The Latest Breaking News from Alps

Drought blighting country’s longest waterway continues as economic hub battles climate crisis

A teacher who picked a dangerous alpine hiking trail off an internet post causing 99 terrified school kids to be airlifted after becoming stranded could face jail time.

The train was headed towards Munich before it derailed near the resort town of Garmish-Partenkirchen

A train has derailed in the Alps in southern Germany, leaving at least three people dead and a number of others injured, authorities said.

Vegetated areas above treeline have increased by 77% since 1984, satellite data shows

Police say two climbers have been killed and nine others injured by falling blocks of ice in the Alps in southern Switzerland

Scientists in Switzerland have discovered two previously unknown dolphin species that inhabited the area of today’s landlocked mountainous country 20 million years ago.

What is alpinism? And is it the same as mountaineering? Our experts take a look at the traditional fast and light approach to climbing big mountains

With world leaders at Davos set to discuss energy independence and sustainability, Germany's economy minister says an EU ban on Russian oil could be "days away". Meanwhile, supply chain disruptions to the world economy are also on the agenda. FRANCE 24's Business Editor Kate Moody reports from the Swiss Alps.