GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The train between Oberwald and Ulrichen in Valais is being replaced by bus service Tuesday afternoon following the crash of a snowplow and a Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn train in Obergesteln earlier in the day. The driver of the plow was slightly injured in the accident but there were no other vehicles. The […]
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Valais police nab 206kph dope-smoking driver
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 24-year-old Italian man was stopped by Valais police at 15:30 Wednesday 29 January for driving 206 kph on the autoroute, where the limit is 120. Police say when he was nabbed he was smoking a joint of marijuana. He was handed a CHF2,000 fine as a guarantee and a ban on […]
Swiss abroad outnumber Valais voters
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – If the Swiss Abroad could all vote easily, they would outnumber voters in canton Valais, Bern said Thursday, presenting the latest figures on what’s known as the “Fifth Switzerland” (the other four: language regions for French, German, Italian and Romansh). The number of eligible voters living abroad was 155,523 persons last year: […]
Swiss rail ramps up energy supply
BERN, SWITZERLAND – The electric supply for Swiss trains has been given a CHF37 million boost: as of the start of 2014 two new systems that guarantee a steady and reliable electric system for the country’s trains are fully operational, the SBB/CFF rail company said 21 January. The first, EMS, is an energy system that […]
Top Red Holstein beats 1,000 cows
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Renita, a Red Holstein cow whose full name is Plattery Savard Renita, took the top prize at Swiss Expo over the weekend. The show, which pulled in 23,000 visitors, is Europe’s largest dairy show. Some 400 farmers brought their finest milk cows, over 1,000 of them, but Renita was the belle of […]