Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – What a year for the Roger Federer family, first the long-awaited big win at Wimbledon for the Swiss tennis champion and now future doubles champions warming up, with the arrival of twin daughters! Mirka Federer gave birth to the girls Thursday: Charlene Riva and Myla Rose are fine, the father says on his web site (so far, only in German).
The couple met in 2000 when both played at the Sydney Olympics. Mirka, who emigrated to Switzerland as a young girl, is 31 and Roger is 27.
Background: “Federer takes title in epic win”, 5 July 2009 GenevaLunch
photo © 2009 H Buergermeister
Fribourg, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The family of Max, the Swiss white stork that has been tracked by the Natural History Museum of Fribourg for the past 10 years, is growing up: the three offspring born 20 April near the German-Swiss border are learning to fly.
Max the white stork and partner, 2009 (photo ©H Buergermeister)
Tuefingen/Salem, Germany (GenevaLunch) – Max the white stork has a new family, with little heads popping above the top of the nest where the 10-year-old mother has been sitting on her eggs. For the time being the number of new little ones is unknown, but between 2002 and 2009 Max has given birth to 20 offspring. She was born in May 1999 near Avenches, in Switzerland, but she and her regular partner meet up and build a nest each spring on the north side of Lake Constance.
Neuchatel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The Swiss population grew by 1.4% in 2008, to 7.7 million people, according to provisional figures released by the federal statistical office. The 1,800 weddings on 08.08.08 played a role in the higher number of marriages, part of the population change figures released.
CNN reports that the mother in the US who gave birth to eight healthy babies earlier this week has six other children ranging in age from two to seven. The family is still asking to have its privacy respected but reportedly plans to provide more information when the mother has recovered from the birth.
