A new documentary by Swiss filmmaker Anne-Frédérique Widmann chronicles the decade-long journey of a young Eritrean girl who arrived in Switzerland seeking freedom and independence. The film, Freedom: The Destiny of Shewit, follows the life of Shewit, whom Widmann met in 2015 when the teenager arrived in Geneva as an…
Italy has lodged a formal protest against Switzerland following the release on bail of Jacques Moretti, owner of the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, where a New Year’s Day fire killed 40 people and injured more than 100, many of them teenagers. Background to the Case Moretti and his wife…
At least 40 people have died and 115 others injured, many critically, after a fire swept through a bar in the popular Crans-Montana ski resort in southern Switzerland during New Year celebrations, authorities said. The blaze broke out at approximately 01:30 local time (00:30 GMT) on New Year’s morning at…