US EditionItaly demands joint investigation of Switzerland fire
- Italy's government conditioned the return of Gian Lorenzo Cornado on the immediate establishment of a joint investigative team to determine responsibility for the Crans‑Montana massacre of January 1st, 2026.
- On January 24th, Italy recalled its ambassador Gian Lorenzo Cornado after learning Jacques Moretti, co‑owner of Le Constellation and main suspect, was released on bail of 200,000 francs.
- Prosecutors say the fire started when sparklers on champagne bottles ignited sound‑insulation foam, and Jacques and Jessica Moretti face manslaughter, bodily harm, and arson by negligence charges.
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met Cornado on Monday and Cornado held talks with Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani amid a rare diplomatic recall stirring reactions in Switzerland.
- The blaze killed 40 people, including six young Italians, on January 1st, 2026, and Rome's public prosecutor opened a file earlier this month while Swiss officials stress different legal procedures.
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The mayor of the Swiss ski resort Crans-Montana, Féraud, regretted his remarks after the fire disaster on New Year's Eve.
The operators of the restaurant "Le Constellation" have not yet recognized any mistakes which could have led to the fire tragedy. Now they want to blame a seasonal worker for the closed emergency exit – it vehemently contradicts. He did not even have regular service on the night of the accident. There are still many open questions about the flaming inferno on New Year's Eve in the Swiss Nobel ski resort Crans-Montana. Some of them concern the em…
After the Inferno, Italy demands a joint investigation team, a demand that Switzerland will hardly agree with.
The owners of La Constellation bar say the waitress caused the deadly New Year's Eve fire that killed 40 people and injured more than a hundred.
VIDEO - Videos and voice messages that BFMTV was able to obtain show the poor acoustic foam condition of the Constellation bar, only a short time before the establishment's fatal fire.
Crans Montana, a New Video Appears: the Panels Supported with Sticks a Few Weeks Before the Massacre
A new video about the New Year's Massacre by Crans Montana shows what happened in the bar Le Constellation a few weeks before the fire, around the middle of December 2025. The short clip, in the proceedings of the inquiry, shows what happened inside the bar Le Constellation a few weeks before the fire, around the middle of December 2025: the sound-absorbent panels focused on the night of the last year, detach and thus are supported by a method o…
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