains

This content was published on Mar 26, 2024 Fatal Alpine accidents hit foreign visitors to Switzerland more than locals in 2023.

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Swiss lynx to establish population in Germany

This content was published on Mar 19, 2024 A female Swiss lynx has been successfully relocated to Germany. The animal, who originates from the Jura Mountains, will help establish a lynx population in the German Ore Mountains.

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Switzerland fails to meet WHO air quality standards

This content was published on Mar 19, 2024 Only seven countries met air quality standards set by the World Health Organization (WHO) last year. Switzerland is not one of them.

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Swiss rescuers respond to more blockages in ski tours

This content was published on Mar 17, 2024 More and more hikers and skiers are getting stuck in the Swiss mountains.

wolf with brown eyes looking to the side

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Third of Swiss support preventive wolf culls

This content was published on Mar 15, 2024 In a survey, one-third of Swiss adults supported the idea of culling wolves in order to protect livestock.

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Bad weather hampers search for six missing skiers near the Matterhorn

This content was published on Mar 10, 2024 A major search operation is underway in the Swiss Alps to find six skiers who have been missing since Saturday.

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