
Switzerland
Location CountrySwitzerland: Alpine crash, FIFA legal battles, Nazi dossier, and assisted dying.
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Switzerland has been in the news recently due to a tragic bus crash in its eastern Alpine region, specifically near Susch and Zernez in the canton of Graubünden. The accident involved a coach carrying Dutch tourists, resulting in several fatalities and numerous injuries. In legal and international affairs, UEFA is involved in a dispute with FIFA subsidiaries in a US court, concerning potential evidence for a Swiss criminal case against FIFA President Gianni Infantino. Switzerland has also declassified and published a 200-page dossier on the Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele. Furthermore, the country's assisted dying clinics remain a point of discussion, as highlighted by Esther Rantzen's statement about her inability to travel for the procedure due to fragility. While not directly about Switzerland, a multinational study on microplastics affecting European agricultural fields, including those in EU countries, points to broader environmental concerns.
Last updated: September 18, 2026
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News from Switzerland


Swiss police report five killed in Dutch tour bus crash

UEFA wants FIFA subsidiaries’ blocked from Infantino discovery fight in US

Several dead in Dutch coach crash in Switzerland

Coach crash kills several people in Swiss Alps

Esther Rantzen now ‘too physically fragile’ to end her life in Switzerland

Switzerland publishes 200-page dossier on Nazi doctor Mengele, known as ‘Angel of Death’

Much of Europe already levies a tourist tax – a nice little earner for Italian hotspots
Serbian club Red Star Belgrade fined by UEFA for fan chants in honor of war criminal Ratko Mladic
