A Swiss entrepreneur who has spent more than a decade traveling across Colombia says the country has enormous untapped tourism potential, but warns that poor infrastructure, bureaucracy and security concerns continue to prevent the industry from reaching its full potential. Frank Spitzer, founder…
Glaciers in Switzerland – the home to the most in the Alps – lost 5.5% of their ice volume this year, the second-biggest percentage drop on record due to heat waves and low winter snowfall, experts report, according to AP. “Alpine glaciers have no chance of surviving in the long term under such…
A Singaporean livestreamer recently shared how he got a racist slant-eye gesture after asking a man in the Swiss village of Giswil for help lifting his fallen bike during his first motorcycle trip through Europe.
Swiss glaciers lost 5.5% of their ice volume in the first eight months of 2026, bringing total losses since 2021 to 19.4%. Researchers say some glaciers are now collapsing from within as meltwater carves out large cavities. The Guardian reports: Matthias Huss, a glaciologist at ETH Zurich and lead…
Switzerland's glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost nearly 20% of their mass in five years, experts said Thursday, with 2026 registering the...
“There is no compelling reason for UBS to remain a Swiss company,” Artisan Partners wrote Wednesday.
Gianni Infantino's drive to remain boss at world football's governing body Fifa was under threat on Thursday after his own country's football association withdrew its support.
