Berne, the capital city of Switzerland, lies at the foot of the Alps in Central Europe.

UNESCO: Culture

Today, a herd of takins lives within a refuge at the edge of Thimpu, the sleepy capital of a country the size of Switzerland with a total population of just 700, 000.

BBC: Bhutan, the kingdom of the clouds

During a trip to Zurich the week before, I'd noticed that most of the best restaurants in Switzerland's business capital, including the trendy Clouds, a Michelin one-star, are now offering vegetarian menus alongside their conventional ones.

WSJ: La Nouvelle Veg: European Haute-Cuisine Goes Green

The BBC's Imogen Foulkes, in the Swiss capital of Bern, says the case is certain to call into question Switzerland's relatively liberal gun laws, under which Swiss men, all of whom must serve in the army, keep their guns at home.

BBC: Switzerland gunman kills three in Daillon in Valais