The Geneva bomb squad was called out yesterday morning to check a bag left at the post office on the rue du Mont Blanc.
The bag was found to be harmless, but the roads around the building were closed from around 10am for about a hour.
Police remain on high alert after a man was seriously injured by an explosive device in Geneva last week. Investigations into that incident remain ongoing.
Temps set to fall today
Switzerland is set to break free of its record-breaking heatwave today, as a cooler front moves in after Saturday's 39°C in Basel — a national June record broken three days running.
Calls to end block on air-conditioning
A Green-Liberal MP is pushing to break its taboo around air conditioning in hospitals and care homes, as the current heatwave strains nursing staff.
Divonne chateau hit by fire, again
The Chateau in the French town of Divonne les Bains has been ravaged by fire - again.
Fire bar will never re-open
Six months after the New Year's fire that killed 41 people at the Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Valais cantonal president Christophe Darbellay says the site will never reopen as a bar.
Lausanne Pride draws thousands
Around 20,000 marched through Lausanne on Saturday for the Pride parade, the first Pride event in the city for 20 years.
Police use drones to broadcast warnings
Police in Marin, canton Neuchâtel, used drones to warn residents to stay indoors yesterday afternoon, after a hydrochloric-acid leak at an EM Microelectronics plant.
