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Prosecutors plan to question Jacques Moretti next Monday in connection with the deadly New Year’s Eve fire at a bar in Crans-Montana; his wife will not be summoned to the hearing. Moretti, the bar’s co-owner, has been in pre-trial detention since August.
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Crans-Montana
A new national award will recognise emergency and rescue workers who responded to the Crans-Montana fire. The first Helping Hand ceremony is scheduled for December 8 in Bern.
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Valais
Former Chermignon mayor Jean-Claude Savoy has been questioned for a third time in the investigation into the 2015 refurbishment of the Constellation bar in Crans-Montana. Prosecutors are examining the work and the operating licence he co-signed in a case linked to a fire that killed 41 people.
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Switzerland
The Swiss section of the Great St Bernard Tunnel is to receive 1,000 solar panels, with the installation expected to generate about 450 megawatt-hours of electricity a year. The project is intended to cover roughly half of the tunnel’s energy needs.
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Switzerland
The expert investigation into the Crans-Montana fire has been delayed, with publication now not expected before the end of January. Separately, messages indicate that the bar’s owners had been warned about the risk posed by sparklers years before the blaze.
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Crans-Montana
A WhatsApp message in which the owner of the Crans-Montana bar Le Constellation warned staff that sparklers could cause a fire has become part of the criminal investigation into the venue’s fatal blaze. Prosecutors will have to assess whether the warning affects potential criminal responsibility for the tragedy.
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crime
Swiss Ski vice-president Claude-Alain Schmidhalter has been charged with fraud and breach of trust over an alleged dispute involving a severance payment from his former engineering business.
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Swiss Ski
Swiss Ski vice-president Claude-Alain Schmidhalter has been charged with fraud and breach of trust in Valais. He is due to appear in court on October 27 over allegations connected to a disputed severance payment from his former engineering business, creating questions for the organiser of the 2027 Alpine World Ski Championships.
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Blatten
A study has identified about 150,000 litres of heating oil and fuel buried beneath the debris from the 2025 glacier collapse that destroyed Blatten. Authorities plan long-term monitoring as reconstruction begins, but the amount that may have leaked remains unclear.
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Crans-Montana
As the first anniversary of the Crans-Montana fire approaches, Valais is planning a memorial ceremony while Parliament advances a settlement mechanism worth up to CHF20 million.
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Crans-Montana
Switzerland will mark the first anniversary of the Crans-Montana fire with a memorial ceremony on January 1, 2027, while parliament has approved up to CHF20 million to support negotiated settlements for victims and relatives.
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wolves
Valais is seeking federal authorisation to eliminate two entire wolf packs after 219 livestock deaths in 84 attacks this summer. The request will test Switzerland’s increasingly interventionist approach to wolf management and the balance between conservation and mountain farming.
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Crans-Montana
The Beloved Foundation has received around 70 applications from victims of the Crans-Montana fire and says it needs additional funds to sustain rehabilitation and reintegration programmes. The story examines how Switzerland is supporting survivors months after the disaster.
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Crans-Montana
Eight months after the Crans-Montana fire, Swiss rehabilitation specialists say patients with severe burns require continuous, interdisciplinary care. Ten of the 42 patients admitted since January remain in treatment in Valais and Aargau.
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Valais
A mountaineer died after falling on the Matterhorn’s Lion Ridge at an altitude of about 4,300 metres.
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Valais
Switzerland’s oldest cable car, linking Verbier and Savoleyres, has completed its final journey after 56 years and 16 million passengers.
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Switzerland
A former Crans-Montana municipal councillor has become the 17th person charged over the fatal New Year’s Eve fire at the Le Constellation bar, which killed 41 people and injured 115.
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Valais
A hanging glacier above Randa in Valais has accelerated and shed large ice blocks, prompting authorities to maintain a restricted danger zone. Experts say the area is being closely monitored and currently poses no immediate threat to residents, but the episode highlights the need for sustained Alpine hazard surveillance.
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Weisshorn
A hanging glacier on the Weisshorn near Randa in Valais remains unstable after several collapses, and authorities warn that further break-offs are possible. The alert level has been raised and the danger zone is being monitored as poor weather complicates assessment of the glacier’s movement.
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Valais
Authorities in Randa, Valais, have raised the alert level after several glacier collapses on the Weisshorn’s eastern hanging glacier. Further rockfalls cannot be ruled out, and monitoring continues within a designated danger zone as poor weather complicates assessments.
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