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Human error caused Glacier Express crash A probe into the derailment of a Swiss tourist train in which one person died and 42 others were injured has found the driver was going "too fast". The driver of the Glacier Express train had been going about 20km above the 35km/h permitted level when the accident occurred on July 23. 30.07.2010 - 08:20 Room to grow in Swiss plastic recycling Switzerland’s recycling figures for plastic drink bottles are at an all-time high, but there is no nationwide system for recycling other types of plastic. 29.07.2010 - 21:30 Stressed teachers leave the classrooms Difficult pupils and parents, ever-increasing duties and ongoing reforms are pushing some Swiss teachers to burnout. 29.07.2010 - 08:27 Facebook phenomenon keeps on growing Social networking website Facebook, which is highly popular in Switzerland, reached a milestone this month – 500 million users worldwide. 28.07.2010 - 21:30 Swiss sound alarm over fake drug imports Imports of illegal medicines into Switzerland jumped by 75 per cent in the first half of this year – a situation causing concern among health officials. 26.07.2010 - 21:09 Zurich stands by its techno music festival Zurich’s Street Parade is relying on its experience and on a detailed security concept to avoid a mass panic similar to the stampede in the German city of Duisburg. 26.07.2010 - 08:29 Does 24-hour trade underlie youth violence? Yelling, vandalism and fighting among beer-soaked youths is a common late-night sight in Swiss cities. One law expert says 24-hour businesses fuel the problem. 24.07.2010 - 10:31 Swiss tackle Italian mafia on home soil The bloodiest arm of the Italian mafia, the ‘Ndrangheta, has moved beyond just laundering money in Switzerland to other criminal activities on Swiss soil. 22.07.2010 - 13:38 Bumps in road could slow motorway plans Fifty years after launching its ambitious motorway construction project, Switzerland boasts one of the densest – and possibly most expensive – networks in the world. 21.07.2010 - 21:30 Ozone continues to cause summertime blues The hotter the summer, the more ozone is in the air. But unlike in the 1980s, the irritant is no longer high on the political agenda. 21.07.2010 - 16:38 A simple life on the Loveignoz pasture The powerful rays of the early-morning sun slowly burn through the mist clinging to the peak of the Aiguilles Rouges in the Val d’Hérens valley in canton Valais. 20.07.2010 - 07:45 Cannabis cultivator confounds the authorities A man who has been on a hunger strike since his imprisonment for growing and trading in cannabis continues to confuse the authorities about how they should react. 18.07.2010 - 11:01 Polanski visits Montreux Jazz Festival Roman Polanski has made his first public appearance since being released last Monday from house arrest in Switzerland, attending the Montreux Jazz Festival. 17.07.2010 - 18:38 “Courier me over some condoms” Dilemma! You are both in the mood, but you’ve run out. Don’t risk it, call “Dial-a-rubber” and a bike courier will zip round with a pack of three. 16.07.2010 - 08:28 Rabies creeps closer to the Swiss border An outbreak of rabies in northern Italy has neighbouring Switzerland preparing for the worst, according to the Federal Veterinary Office. 15.07.2010 - 08:39 High cocaine levels present in Swiss water The waste water in Swiss towns contain surprisingly high traces of cocaine, according to a study by Bern University.

Travel & Culture

Anglo-Swiss nurse recalls Live Aid role This month marks the 25th anniversary of Live Aid, the historic international pop concert that helped raise millions for famine relief in Africa. It had been the television news image of Claire Bertschinger, a young nurse on a remote feeding station in Ethiopia, doling out meagre rations to a line of thousands and grimly choosing the recipients that brought the world’s attention to starvation in Africa and inspired Live Aid. 23.07.2010 - 22:17 One dead, dozens injured in train crash One person has died and 42 were injured after a popular tourist train, the Glacier Express, derailed in the Alps on Friday. 23.07.2010 - 14:52 Artists, friends and rivals Ferdinand Hodler was a huge figure on the Swiss art scene at the turn of the century, but new talents Cuno Amiet and Giovanni Giacometti were snapping at his heels. 21.07.2010 - 07:55 Kafkaesque legal dispute leads to Zurich An Israeli argument involving original manuscripts of Prague-born author Franz Kafka has come to Switzerland.

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