Too big to fail Crédit Suisse ended up being carried away by a storm of scandals that precipitated its fall. The Swiss finance giant was forced to be taken over by UBS. It all happened very quickly ...

Crans-Montana has always looked like a duplicate of Monaco, if you replace the beach by the mountains, that is. The wrld-famous resort embodies a certain idea of Switzerland, with prosperity, calm ...

For Anne Wiltafsky, cows are more than just a source of milk and meat. For over ten years she's directed a unique centre, in Switzerland, where cows learn to climb stairs, pull a sled or run an ...

Portrait of Marco Crettenand, the last cow hoof carer from the canton of Valais, Switzerland, who looks after cows hoofs with shears and not with a grinder. He inherited this traditional method from ...

This is the 2nd part of Isaline's journey. Along the way, her trek will serve as an initiation rite, allowing her to spread her wings and eventually take flight. Follow in the foodsteps of an ...

The Grande Dixence is the world's highest dam. A 15-million ton behemoth built in the 1950s, thedam rises above more than 100 kilometres ofgalleries dug into the mountainside as far awayas the ...

52 x 4' - Helveticus revisits in 52 animated episodes the major events, founding myths, iconic characters, and symbols of Switzerland. Who prompted William Tell to shoot his famous arrow ? Why are ...

Distillers, collectors and lovers of absinthe tell us the thousand and one lives of absinthe, or Green Fairy, a spirit drink whose roots lie in the heart of Val-de-Travers Switzerland.The legendary ...

Portrait of a unique breed of cows made famous as early as 1917 by its fights in the Valais region of Switzerland. Once simply called "horned animals", they were so numerous at the foot of the Dent ...

For some, patois is a language of childhood, of one's first emotions. For others, it is a language in its own right, the Franco-Provençal, and it must be defended at all costs as it is threatened, ...