The ranges and valleys of the Swiss Alps stand out in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission in December 2024. Extending some 1,200 km, the Alps occupy an area of about 200,000 ...

The Swiss Alps are attracting a growing number of Swiss as well as international investors, prepared to pump hundreds of millions of francs into the development of vast tourist complexes.

The second UNESCO gem also in Switzerland are the Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch, offering spectacular alpine views, with the mountain’s grandeur mentioned by over 100 visitors. The site provides ...

Every year, in the small alpine village of Davos, Switzerland, the most influential people in the world travel to the most elevated town in Europe to take part in a week of closed-door meetings ...

A new twist has emerged in the murder of a British family who were brutally gunned down and executed in the Alps 12 years ago ... be a semi-automatic pistol of Swiss origin, a Luger PO6/29.

Swiss skier Marco Odermatt has won the Lauberhorn downhill ski race in Wengen, Switzerland, for the third time. It was the fifth Swiss double of the season in the men's category, with compatriot ...

For many years that followed, the Rhone glacier blanketed the Swiss mountains in the cloak of white ice. The glacier tipped in the Alps of south-central Switzerland spilling its meltwater in Lake ...

The Princess of Wales recently travelled to the Alps on a family ski trip, according to The Mail on Sunday. Princess Kate, 43, was reportedly joined by her husband Prince William, 42, and their ...

If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. Swiss watch brands reflect its people. In a country where train schedules are timed to the second, and tidiness is happiness, there is ...

Straddling the Franco-Swiss border is Lake Geneva, a 224-square-mile lake formed by the Rhône River. It has been a popular vacation spot for years, drawing such memorable names as Audrey Hepburn ...