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Italy monitoring Swiss fatal rave shooting

Police have cordoned off the area around the rave party

This content was published on Aug 31, 2026 Italy is closely following the Swiss investigation into a fatal shooting at a rave party.

Climate adaptation

Swiss farmers prepare for droughts with major irrigation project

This content was published on Aug 28, 2026 Drought is putting Swiss farmers under pressure, prompting authorities to invest in a 90km irrigation network serving nearly 200 farms.

Agribusiness

Traces of cadmium found in most Swiss foodstuffs

This content was published on Aug 27, 2026 Consumer watchdog study detects cadmium in 67 out of 90 everyday food products.

Elio Biadici in front of his house in Piano di Peccia, in the Maggia Valley, southern Switzerland on July, 3, 2024. Heavy thunderstorms triggered devastating debris flows and damage in the region in late June 2024.

Climate adaptation

Why Alpine debris flows are becoming more intense and unpredictable

This content was published on Aug 27, 2026 Swissinfo spoke to Markus Stoffel, head of the new Chair of Mountain Hazard Research at the University of Geneva, about how the climate crisis is reshaping debris flows and other Alpine hazards.

A view of the summit of the Weisshorn mountain shrouded in clouds, with the Weisshorn East hanging glacier to the left, above the Bisgletscher, August 25, 2026, in canton Valais.

Glaciers & permafrost

Swiss experts downplay risk from unstable glacier

This content was published on Aug 26, 2026 Local officials and experts stress that the Weisshorn glacier is being closely monitored and poses no immediate threat to residents.