Researchers from Europe and the US are pooling their findings to better understand the quagga mussels and their spread.

Millions of tourists have marvelled at Switzerland’s picture postcard lakes, unaware that deep below the water lurks thousands of tons of dumped bombs and bullets. The landlocked nation used its ...

Bern, 06.02.2025 - Today, 6 February 2025, is the deadline for submitting ideas for environmentally friendly and safe methods of recovering ammunition from Swiss lakes. A committee of experts will now ...

An appeal to the public to suggest ways to safely retrieve 8,000 tons of munitions from the bottom of Swiss lakes has yielded around 100 proposals.

This idyllic setting for nature lovers is widely considered to be one of Switzerland's most beautiful lakes. And while some travelers think Geneva is overrated and not worth a visit, you simply ...

A third attempt to salvage the steamship Säntis, lying at the bottom of Lake Constance in Switzerland since 1933, has failed ...

Switzerland. In need of a short break before my official duties I took the advice of the festival director, who recommended the village of Vevey, on the shores of Lake Geneva where, he said ...

Straddling the Franco-Swiss border is Lake Geneva, a 224-square-mile lake formed by the Rhône River. It has been a popular vacation spot for years, drawing such memorable names as Audrey Hepburn ...