The Latest Breaking News from Alpine

‘Why are 500,000 people watching paint dry?’ The man behind YouTube’s DIY sensation

Martijn Doolaard has released 83 videos documenting his restoration of an Alpine cabin. They are slow, quiet, uneventful – and hugely successful. He explains his secret

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2023

A southern Swiss region votes on a plan to fast-track big solar parks on Alpine mountainsides

Voters in a southern Swiss region are casting their ballots to decide whether to allow large solar parks on their sun-baked Alpine mountainsides as part of the federal government’s push to develop renewable energies

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2023

Swiss police warn that heat wave raises danger of falling ice, rock in the Alps

Police in southwest Switzerland are warning that a heat wave has increased the risk of falling rock and ice in the Alpine region, where it’s been particularly deadly this year for mountaineers and hikers

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023

New cable car near the Matterhorn allows non-skiers to cross between Switzerland and Italy

A new cable car that allows visitors without skis to cross between Switzerland and Italy near the Matterhorn, one of the most famous Alpine peaks, has gone into service

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2023

AP PHOTOS: To save Alpine glaciers, Swiss team monitor and moderate the escalating melt

It is a sight in decline across Switzerland: glaciers sprawled across the Alps, formed over centuries of snow and sediment packed into a crystalline mass.

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2023

4 young children are critically wounded in a knife attack in a French Alpine town

As bystanders screamed for help, a man with a knife stabbed four young children at a lakeside park in the French Alps. The children suffered life-threatening injuries, and two adults were wounded.

WEKU · Jun 8, 2023

Spanish rider Raul Torras Martinez dies in Isle of Man TT Supertwin race

Torras had an accident at the Alpine section of the 37.75-mile circuit on the final lap of Tuesday’s Supertwin race.

Motorsport · Jun 6, 2023

Isle of Man TT 2023: Spanish rider Raul Torras Martinez dies in Supertwin race

Torras had an accident at the Alpine section of the 37.75-mile circuit on the final lap of Tuesday’s Supertwin race.

Autosport · Jun 6, 2023

Court rules Austria can't be held liable for early COVID infection at ski resort

An Austrian federal court says the state can’t be held liable for a COVID-19 infection from an outbreak at an Alpine ski resort as the coronavirus pandemic hit Europe The Supreme Court of Justice on Thursday announced its verdict in a long-running legal battle involving a German resident who traveled…

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023

Swiss villagers told to evacuate over Alpine rockslide alert

Authorities in eastern Switzerland have ordered residents of the tiny village of Brienz to evacuate by Friday evening because geology experts say a mass of 2 million cubic meters of Alpine rock looming overhead could break loose

The Independent UK · May 10, 2023