Active in landslide-hit Blatten since June 27, the Swiss army will be leaving the area on Monday evening. Most of the debris ...

Switzerland spends almost $500m a year on protective structures. Is it worth it - or, as some suggest, should people move ...

Blatten Belalp Witches Festival in Switzerland, a wacky skiing festival in January where hundreds of skiers dressed as witches ski down the slopes.

One of Switzerland's glaciologists says his teams are noticing a strange phenomenon in the Alpine country's glaciers.

There has been a huge outpouring of solidarity in Switzerland for the people of Blatten. Yet debate around the cost of protecting mountain villages h ...

Maja Riniker, president of the House of Representatives, called on Switzerland to show solidarity with those people who have lost everything.

The situation in the landslide area of Blatten in southwestern Switzerland remained stable on Monday night. There were no recognisable changes on the ...

GENEVA, Switzerland — A small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing through the debris, and the level of a newly created lake that ...

Water from the Lonza river flows over the mud and stone, after the formation of a lake by the last houses of the village of Blatten, Switzerland, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone ...

Mr Huss had been aware of the situation in Blatten; he and his team check Switzerland’s glaciers all year round, and their annual reports show a clear, accelerated thaw, linked to global warming.