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Crans-Montana hotels hit by wave of cancellations after bar fire tragedy

Aerial view of Crans-Montana in canton Valais.

This content was published on Jan 18, 2026 Following a deadly blaze at a bar, the local tourism sector is reeling. Hotels and second-homes are facing numerous cancellations.

A German citizen died on Saturday in an avalanche on the Badus/Six Madun mountain in southeastern Switzerland.

German skier dies in avalanche in southeastern Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 18, 2026 A German skier died on Saturday in an avalanche near the Oberalp Pass in southeastern Switzerland. He was part of a group of seven skiers swept away by the avalanche.

Hundreds join anti-WEF protest march in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 17, 2026 Around 600 opponents of the World Economic Forum (WEF) have joined a protest march to Davos, which will host the WEF annual meeting next week.

Around 40 people died and 116 were seriously injured in a fire in the Le Constellation bar in the Swiss mountain resort of Crans-Montana on New Year’s Eve.

Crans-Montana fire: criticism grows over missing autopsies

This content was published on Jan 17, 2026 Criticism has been mounting over why autopsies were not conducted immediately for some victims of the deadly fire in the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana.

On January 12, a Swiss court approved three months’ pre-trial detention for Jacques Moretti, the co-owner of the Crans-Montana bar where the New Year’s Eve fire killed 40 people, citing a risk he might flee. His wife Jessica will not be held in custody. Instead, she will face alternative measures, including a ban on leaving Switzerland.

Crans-Montana fire: prosecutors set bail at CHF200,000 for each bar owner

This content was published on Jan 17, 2026 Swiss prosecutors have set bail at CHF200,000 for each of the bar owners under investigation for the deadly fire in Crans-Montana.

Avalanches in Valais, three dead and one injured

Three dead and one injured in Swiss avalanches

This content was published on Jan 17, 2026 Two cantonal police officers, 42 and 41, died in an avalanche in the Chamoson area in canton Valais while ski touring on Thursday. Another person was injured.