Basel-City is paying people to ditch their cars.
The canton’s new “environmental bonus” scheme offers residents CHF 1,500 worth of credit for public transport, car-sharing or a shiny new bike - if they permanently give up their private vehicle.
The programme, funded with CHF 700,000 from Basel’s transport fund, will run for two years and cover around 400 bonuses.
Applicants must be between 18 and 80, have owned their car for at least a year, and promise to stay car-free for three years.
Schools offer support to students following bar fire
School students in Geneva returned to classrooms yesterday under a heavy emotional cloud, following a deadly New Year’s Eve fire in Crans-Montana.
Macron to visit Switzerland
French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Switzerland on Friday to attend the national memorial ceremony for the victims of the fire at the Constellation bar in Crans-Montana.
Deep freeze hits Switzerland
Freezing temperatures are gripping Switzerland. Overnight lows plunged deep into the double digits below zero in several regions.
More emergency cold spaces
Geneva is extending its emergency shelters for the homeless as overnight temperatures are set to drop further.
Bern freezes Maduro assets
Switzerland has frozen assets linked to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and other associates.
All Crans victims identified - half were under 17
Authorities in canton Valais say all victims of the New Year’s Eve fire in the resort of Crans-Montana have now been formally identified.
