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Crossings, waiting times, customs checks and transit: the border day by day.

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• Chiasso, 28 people out of work due to the closure of Via Motta

  The closure of Via Motta in Chiasso leaves 28 people without work.

• Nighttime fire in an apartment building in Lugano: one victim

  Shortly after 3 a.m. last night, a fire broke out in a building on Via Cortivallo in Lugano.

• Lugano, fire on Via Cortivallo: one person dead

  Shortly after 3.00 today, Sunday, a fire broke out in an apartment building on Via Cortivallo in Lugano.

• Speed cameras in Canton Ticino from October 19 to 25: the checks

  Checks from October 19 to 25, 2026 Mobile and semi-stationary speed cameras in various locations Also affected are areas frequented by Italian cross-border commuters Who → Police.

• Border protection: The UDC initiative is counterproductive

  In Bern, the Political Institutions Committee of the Council of States expressed a negative opinion, by 8 votes to 2, on the UDC initiative for border protection.

• Gaggiolo safety speed bump for pedestrians and workers

  The new speed bump has been installed at the Gaggiolo border crossing.

• Slowdowns at the Gaggiolo border crossing after the new speed bump

  The new speed bump installed on the Swiss side of the Stabio-Gaggiolo border crossing is causing inconvenience for cross-border commuters who cross the border every day to go to work.

• Job Fair in Besano: Before Valceresio

  On Friday, October 30, 2026, the gym in Via Franzosi in Besano will host the first Valceresio Labour Fair.

• Tre Valli: 80 operators in four exercises

  In 2026, approximately 80 operators took part in four editions of the course for the command staff of first-response organizations, referred to by the acronym SMEPI.

• Porto Ceresio: former customs house reborn as tourist office

  Sunday, October 18, ribbon-cutting at 11 a.m.

• Suspicious backpack in Chiasso: false alarm

  In Chiasso, the alert linked to the report of a suspicious backpack near Palazzo Mercurio has ended.

• Via Mazzini in Loreto closed at night from October 19 to 23

  Via Mazzini closed in Loreto from October 19 to 23 Overnight closure from 8 p.m.

• Accident at dawn in Brezzo di Bedero: helicopter rescue in action

  Collision between two cars on state road 69 around 6 on October 13; air ambulance from Como, ambulances from Luino and Cunardo, traffic still backed up at 7:30.

• Three thefts at Villa Guardia: a 20-year-old man reported

  In the space of two months, an accommodation facility in Villa Guardia was hit three times.

• A9 Como-Chiasso: nighttime closures in October

  Closure towards Lainate on the nights of October 12–14 and 17–19 Closure towards Chiasso/Switzerland on the nights of 15–16 and 16–17 Como Center closed for entry in both cases.

• Varesotto: four accidents in less than an hour

  According to the source, the four responses are spread across as many locations in the province of Varese: Varese, Gallarate, Rancio Valcuvia and Tradate, rather than being concentrated in a single municipality.

• 82 kilograms of meat and 492 bottles: customs fines

  Three Romanian citizens were traveling aboard. Employees of the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security discovered 82 kilos of meat intended for personal consumption and being transported to inland Switzerland.

• A9 Saronno-Turate incident: car overturned, queues toward Como

  At around 11:30 on Friday, October 9, a vehicle overturned along the A9 Lainate-Como-Chiasso motorway, in the section between Saronno and Turate.

• Monte Olimpino 1: changes to TILO services between Chiasso and Como

  On the weekends of October 9–12 and 16–19 and November 13–16 and 20–23, 2026, the closure affects RE80, S10 and S40 between Chiasso and Como.

• Cross-border workers: entry tax, tax rebates and double taxation

  Switzerland is introducing an entry tax of up to 4 thousand francs for employees and self-employed workers. There is discussion of 900 million annually for the unemployed, and there is a risk of 120 million for border municipalities.

• Double currency seizure at the Brogeda border crossing

  At the Brogeda border crossing, in two separate operations, customs officers and financial police officers from Ponte Chiasso intercepted over 240mila euro in recent days.

• Undeclared cash: seizures at Brogeda

  Two checks at the Como-Brogeda motorway border crossing led to the seizure of 128.500 and 113.450 euro, amounts exceeding the threshold of 10.000 euro.

• Truck breakdown in the San Nicolao tunnel

  A truck breakdown in the San Nicolao tunnel is causing disruptions on the A2: the left lane is passable southbound and delays of up to 20 minutes northbound.

• Cash seizure in Como-Brogeda: over 240 thousand euro

  More than 240.000 euro in cash seized at the Como-Brogeda border crossing by ADM and the Guardia di Finanza in two separate operations.