These majestic landscapes have always been dangerous, but as the world warms, mountains are becoming much more unpredictable ...

Welcome to our selection of some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.

The Swiss government is proposing to give 5 million francs ($6 million) to the Alpine village of Blatten that was destroyed ...

The Swiss Alps are rapidly becoming a symbol of climate catastrophe, as rising global temperatures turn once-stable glaciers ...

A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.

A full rehearsal for their opening day game at the Women’s European Championship saw host Switzerland beaten 1-0 by Norway in ...

The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier wiped the village of Blatten off the map. DW spoke to locals and experts ...

The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier, which wiped out a village, is an unprecedented disaster likely to cost ...

Those most vulnerable to these climate disasters live in the poor and fragile nations that ring the Himalayas.

A small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing through the debris ...

A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...

An artificial lake building up behind the rubble left by a glacier that dramatically plunged down a Swiss mountainside, ...