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French billionaire investigated in money laundering probe

French billionaire Bernard Arnault and Russian oligarch Nikolai Sarkisov are under investigation for alleged money laundering at a luxury Alpine resort, according to Paris prosecutors.

Radio France Internationale

AP PHOTOS: In the warming Alps, Austria's melting glaciers are in their final decades

High up on an Alpine ridge beneath a ceiling of ice, water drips from above into a cave formed by the slowly shrinking Jamtalferner glacier.

The Independent UK

‘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

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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

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

Rail route of the month: the drama of an Alpine epic from Zurich to Graz

This exhilarating, nine-hour journey trundles through the Swiss and Austrian Alps and soars to more than 1,000 metres above sea level as it crosses the Rhine-Danube watershed

The Guardian - UK

The MTB guide to La Thuile, Italy – a tranquil setting for some serious enduro action

The small Italian resort of La Thuile is a quiet place with some seriously rowdy, steep technical descents worthy of several rounds of the EDR race series

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As it happened: Vingegaard and Pogacar inseparable on Tour de France stage 15

Top two cross the line together as Wout Poels wins from the breakaway

Cycling News

Vitalii Mykolenko and three other Everton players missing from 28-man training camp squad

Everton have announced a 28-man squad for their Alpine training camp and friendly against Swiss side Stade Nyonnais

Liverpool Echo

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

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

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

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

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.

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The Independent UK

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

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

Bear that mauled Alpine jogger to death captured by Italian authorities

JJ4 is the same Alpine brown bear that injured a father and son out walking in the region in 2020

Homes & Gardens

How to grow alpine strawberries – expert tips for healthy plants and tasty harvests

Discover the ways to grow, maintain, and harvest delicious and prolific alpine strawberries

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Wet weather threatens reopening of vital snow route Bogong High Plains Road hit by a landslide

Alpine residents, business operators, and snow bunnies are hoping the landslip-struck Bogong High Plains Road will open this month linking Mount Beauty and Falls Creek.

ABC News

Alpine tourism operators warn the impacts of climate change will soon start hurting their green seasons

As the effects of climate change bite into their bottom line, alpine tourism operators are looking for innovative ways to future-proof their businesses.

The Guardian - UK

Matterhorn no more: Toblerone to change design under ‘Swissness’ rules

Alpine mountain image will be replaced with more generic summit when some of chocolate bar’s production moves out of country

Asharq Al-Awsat

Avalanches in Austria, Switzerland Kill Five

Avalanches in Austria and Switzerland have left five people dead, leading officials to warn on Saturday of the risks posed by particularly unstable snow cover. Three of those killed were visiting Austria's Alpine regions. "One winter sports enthusiast was killed in an avalanche in Kaltenbach on Saturday," a police spokesman…

The Guardian - UK

Alpine retreats: 10 of the best wellness breaks with spas and mountain views

Give yourself a regenerating boost at 10 of the most energising and uplifting mountain wellness resorts and spas

Reuters

'Las Vegas of the Alps' to vote on casino ban

Liechtenstein is renowned for its Alpine scenery and historic castles, but the tiny principality also punches above its weight when it comes to a more down-to-earth tourist attraction - namely casinos.

AFP

Alpine tourists ski amid brown hillsides

Semmering (Austria) (AFP) - Brown hillsides and slivers of snow -- a common sight across Europe's Alps, and a far cry from the winter wonderland tourists had banked on.

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