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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The 2013 World Health Assembly has sparked lively debate on a number of topics. This is where WHO budgets and policies for the coming year are approved, and where member nations’ conflicting points of view on health matters come into the open. Issues debated during the week include: China’s bird flu outbreak [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Prank day, near the end of the school year, is a tradition at a number of area schools, tolerated by some, curbed by others after abuses, and simply banned yesterday after the celebrations got out of control, according Le Matin. Institut Florimont in Petit Lancy reportedly banned scores of students from classes [...]
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A 53-year-old man from Vaud died early Friday when he lost control of his motorcycle on the route de Châtel St-Denis at St-Légier-La Chiésaz. He was traveling alone at 02:30 this morning when he lost control on a curve and crashed into a woodpile. The roads near the accident and the Châtel [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The A9 autoroute has been closed on the mountain side of the road between Villeneuve and Montreux since an accident involving three trucks in the Glion tunnel at 08:30 Friday. Two of the drivers suffered light injuries and are being treated in hospital. The road will remain closed until at least noon [...]
All the across clues give achievements of the men whose names must be entered in the grid. If you prefer to work on the interactive version of the crossword, click on this LINK. 7 Wiegenlied (6) 8 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (6) 9 Carmina Burana (4) 10 Il pianto di Rodomonte (8) [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva was a pioneer in the now traditional Swiss wineries open days, which has evolved into a hugely popular event in its 16th year. Basic information is available from Opage, the cantonal agricultural office which works with the wineries to organize it. Participating wineries are open from 10:00-17:00. You pay CHF5 for [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Bring out the warm jackets and woolie hats again: the weather people are predicting snow starting Thursday evening, possibly down to the plain by Friday. A cold front is moving in tonight and temperatures for the weekend are expected to go no higher than 12C throughout Switzerland, with lucky Ticino an exception [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Police and tax authorities seized “important” documents and material and interviewed a number of people when they raided eight massage parlours in Geneva late Thursday morning 23 May. The raid followed several months of investigations in Bern and Geneva into an estimated tax fraud scheme of “millions of francs”, say police. The [...]
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to Switzerland and Germany 24-27 May is being talked up in Chinese English-language media as the start of a push for a free trade agreement with the European Union, after Li hinted as much in an opinion piece in Zurich’s NZZ newspaper Thursday. Li will visit Switzerland [...]
UPDATE – LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Researchers at the EPFL in Lausanne have shown that some common antibiotics increase longevity, with improved fitness and energy, in simple worms. The work, under the direction of Johan Auwerx, who holds the Nestlé metabolic energy chair at the university, offers promise for new research into solutions to human diseases [...]
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