An international eye on Swiss news collated by Peter Hulm for NuseReal

Swiss flu wave expected to be one of the most severe on record (LINK) 7 January 2026

Geneva opera shuts for 18 months (LINK) 6 January 2026

— All opera and ballet performances are taking place at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices on Place des Volontaires.

Grand Théàtre de Genève announces renovations (LINK) 5 January 2026

Nestlé launches large baby food recall in Europe: Beba and special products such as Alfamino (LINK) 5 January 2026

— Controls carried out by the authorities in Austria detected small amounts of cereulide — a toxin that causes food poisoning characterized by nausea and vomiting — in two batches. According to the Ministry of Health, however, the concentrations are so low that they do not pose a danger. The recall affects products sold in Germany, Italy, Austria, Spain, Denmark, Sweden and Finland, among others. So far, there are no known cases of illness related to the consumption of the food

French President Emmanuel Macron to join Friday's ceremony for Crans-Montana fire victims (LINK) 5 January 2026

Swiss police identify all 116 people injured in deadly New Year's bar fire (LINK) 4 January 2026

— The injured include 68 Swiss citizens, 21 French nationals, 10 Italians, four Serbs, two Poles and one person each from Australia, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Portugal and the Republic of Congo, according to a police statement. There were also four dual nationals: of France and Finland, France and Italy, Switzerland and Belgium, and Italy and the Philippines. The Swiss government said that 35 patients were transferred from hospitals in the country to specialized clinics in Belgium, France, Germany and Italy.

Swiss authorities identify all 40 victims of Swiss Alps bar New Year's fire: A total of 21 of the victims were Swiss citizens, seven were French and six were Italian — (LINK)

— Some 26 of the 40 victims who lost their lives were teenagers, with the youngest being two 14-year-olds from France and Switzerland. One victim was a dual Swiss-French citizen, while another, a 15-year-old girl, held French, British and Israeli nationalities. The remaining victims came from Romania, Belgium, Portugal and Turkey.

Flight cancellations in Zurich and Geneva create major travel disruptions in Switzerland: 37 suspensions and 541 delays: Swiss most affected (LINK) 4 January 2026

Hundreds march in silence to honor victims of Swiss bar fire that left 40 dead (LINK) 4 January 2026

Sixteen more victims of Swiss ski resort fire identified, including three aged under 16 — (LINK) ground.news: 13 media reports — 4 January 2026 (LINK)

Swiss open criminal case against managers of ski resort bar after deadly fire: suspected of manslaughter by negligence, bodily harm by negligence and arson by negligence: fire killed 40 people and injured another 119 (LINK) 3 January 2026

— In a statement, Beatrice Pilloud, the lead prosecutor in the canton of Valais, said investigators were looking into whether the venue's acoustic foam was "the cause of the problem", as well as "whether it complies with regulations".

CERN's Large Hadron Collider is being shut down: CERN doesn't expect its high-luminosity LHC to be operational again until mid-2030 (LINK) 3 January 2026