All entries located in Grisons (Switzerland), newest first. tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:en:en/regions/grisons 2026-01-22T06:00:00Z Eurotrack tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:b7063c97:en 2026-01-22T06:00:00Z

Spital Oberengadin (the second-largest hospital in Graubünden after the Kantonsspital Chur) is in crisis. 50 employees are to be dismissed in order to avert a shutdown of operations. Reason: impending insolvency at the end of March 2026. A new ownership structure under the name Sanadura is planned (a public-law institution). The alternative: complete closure with the liquidation of all SGO operations and job losses for all 350 employees. At least 7 of the 11 participating municipalities must agree (votes in February/March 2026). Update (5 February 2026): Around 50 staff at Spital Oberengadin, mostly in nursing, were given notice and some found follow-on jobs; nine of the eleven owner municipalities backed the rescue plan. (SRF, 5 February 2026) — Sources: https://www.blick.ch/wirtschaft/das-letzte-wort-haben-die-stimmbuerger-buendner-krisenspital-will-50-angestellte-entlassen-id21622562.html · https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/gesundheitsversorgung-in-gr-spital-oberengadin-ist-gerettet

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:b497e5c6:en 2026-01-22T06:00:00Z

Spital Oberengadin in Samedan GR (Graubünden's second-largest hospital after the Kantonsspital Chur) is in an existential crisis. SGO faces insolvency at the end of March 2026. A planned rescue takeover by the new public-law institution Sanadura would involve 50 dismissals. The alternative: complete closure and liquidation with job losses for all 350 employees and a collapse of healthcare provision in the region. At least 7 of the 11 participating Upper Engadine municipalities must approve by March (votes February/March 2026). Cross-reference: same case as the layoffs entry of the same day (rescue plan with 50 redundancies; full closure was the alternative scenario); the figure is carried there and set to null here to avoid double counting. Update (05.02.2026): The full closure has been averted: the member municipalities backed the rescue plan with the new public-law body Sanadura in early February 2026, and the hospital in Samedan is to continue operating from 1 April 2026 under Spital Oberengadin AG (KSGR group) (Medinside, 05.02.2026). — Source: https://www.blick.ch/wirtschaft/das-letzte-wort-haben-die-stimmbuerger-buendner-krisenspital-will-50-angestellte-entlassen-id21622562.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:4103da78:en 2024-06-08T06:00:00Z

The new 5,860-metre Albula Tunnel II of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB) crosses the watershed between the Rhine and the Inn between Preda (north portal, Albula Valley) and Spinas (south portal, Engadin) in the canton of Graubünden. Construction began in August 2015; the official opening took place on 8 June 2024, with scheduled service starting on 12 June 2024. Total costs came to CHF 407 million, and the original 1903 tunnel now serves as a safety and escape tunnel. — Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albulatunnel

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:824f6a3a:en 2022-11-11T06:00:00Z

Swissgrid upgraded the roughly 50 km extra-high-voltage line between Pradella and La Punt in the Engadin (Canton of Graubünden) to carry two full 380 kV systems, since the pylons had previously carried a line on only one side. The upgraded line was commissioned on 11 November 2022, with total project costs including compensatory measures of CHF 120 million according to Swissgrid. As a compensatory measure, around 1,100 distribution pylons in the Engadin were also replaced by an underground 110 kV cable. — Source: https://www.swissgrid.ch/de/home/projects/project-overview/pradella-lapunt.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:9374fb51:en 2016-06-01T06:00:00Z

The 57 km Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest railway tunnel, connects Erstfeld (canton of Uri) with Bodio (canton of Ticino) and had its ceremonial inauguration on 1 June 2016, with public open-house days and passenger rides at both portals on 4-5 June 2016. Construction costs totaled roughly CHF 12.2 billion. Stress tests during trial operation ran from August to November 2016, before scheduled passenger service began with the timetable change on 11 December 2016 (freight service had already started on 5 September 2016). — Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard-Basistunnel