Swiss police are warning it could take days or even weeks to identify everyone who perished, leaving an agonising wait for relatives. "We've tried to reach our friends. We took loads of photos and posted them on Instagram, Facebook, all possible social networks to try to find them," Eleonore, 17, tells AFP.

About 40 people were killed and more than 100 injured, many gravely, in a fire in a bar at a ski resort in the Swiss Alps during a New Year’s celebration on Thursday. The Swiss president said it was “one of the worst tragedies our country has ever experienced.”

Switzerland’s exports to the US expanded in the month the Swiss struck a deal to remove outsized American tariffs.

A group of new Swiss Guard recruits officially joined the ranks after swearing to “faithfully, loyally and honorably serve the reigning Pontiff” at the Vatican on Saturday. Wearing the red, orange, and blue grand gala uniform with armor, 23 new ...

About 40 people celebrating at a ski resort bar were killed, and 115 were injured, many of them young, the authorities said.

The Swiss National Bank kept its interest rate at zero, judging that a weakened inflation outlook doesn’t yet justify a return to negative borrowing costs.

Tahirys Dos Santos was on holiday in the Swiss Alps with friends when the fire broke out around 1:30 a.m. local time during New Year’s celebrations.

The Swiss nightclub where dozens died in a tragic New Year’s Eve fire advertised the feature that witnesses allege caused the blaze. At 1:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day in Crans-Montana, Valais, Switzerland, local club Le Constellation erupted in a blaze, leading to the death of at least 40, while over 100 more were taken injured.