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Swiss nightclub fire: What to know about

BBC News 18 Jan 2026
Twenty-two years before the ...
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Davos 2026: Thousands of personnel, AI drones fortify Swiss town as it awaits Trump, other ...

The Economic Times 18 Jan 2026
Thousands of armed forces, drones, and special tools are deployed ... .
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Swiss president: Switzerland is ‘almost permanently in crisis mode’

Swissinfo 18 Jan 2026
After an eventful 2025, the Vaud minister in charge of the economics ministry said he had prepared himself for the fact that many things could not be planned during his term as Swiss president.
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The dark underbelly of chocolate-box Swiss Alps

The Daily Telegraph 18 Jan 2026
“I hope that Swiss justice will be up to the mark ... “They call it the Swiss Corsica here ... “If everything had been properly respected, we would not have 40 deaths at the end,” Mr Ganzer told Swiss broadcaster RTS.
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Swiss fire fatalities not given routine autopsies: lawyers

Sierra County Sentinel 17 Jan 2026
The victims of the Swiss New Year fire disaster have not undergone routine autopsies to determine how they died, lawyers representing their families said Friday ... .
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Three dead and one injured in Swiss avalanches

Swissinfo 17 Jan 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 ... .
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One cool cat! Man pays �16,000 to have dead pet feline cryogenically frozen at Swiss ...

The Daily Mail 17 Jan 2026
Finance worker Mark McAuliffe, from Newcastle, was so grief-stricken by Bonny's deteriorating health that he paid the eye-watering sum to have her frozen once she died ....
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Swiss authorities predict worsening housing shortage in 2026

Swissinfo 17 Jan 2026
The director of the Federal Office for Housing, Martin Tschirren, expects the housing shortage in Switzerland to get worse this year ... Insufficient supply and low construction activity are also leading to a shortage ... .
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Six Swiss cantons call for rail network expansion

Swissinfo 17 Jan 2026
Six Swiss cantons - Basel City, Basel Country, Geneva, Ticino, Valais and Vaud - have submitted a joint request to the ... Swiss are keenest rail users in Europe The ministers have made three demands.
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Swiss at heart, not on paper: the challenges of naturalisation from abroad

Swissinfo 17 Jan 2026
The number of people acquiring Swiss citizenship from abroad has fallen to a historic low ... She had always assumed she was Swiss ... She was not a Swiss citizen after all ... It was too late to pursue Swiss citizenship.
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Waitress who escaped Swiss bar fire says staff had no safety training

AOL 17 Jan 2026
The only employee to escape unharmed from the Swiss ski resort bar fire that killed 40 people on New Year’s Eve has told investigators that she received no fire safety instructions and was unaware of emergency procedures ... .
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Swiss ace Odermatt romps to Wengen downhill win

Yahoo Daily News 17 Jan 2026
The Swiss leader in the giant slalom, super-G and downhill standings has a 567-point lead in the overall standings over Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, who skipped the two speed events but will ...
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