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Attempted murder trial

Nine years requested for former Bissone councillor Bernardi

The public prosecutor has requested nine years in prison for Vladimiro Bernardi, former municipal councillor of Bissone, on trial in Lugano for attempted murder. He is accused of assaulting his tenant and setting fire to his garage over unpaid rent.

Redazione · 18 September 2026 · 2 min

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Second homes

In Locarno, the second-home cap holds only on paper

Gottardo · 17 September 2026
Zali case

Gobbi clarifies what he knew in 2021 about the Zali case

Redazione · 17 September 2026
Zali affair

Ticino government sharply distances itself from Zali's conduct in EOC case

Brenno · 17 September 2026
Political rights

Grisons to vote on lowering voting age to 16, doubts after Glarus experience

Brenno · 17 September 2026
Cantonal elections

Ticino's Green Liberals to run alone in April cantonal elections

Gottardo · 17 September 2026
Cantonal elections

Ticino Greens confirm Gysin and Vitale as candidates for the Council of State

Brenno · 17 September 2026
Federal vote

Ticino's FDP rejects federal initiatives on food and neutrality

Gottardo · 17 September 2026
Ticino centre-right

Ticino's Lega says yes to alliance with the SVP

Gottardo · 17 September 2026
Civil aviation

Lugano Airport operating licence renewed until 2056

Gottardo · 17 September 2026
Cocaine use

Patti Chiari test finds cocaine traces in 24 of 30 Ticino venues

Redazione · 17 September 2026
School uniforms

A school uniform proposal to reduce inequality among children

Brenno · 17 September 2026
Highway connection

A2-A13 link: region demands deadline of 2045 at the latest

Redazione · 16 September 2026
Organized crime

Graubünden revocation of residence permits for four alleged mobsters becomes final

Redazione · 16 September 2026
Energy policy

Cantonal parliament approves energy plan, drops solar panel mandate

Brenno · 16 September 2026
Police law

Ticino police law: MPS-linked jurist appeals to Federal Supreme Court

Redazione · 15 September 2026
Water supply

New reservoir in Stabio strengthens Mendrisiotto's water supply

Brenno · 13 September 2026
Zali case

Zali case: new complaint to judicial oversight body over prosecutor's office

Redazione · 12 September 2026
Political rights

Graubünden to vote on lowering voting age to 16 on September 27

Redazione · 12 September 2026
Public health

Ticino moves toward a ban on disposable e-cigarette sales

Brenno · 12 September 2026
Mountain accident

Hiker, 75, dies after fall on the Monti di Comino

Redazione · 12 September 2026
Accident in Engadine

Coach crashes off road in Graubünden: several dead and injured

Redazione · 11 September 2026
Workplace safety

Explosion at Ritom hydroelectric plant in Piotta kills two workers

Brenno · 10 September 2026
Transport and labour

GTS Trasporti goes bankrupt, new firm still works for DHL

Redazione · 9 September 2026
Education

PISA 2025: Ticino holds steady, but more students struggle

Redazione · 9 September 2026
Mobility

Tram-Train network: construction starts mid-October

Redazione · 7 September 2026
Domestic violence

Bellinzona region: woman held after stabbing husband in the face

Redazione · 6 September 2026
Cycling mobility

Lugano comes last in Switzerland for cycling friendliness

Brenno · 6 September 2026
Cengalo landslide

Pizzo Cengalo landslide: all five defendants acquitted

Redazione · 5 September 2026
Cybersecurity

Vehicle owner data breach also hits canton Ticino

Redazione · 4 September 2026
Justice

Melide: lake death linked to alcohol and benzodiazepines

Redazione · 4 September 2026
Municipal mergers

Minusio and Tenero-Contra ready to study a merger

Redazione · 4 September 2026
Val Calanca

Val Calanca's road reopens after nearly two weeks of isolation

Brenno · 3 September 2026
Cantonal parties

Ticino's SVP says yes to centre-right "common house" with the Lega

Redazione · 2 September 2026
Justice

Criminal investigation opened against Ticino councillor Zali over sexual offences

Redazione · 1 September 2026
Cantonal government

Government asks Zali to resign immediately, he stays in office for now

Redazione · 1 September 2026
Dog ownership law

Ticino introduces mandatory course for first-time dog owners from today

Redazione · 1 September 2026
Party financing

Lega dei Ticinesi reported over undeclared income

Redazione · 1 September 2026
Energy

Electricity bills set to fall further in 2027

Gottardo · 1 September 2026
Schools

Appointments dispute at Ticino upper secondary school office reaches Lausanne

Redazione · 1 September 2026
Security and migration

Swiss-German summit on security and migration in Chiasso

Redazione · 31 August 2026
Organised crime

Bellinzona trial for alleged 'ndrangheta trusted man in Switzerland

Redazione · 31 August 2026
Depopulation

Onsernone bets on allowances and subsidies to curb depopulation

Brenno · 30 August 2026
Nepal and Tibet

Couple living in Ticino among the missing after floods in Nepal and Tibet

Redazione · 29 August 2026
Wolf regulation

Grisons gets federal go-ahead to cull twelve wolf packs

Brenno · 29 August 2026
Graubünden parliament

Graubünden's new cantonal parliament takes office, a third of seats renewed

Redazione · 28 August 2026
Cantonal finances

S permit and 13th AHV pension: Ticino asks Bern for more funding

Gottardo · 28 August 2026
Judicial inquiry

Woman found dead in lake at Melide, third-party involvement ruled out

Redazione · 28 August 2026
Justice

Gravesano assault: 52-year-old on trial for attempted murder

Redazione · 27 August 2026
Health and climate

Extreme heat: more than twenty deaths in Ticino, ER under pressure

Brenno · 26 August 2026
Cantonal staff

Cap of 1.3% on cantonal staff moves toward a popular vote

Gottardo · 26 August 2026
Weather emergency

Landslide risk at Piani di Verdabbio: about twenty houses evacuated

Brenno · 25 August 2026
Tuition fees

USI and SUPSI to raise tuition fees from 2027

Gottardo · 25 August 2026
Fire in Graubünden

Thusis fire: death toll rises to four, no one still missing

Redazione · 24 August 2026
Cantonal elections

Amalia Mirante candidate for Ticino government, tops Avanti con Ticino&Lavoro list

Redazione · 24 August 2026
Vacation rentals

Blenio Valley vacation rentals boom, but the law limits owners' income

Gottardo · 23 August 2026
Transport and fares

Vereina: higher fares to fund tunnel upgrade works

Gottardo · 23 August 2026
Fire in Graubünden

Thusis fire: two bodies found, three people still missing

Redazione · 22 August 2026
Crime

Stabbing in Lugano leaves 19-year-old fighting for life, 20-year-old held

Redazione · 22 August 2026
Cengalo landslide

Cengalo landslide: trial opens in Pontresina nine years later

Redazione · 22 August 2026
Rail safety

Gotthard tunnel: court rejects safety measures for freight trains

Redazione · 22 August 2026
Graubünden contracts scandal

Graubünden whistleblower to stand trial again

Redazione · 21 August 2026
Animals and social media

Python missing in Locarno: online threats, then silence

Redazione · 21 August 2026
Graubünden justice

Former Graubünden official extradited to Switzerland from Italy

Gottardo · 20 August 2026
2027 cantonal elections

Lega and UDC edge toward renewed alliance for 2027 cantonal elections

Redazione · 20 August 2026
Zali case

Zali case: committees call for further hearings

Redazione · 19 August 2026
Residence permits

Mesolcina and Calanca: new procedure for residence permits

Redazione · 19 August 2026
Zali Case

Woman found dead in Lake Ceresio had posted Zali phone recordings

Redazione · 19 August 2026
Ticino justice

60-million-franc fraud: three defendants to stand trial in October

Redazione · 19 August 2026
Schools

Record pupil numbers in Poschiavo push municipality toward single school hub

Brenno · 18 August 2026
News

Woman, 64, from canton Zurich dies after drowning in a pool in Magliaso

Redazione · 18 August 2026
Public transport

Lake Maggiore navigation, handover from SNL to FART not yet secured

Gottardo · 18 August 2026
Drought

In Graubünden, Lake Bianco at its lowest level since the start of the millennium

Brenno · 18 August 2026
School

The school bell rings across half of Switzerland, Ticino still on holiday

Redazione · 17 August 2026
Cantonal elections

Greta Gysin to run for Ticino's cantonal government in 2027

Redazione · 17 August 2026
Water shortage

Lake Maggiore nears its August 1990 record low

Brenno · 17 August 2026
Public security

Lugano-Maccabi match raises security concerns

Redazione · 17 August 2026
Wildlife

Wolf attacks goat herd on Monte Tamaro: nine dead, eleven missing

Brenno · 17 August 2026
Locarno region

Forest fire on Monte Gambarogno, firefighters at work into the evening

Redazione · 16 August 2026
Transport

Graubünden backs the idea of a railway between S-chanf and Livigno

Redazione · 14 August 2026
Workplace accident

Breno: road worker injured after falling down a slope while cutting scrub

Redazione · 13 August 2026
Schools

School in Ticino restarts on 31 August: the 2026/2027 calendar

Redazione · 13 August 2026
Health insurance

Changing health insurer: the deadlines to meet and the mistakes to avoid

Redazione · 13 August 2026
Calendar

The fifteen official public holidays of the canton of Ticino

Redazione · 13 August 2026
Drought

Drought levels in Ticino: what is banned at levels 1, 2 and 3

Redazione · 13 August 2026
Municipal taxation

The communal multiplier: how your municipality's tax is calculated

Gottardo · 13 August 2026
Emergencies

Emergency numbers in Switzerland: when to call 144, 117, 118 and 1414

Redazione · 13 August 2026
Cross-border workers

Permit G and taxes: how cross-border work in Ticino works today

Redazione · 13 August 2026
Health insurance

Health insurance subsidy in Ticino: who qualifies for Ripam and how to apply

Brenno · 13 August 2026
Waste

Bag charging in Ticino: how it works and what it costs

Redazione · 13 August 2026
Political rights

Postal voting in Ticino: how it works and when the deadline falls

Redazione · 13 August 2026
Water quality

Floating islands on Lake Ceresio against algae and cyanobacteria

Brenno · 12 August 2026
School canteens

Every school in Collina d'Oro gains Fourchette Verte certification

Redazione · 12 August 2026
Health costs

Ticino remains the canton where basic health insurance costs most

Redazione · 12 August 2026
Vote of 27 September

A civic committee forms in favour of the Fortress project

Redazione · 12 August 2026
Public space

A motion asks Lugano to make the arrival from the station count

Redazione · 12 August 2026
Energy policy

'Mendrisio should say when and how it leaves gas behind'

Brenno · 12 August 2026
Mountain accident

The mushroom picker who fell on the Promesciallo slopes has died

Redazione · 12 August 2026
Canton and municipalities

The Plr asks that 40 per cent of the property gains tax stay with the municipalities

Gottardo · 12 August 2026
Water

Ticino opens the Ceresio taps towards Italy

Redazione · 11 August 2026
Swimming

Ponti loses his goggles on the dive and finishes last

Redazione · 11 August 2026
Heatwave

MeteoSwiss raises the heat warning back to level four until Friday

Redazione · 10 August 2026
Transit traffic

After the A2 shutdown, a motion calls for a transit toll

Gottardo · 9 August 2026
Public services

Lugano keeps building, doubts over the Bioggio treatment plant's capacity

Brenno · 9 August 2026
Summer heat

Lugano counts 43 tropical nights this year, with more than 50 expected

Redazione · 9 August 2026
Alps and climate

Unusual heat on the Bernina: Marco e Rosa hut closed until further notice

Redazione · 9 August 2026
Drought

Arbedo-Castione asks residents to use drinking water sparingly

Redazione · 7 August 2026
Locarno Film Festival

Stage floor gives way at Monte Verità during Film Festival reception

Redazione · 7 August 2026
Weather

Thunderstorms over the Sottoceneri, but the heat warning runs to 15 August

Redazione · 7 August 2026
Drought

Water rationed in Chiasso, Balerna, Morbio Inferiore and Vacallo

Redazione · 6 August 2026
Bathing water

First cyanobacteria blooms in the southern basin of Lake Lugano

Redazione · 6 August 2026
Schools

Recruitment for the upper secondary education section annulled

Redazione · 6 August 2026
Astronomy

Eclipse of 12 August: in Ticino the Sun will be 92% covered

Redazione · 6 August 2026
Alpine skiing

Lara Gut-Behrami retires from competition after twenty years

Redazione · 6 August 2026
Healthcare

The Upper Engadine votes on regional healthcare on 27 September

Redazione · 6 August 2026
Cantonal elections

Fabrizio Sirica withdraws from the race for the cantonal government

Redazione · 6 August 2026
Working conditions

Heat and work: the government opens talks with the unions

Brenno · 5 August 2026
Vocational training

Six young tilers on the Capanna Soveltra building site

Redazione · 5 August 2026
Cantonal finances

Ticino's deficit falls to 50 million thanks to the SNB dividend

Gottardo · 5 August 2026
Lake navigation

Snl appeals against the transfer of the Lake Maggiore route

Redazione · 5 August 2026
Migrant reception

Giubiasco's Seghezzone opens its doors before the residents arrive

Redazione · 5 August 2026
Flock protection

Two hikers injured by livestock guardian dogs in Val Sumvitg

Redazione · 5 August 2026
Drought

Snow cannon water is watering cattle on the alpine pastures

Redazione · 4 August 2026
Agriculture

Ticino farmers: support against the drought must come quickly

Brenno · 4 August 2026
Associations

Disti removes president Lucibello over the use of funds

Redazione · 4 August 2026
Mountains

Hiker critically hurt in thirty-metre fall above Fusio

Redazione · 4 August 2026
Employment

SBB Cargo: government asks for talks on the drivers' future

Brenno · 4 August 2026
Demonstrations

In Locarno a banner carrying sixty thousand names from Gaza

Brenno · 4 August 2026
News

Geologist from Ticino killed in the Central African Republic

Redazione · 4 August 2026
Security

Petition for video surveillance around Giubiasco station

Redazione · 4 August 2026
Severe weather

Hail and lightning: Ticino is the most affected canton

Redazione · 4 August 2026
Water

Lake Maggiore levels: Ticino replies to the Piedmont Region

Redazione · 4 August 2026
Associations

Lucibello rejects the accusations: no sum taken from Disti

Redazione · 4 August 2026
Large predators

Wolf attacks on livestock fall to thirty animals in Grisons

Redazione · 4 August 2026
Drought

Novazzano makes non-potable water available to farmers

Redazione · 4 August 2026
Health

O negative blood shortage overcome in Ticino hospitals

Redazione · 4 August 2026
Weather

Heatwave: Level 4 alert in central and southern Ticino

Redazione · 3 August 2026
Plant health

Japanese beetle captures decline in Ticino

Redazione · 3 August 2026
Cultural policy

A permanent ecosystem around the Locarno Film Festival

Gottardo · 3 August 2026
Cantonal politics

Young Lega members call for Fabrizio Sirica to resign

Redazione · 3 August 2026
Permits

Criminal records required for EU permits in the Moesa region

Redazione · 3 August 2026
Drought

Ticino water use reaches up to 500 litres per person a day

Redazione · 3 August 2026
Ticino government

Claudio Zali to leave the Ticino government at the end of September

Redazione · 3 August 2026

Canton

Nine years requested for former Bissone councillor Bernardi

From this section

In Locarno, the second-home cap holds only on paper

Gobbi clarifies what he knew in 2021 about the Zali case

Ticino government sharply distances itself from Zali's conduct in EOC case

Grisons to vote on lowering voting age to 16, doubts after Glarus experience

Ticino's Green Liberals to run alone in April cantonal elections

Ticino Greens confirm Gysin and Vitale as candidates for the Council of State

Ticino's FDP rejects federal initiatives on food and neutrality

Ticino's Lega says yes to alliance with the SVP

Lugano Airport operating licence renewed until 2056

Patti Chiari test finds cocaine traces in 24 of 30 Ticino venues

A school uniform proposal to reduce inequality among children

A2-A13 link: region demands deadline of 2045 at the latest

Graubünden revocation of residence permits for four alleged mobsters becomes final

Cantonal parliament approves energy plan, drops solar panel mandate

Ticino police law: MPS-linked jurist appeals to Federal Supreme Court

New reservoir in Stabio strengthens Mendrisiotto's water supply

Zali case: new complaint to judicial oversight body over prosecutor's office

Graubünden to vote on lowering voting age to 16 on September 27

Ticino moves toward a ban on disposable e-cigarette sales

Hiker, 75, dies after fall on the Monti di Comino

Coach crashes off road in Graubünden: several dead and injured

Explosion at Ritom hydroelectric plant in Piotta kills two workers

GTS Trasporti goes bankrupt, new firm still works for DHL

PISA 2025: Ticino holds steady, but more students struggle

Tram-Train network: construction starts mid-October

Bellinzona region: woman held after stabbing husband in the face

Lugano comes last in Switzerland for cycling friendliness

Pizzo Cengalo landslide: all five defendants acquitted

Vehicle owner data breach also hits canton Ticino

Melide: lake death linked to alcohol and benzodiazepines

Minusio and Tenero-Contra ready to study a merger

Val Calanca's road reopens after nearly two weeks of isolation

Ticino's SVP says yes to centre-right "common house" with the Lega

Criminal investigation opened against Ticino councillor Zali over sexual offences

Government asks Zali to resign immediately, he stays in office for now

Ticino introduces mandatory course for first-time dog owners from today

Lega dei Ticinesi reported over undeclared income

Electricity bills set to fall further in 2027

Appointments dispute at Ticino upper secondary school office reaches Lausanne

Swiss-German summit on security and migration in Chiasso

Bellinzona trial for alleged 'ndrangheta trusted man in Switzerland

Onsernone bets on allowances and subsidies to curb depopulation

Couple living in Ticino among the missing after floods in Nepal and Tibet

Grisons gets federal go-ahead to cull twelve wolf packs

Graubünden's new cantonal parliament takes office, a third of seats renewed

S permit and 13th AHV pension: Ticino asks Bern for more funding

Woman found dead in lake at Melide, third-party involvement ruled out

Gravesano assault: 52-year-old on trial for attempted murder

Extreme heat: more than twenty deaths in Ticino, ER under pressure

Cap of 1.3% on cantonal staff moves toward a popular vote

Landslide risk at Piani di Verdabbio: about twenty houses evacuated

USI and SUPSI to raise tuition fees from 2027

Thusis fire: death toll rises to four, no one still missing

Amalia Mirante candidate for Ticino government, tops Avanti con Ticino&Lavoro list

Blenio Valley vacation rentals boom, but the law limits owners' income

Vereina: higher fares to fund tunnel upgrade works

Thusis fire: two bodies found, three people still missing

Stabbing in Lugano leaves 19-year-old fighting for life, 20-year-old held

Cengalo landslide: trial opens in Pontresina nine years later

Gotthard tunnel: court rejects safety measures for freight trains

Graubünden whistleblower to stand trial again

Python missing in Locarno: online threats, then silence

Former Graubünden official extradited to Switzerland from Italy

Lega and UDC edge toward renewed alliance for 2027 cantonal elections

Zali case: committees call for further hearings

Mesolcina and Calanca: new procedure for residence permits

Woman found dead in Lake Ceresio had posted Zali phone recordings

60-million-franc fraud: three defendants to stand trial in October

Record pupil numbers in Poschiavo push municipality toward single school hub

Woman, 64, from canton Zurich dies after drowning in a pool in Magliaso

Lake Maggiore navigation, handover from SNL to FART not yet secured

In Graubünden, Lake Bianco at its lowest level since the start of the millennium

The school bell rings across half of Switzerland, Ticino still on holiday

Greta Gysin to run for Ticino's cantonal government in 2027

Lake Maggiore nears its August 1990 record low

Lugano-Maccabi match raises security concerns

Wolf attacks goat herd on Monte Tamaro: nine dead, eleven missing