Bars and clubs

Swiss bar owner quizzed by lawyers over fatal Crans-Montana inferno

The owners of 'Le Constellation' bar in Crans-Montana, Jacques,and Jessica Moretti of France, arrive at a hearing before the public prosecutor of the canton of Valais.

Crans-Montana fire: Grieving parents protest at Swiss handling of autopsies for victims

Vinciane Stucky, mother of 17-year-old Trystan Pidoux, who died in the bar fire at the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana last month, looks on during an interview in her home in Pully, Switzerland, February 5, 2026. REUTERS/Cecile Mantovani

Good food, better value: Wine bars in Singapore up their game

Les Climats (left), a wine and cheese shop in Tessensohn Rd and Wildcard, a bistro-cum-wine bar in Furama RiverFront.

Italy’s anger over bar manager release understandable, Swiss president says

A blaze that erupted early on Jan 1 at a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana killed 40 people, including six Italian nationals.

Shock, anger as bar owner linked to fatal Swiss fire is bailed

(FILES) Owners of Le Constellation bar Jacques Moretti (L) and Jessica Moretti arrive for a hearing at the Office of the public prosecutor of the Canton of Valais, in Sion, on January 9, 2026. A court in the canton of Valais (south-western Switzerland) ordered on January 23, 2026, the release on bail of Jacques Moretti, co-owner with his wife of the bar in the Crans-Montana ski resort, which was the scene of a deadly fire on New Year's Eve. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Themed bars and Muslim-friendly eateries: The changing face of Joo Chiat

New bars like Gaudi Room (left) and eateries such as Marlow’s Deli (top right) and Bastille Bakery opened in Joo Chiat in 2025.

‘Incomprehensible’: Swiss bar fire fatalities not given routine autopsies, say lawyers

Police outside Le Constellation, the bar where a fire swept through New Year celebrations, in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on Jan. 2.

Norwegian court finds Islamist guilty of orchestrating deadly 2022 pride attack

FILE PHOTO: A rainbow flag and flowers are placed as a tribute on a sidewalk following a shooting at a nightclub in central Oslo, Norway June 25, 2022. Terje Pedersen/NTB/via REUTERS/File Photo

Crans-Montana fire: Victims’ lawyer seeks expansion of criminal probe

The New Year's blaze killed 40 people, most of them teenagers, and injured 116.

Top of Hong Kong’s glitzy new skyscraper offers Instagrammable cocktails

At Peridot, hundreds of small lights are perfectly aligned from floor to ceiling.

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