Europe · 1 January 2026 to 20 January 2026 · 59 headlines · New York Times, Al Jazeera, CNN, BBC News, AP, Fox News, South China Morning Post, Wall Street Journal
Swiss court keeps bar owner in custody after deadly fire
Swiss court keeps bar owner in custody after deadly fire: a running story on the front pages of 8 newsrooms from 1 January 2026 to 20 January 2026, 59 headlines over 20 days.
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20 January 2026
- BBC News Lawyers for Swiss bar owners condemn 'vindictiveness' after deadly fire
- BBC News Swiss bar employee who reportedly held sparkler unaware of dangers, family says
17 January 2026
16 January 2026
13 January 2026
- BBC News Custody extended for owner of Swiss ski bar after deadly fire
- CNN Swiss court keeps bar owner in custody after deadly fire
11 January 2026
- BBC News 'Reputation on the line': Swiss question government after ski resort fire
- CNN Swiss prosecutors order owner of bar in deadly blaze to be detained
- BBC News Night of Swiss ski bar fire 'apocalyptic', woman tells Crans-Montana memorial
- BBC News Swiss search souls and question government after ski resort fire
10 January 2026
- CNN Swiss prosecutors order owner of bar in deadly blaze to be detained
- BBC News Owner of Swiss ski bar held in custody after deadly New Year's Eve fire
- South China Morning Post Swiss bar owner put in pre-trial detention over deadly New Year’s Eve fire
7 January 2026
- CNN Swiss bar safety inspection
- BBC News Swiss ski bar not inspected for five years before deadly fire, mayor says
- CNN Swiss bar hit by deadly fire had not been inspected in five years
6 January 2026
- BBC News All 116 injured in Swiss ski resort fire identified
- Fox News Search for missing 4-year-old who vanished New Year’s Eve ends with 'tragic loss'
5 January 2026
- BBC News Police identify all 40 victims of Swiss bar fire
- BBC News Raw emotions as mourners attend Mass for Swiss bar fire victims
- CNN Questions about ID checks emerge after teenagers as young as 14 and 15 are identified as Swiss bar fire victims
- CNN Unanswered phones and painful questions haunt Swiss resort as police open criminal inquiry against bar owners
- CNN Champagne sparklers and a fast-spreading inferno: How the deadly Swiss bar tragedy unfolded
- South China Morning Post Raw emotion as mourners pay tribute to victims of Swiss ski resort fire
- New York Times ‘No One Is Ready for This’: How a Deadly Bar Fire Upended a Swiss Town
4 January 2026
- BBC News Swiss open criminal case against managers of ski resort bar after deadly fire
- Al Jazeera Swiss launch criminal investigation over deadly fire at ski resort bar
- BBC News What images and videos tell us about why Swiss bar fire spread so quickly
- CNN Unanswered phones and painful questions haunt Swiss resort as police open criminal inquiry against bar owners
- Al Jazeera About 40 killed, 115 injured in Swiss ski resort blaze: What we know
3 January 2026
- BBC News 'Living a nightmare': Families of teens missing after ski resort fire desperate for news
- BBC News What images and videos tell us about why Swiss bar fire spread so quickly
- CNN How the deadly Swiss bar tragedy unfolded
- Fox News Swiss nightclub promoted flaming bottle stunts before inferno killed 40
- Al Jazeera New Year’s Eve sparklers may have caused deadly Swiss bar fire: Official
- CNN Teen arrested in alleged ISIS-inspired attack plot intended for New Year’s Eve near Charlotte
- Wall Street Journal Burger King Worker Charged With New Year’s Eve Terror Plot
- BBC News Sparklers on champagne bottles likely cause of deadly Swiss bar fire
- South China Morning Post Champagne sparklers blamed for Swiss inferno that killed 40 people
- Al Jazeera Swiss officials face painful task of identifying victims of deadly bar fire
- Al Jazeera About 40 killed, 115 injured in Swiss ski resort blaze: What we know
2 January 2026
- AP About 40 people dead and 115 injured in fire at Swiss Alpine bar during New Year's celebration
- BBC News Around 40 dead in Swiss ski resort bar fire, police say
- New York Times Dozens Confirmed Dead in Bar Fire in Swiss Resort Town
- Fox News Death toll rises in horrific fire at Swiss Alps bar during New Year's celebration
- CNN See Andy and Anderson’s best moments from New Year’s Eve
- South China Morning Post Bars, hotels cash in as Hong Kong welcomes 25% more visitors for New Year’s Eve
- BBC News What we know about the Switzerland ski resort fire
- BBC News Disbelief as tragedy hits Swiss ski resort on New Year's Day
- Wall Street Journal Fire at Swiss Ski Resort Kills Roughly 40
- South China Morning Post Dozens dead, 115 hurt in Swiss bar fire during New Year’s celebration
- Wall Street Journal More than 100 people were injured in a fire that broke out at a bar during New Year’s celebrations.
- BBC News BBC reports from the scene of Swiss resort bar fire
- BBC News Historic Amsterdam church engulfed by fire on New Year's Eve
1 January 2026
- New York Times Manhattan People wait ahead of the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square.
- Al Jazeera Putin says Russia will win war in Ukraine in New Year’s Eve address
- CNN Man fulfills 50-year bucket list item to be in Times Square for New Year’s Eve
- BBC News Crystals and LEDs: a look at the Times Square New Year's Eve ball
- BBC News Ronan Keating on his New Year's Eve show, resolutions, and Boyzone reunion