THE news that the two advance borings had met in the middle of the mountain traversed by the St. Gothard tunnel resounded like a joyful echo in every civilised country. It announced the success of ...

Like every year, the days leading up to the Easter weekend are expected to be busy on Swiss roads. This is what you should ...

The villages can only be reached via Italy. Several road links have been closed due to the snow, including the routes between ...

Exploring the curious tradition of naming tunnel boring machines after women and sharing some notable examples.

Easter getaway in Switzerland has been complicated by the adverse weather this year with police in one canton urging drivers ...

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Direct links between the UK and Switzerland are under discussion – here's some inspiration for flight-free getaways ...

Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past ...

The Col du Saint-Gothard is still not practicable due to the winter ... jams have already reached up to 14 kilometers long at the northern entrance to the Gothard tunnel. On Sunday, the lines of ...