Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Basel

The best Christmas markets in Europe and cheap flights from Glasgow to get there

With Glasgow's Christmas markets not returning in 2022, this year is the perfect time to visit some of Europe's best festive destinations, and indulge in some new culture.

Glasgow Live

Icon celebrates its golden jubilee

At the 1972 edition of the Swiss Watch Fair in Basel, Audemars Piguet introduced the revolutionary Royak Oak in stainless steel armour protecting the thinnest self-winding mechanical movement of its era. Because of its hefty price tag, steel was ennobled with the same status as gold.

Bangkok Post

Roger Federer – the ball-boy from Basel leaves an undying flame

The free-flowing style, the one-handed backhand and forehands that married aesthetics and geometry, all found an ally in endurance, a trait that held him in good stead when nerve-wracking five-setters often shadowed him in the business end of the Slams

The Hindu

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Jessica Gadirova drops hint at new routine she will unveil at World Championships in Liverpool

The 17-year-old star racked up a stunning score of 14.00 to beat Martina Maggio and Angela Andreoli and emulate her memorable exploits in Basel last year

Liverpool Echo

Crusaders skipper Billy Joe Burns up for "dream" Basel date after Seaview late show

Basel lying in wait in next round of the Europa Conference League

Belfast Live

Moon sculptures, NFTs at futuristic Art Basel fair

Basel (Switzerland) (AFP) - The world's leading contemporary art fair has taken a futuristic turn this year, offering buyers the chance to see their sculptures placed on the moon.

AFP

Adopted for the modern lifestyle

In the early years of the quartz crisis, Audemars Piguet stirred sensation along with criticism by introducing a stainless steel model, priced like a gold timepiece, at the 1972 edition of the Swiss Watch Fair in Basel.

Bangkok Post

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Federer ‘Definitely’ Planning on Tour Return in 2023

Roger Federer said he is "definitely" intending to return to top-level tennis in 2023, but added that he had not made any concrete plans beyond his scheduled appearances at the Laver Cup and his home tournament in Basel later this year. The former world number one, who will be 41…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rail route of the month: Basel to Locarno, the slow Swiss Alps classic

Astonishing scenery and glimpses of Switzerland’s history are offered up to passengers gliding along this classic line

The Guardian - UK

Jurgen Klopp knows better than to underestimate Unai Emery

The Reds are favourites to advance to the Champions League final but Klopp’s experience in another European showpiece game will make him wary of any team managed by his Spanish counterpart

The Independent UK

Roger Federer return plans outlined as tennis legend allays retirement fears

Roger Federer's return to the ATP Tour will come at the Swiss Indoors event - a tournament he has won 10 times and not lost at since 2013 - as the icon returns from years battling injury

Daily Mirror

Roger Federer says will play Basel tournament in October

Paris (AFP) - Former men's tennis world number one Roger Federer, plagued by recurring knee problems for the last two years, will play singles at the ATP Basel indoor tournament in October, organisers said.

AFP

VIDEO: Coming Up Trunks: Elephant Superstud Shows Off His Strength

Elephant Tusker - who sired 13 calves at his previous zoo homes - has become a star attraction at Switzerland's Basel Zoo.

Zenger

Switzerland: Authorities Give Green Light To First Legal Cannabis Sale Pilot Project In Basel

On May 15, 2021, an amendment to the Federal Narcotics Act came into force in Switzerland, a

Benzinga

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Wales Online

TUI Isla launch completes fleet of river cruise vessels ahead of summer voyages

The first sailing set off from Basel, Switzerland, before heading to some of Germany’s well-known cities and ending the voyage in Amsterdam

Bangkok Post

Busanan settles for second at Swiss Open

Busanan Ongbamrungphan missed out on a chance to win her second title of the year after losing to Pusarla V Sindhu in the final of the US$180,000 BWF Swiss Open in Basel on Sunday.

Benzinga

Western Sanctions To Negatively Affect General Dynamics' Jet Maintenance Unit: Reuters

General Dynamics Corp (NYSE:GD), at the J.P. Morgan Industrials conference held on March 16, 2022, stated that its jet aviation business is likely to be impacted by Western sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, reported Reuters. The report added that the company's Jet Aviation unit is likely to be hit…

AFP

Lanterns light the way as Basel carnival comes back

Basel (Switzerland) (AFP) - Revellers in fancy costumes lit up the freezing streets of Basel in the early hours of Monday as Switzerland's biggest carnival returned for the first time since 2019.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Radio France Internationale

France's leading international FIAC art fair ousted for Art Basel

The French art world was shaken this week by news that Art Basel's owner, the Swiss firm MCH, has swooped in to replace France's own, long-running FIAC international art fair. The decision has brought into question the future of small art galleries in Paris.

AFP

Art Basel wins Paris slot over France's own art fair

Paris (AFP) - The French art world was shaken Wednesday by news that the Art Basel fair has swooped in to replace France's own, long-running FIAC at the Grand Palais in Paris.

1 2 3

People

Busanan Ongbamrungphan

15 stories

Billy Joe Burns

10 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

UEFA Champions League

Europa Conference League

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.