Man charged with flying drone at women’s Euro 2025

A man flew a drone around the venue in St Gallen on Wednesday evening during the first match of the Swiss-hosted Women's Euro football tournament. The 30-year-old violated the absolute ban on flying during match days. He was reported to the police. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The government of canton St Gallen has issued an absolute flight ban around the Kybunpark for the match days, the St Gallen city police announced on Saturday. As a result, the St Gallen city police monitored the airspace. + Switzerland kicks off women’s football Euro with multi-city celebration At 9:15pm, members of the police noticed the drone. A patrol then succeeded in locating the drone pilot. The man had flown his drone within the no-fly zone without informing himself of the rules in advance, the police wrote. Translated from German by DeepL/ts How we work We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them ...