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Michel Platini arrives at Swiss Attorney General’s office as former head of UEFA is interrogated as part of probe into £1.6m payment from FIFA in 2011 Michel Platini was pictured arriving at the Swiss Attorney General’s office Platini, the former head of UEFA, was summoned for questioning on Monday The 65-year-old is to be quizzed … Read more
We’re 8,000ft up in the Swiss Alps between the villages of Murren and Griesalp, and the weather has taken a turn for the worse. Clouds have rolled in and lightning illuminates the sky, with peals of thunder echoing across the peaks. Half an hour earlier, the sun was shining as we weaved upwards on the trail … Read more
Swiss prosecutors are investigating the purchase of a British mansion by the mistress of Spain’s former King Juan Carlos I, Spanish media says. Corinna Larsen bought the Chyknell Hall Estate in Shropshire in 2015 – three years after receiving €65million (£58million) from the then-monarch. Larsen has told prosecutors in Geneva she paid £6million for the … Read more
Moo-ving on to pastures new: Injured cow is air-lifted to lower ground as 1,000-strong herd undergoes annual relocation in the Alps Cow was transported by helicopter as its herd relocated to the lower Swiss Alps The cow had suffered a minor injury, preventing it from making the journey Alpine farmer Ambros Arnold said the method … Read more
Swiss town is covered in CHOCOLATE after malfunction at Lindt factory A Swiss town was left covered in fragments of cocoa powder Malfunction of the ventilation system at a Lindt factory in the town of Olten Combined with strong winds, it left cocao nibs scattered around factory vicinity By Sophie Tanno For Mailonline Published: … Read more
Swiss firm will offer billionaires $500,000 ‘treasure chamber’ vaults carved in to a mountain to store prized possessions Plan for the vaults has been put forward by Swiss firm Bruenig Mega Safe AG To be built inside Bruenig massif, a mountain near Lucerne, central Switzerland Vaults will range from 3,531 cubic feet to up to 1,000 … Read more
Wheel meet again! Death-defying acrobat performs his incredible Wheel of Death stunt on the edge of a MOUNTAIN to honour artistes affected by Covid-19 Clip shows Ramon Kathriner climb onto a 30ft (9m) revolving metal pendulum He walks inside drum as it sends him rotating over edge of Swiss mountain Ramon was among several performers at … Read more
Researchers identify 13-million-year-old bacteria in permafrost samples collected in the Swiss Alps, which could be used in bioreactors to break down plastic waste Swiss researchers have discovered a new species of bacteria in the Swiss Alps It was found in permafrost samples and is believed to be 13million years old The team describes permafrost as … Read more
An unwell passenger arriving at Heathrow Airport and needing to go to the hospital has admitted that he was unaware of the UK’s new 14-day quarantine regulations which came in force yesterday and was about to board the London Underground. The oblivious traveller, who had arrived at the international airport from Switzerland on Monday, explained … Read more
Heart-stopping moment paraglider cheats death when his chute collapses and tangles around him thousands of feet above a Swiss valley A paraglider escaped a fatal fall above Les Pleiades mountain in Switzerland A video from March 6 shows the chute become tangled around the French glider The 32-year-old had to pull his emergency chute thousands … Read more