GenevaLunch » Basel http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Jeff Koons challenges Beyeler visitors on definition of arthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/14/jeff-koons-challenges-beyeler-visitors-on-definition-of-art/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/14/jeff-koons-challenges-beyeler-visitors-on-definition-of-art/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 19:07:43 +0000 Paula Dupraz http://genevalunch.com/?p=70180 GenevaLunch.com RIEHEN, SWITZERLAND –  A retrospective of the controversial American artist Jeff Koons opened to the public Sunday 13 May at the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, near Basel, and the artist encourages viewers to engage in a dialogue with his work. Koons’ work, presented here for the first time in Switzerland, includes “hybrids”, as he calls [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/14/jeff-koons-challenges-beyeler-visitors-on-definition-of-art/feed/ 0 Sports, football: Man City take Premier League in last minute thrillerhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/13/sports-football-man-city-take-premier-league-in-last-minute-thriller/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/13/sports-football-man-city-take-premier-league-in-last-minute-thriller/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 19:56:40 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=70189 GenevaLunch.com Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England – The English Premier League changed hands in the final seconds of the season when Manchester City scored two goals in extra time against QPR to move ahead of Manchester United, on goal difference. United won their game at Sunderland 0-1 with a Wayne Rooney goal but things were wilder at [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/13/sports-football-man-city-take-premier-league-in-last-minute-thriller/feed/ 0 Basel, the reluctant champ, takes the crownhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/30/basel-the-reluctant-champ-takes-the-crown/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/30/basel-the-reluctant-champ-takes-the-crown/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:31:59 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69720 GenevaLunch.com BASEL, SWITZERLAND – It took three times but FC Basel has finally accepted the crown as Swiss football champions, in one of the stranger sagas of trying to make it to the top. The club defeated Lausanne 3-1 but the bigger battle was with FC Luzern, which theoretically could have overtaken the Basel club but [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/30/basel-the-reluctant-champ-takes-the-crown/feed/ 0 Sports: Geneva Servette FC loses license but appealinghttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/23/sports-geneva-servette-fc-loses-license-but-appealing/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/23/sports-geneva-servette-fc-loses-license-but-appealing/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:23:38 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69350 GenevaLunch.com Team says decision not unexpected as it scrambles to meet requirements for appeal deadline Sion FC trainer quits GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – These are odd days for Swiss football, with Basel winning but saying in advance that even if it won this weekend, it wouldn’t accept the title, while in Geneva, fans of Servette FC are [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/23/sports-geneva-servette-fc-loses-license-but-appealing/feed/ 0 The Canadians have it (curling Cup)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/08/the-canadians-have-it-curling-cup/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/08/the-canadians-have-it-curling-cup/#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:08:08 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68747 GenevaLunch.com BASEL, SWITZERLAND – 8-7 was the final score, Canada over Scotland, giving Canada team skip Glenn Howard his third consecutive World Championship in curling after an extra-end win over Scotland’s Tom Brewster. Details: RTS Swiss public broadcasting (Fre), The Scotsman (final not yet listed, 23:00 Sunday), Toronto Sun

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/08/the-canadians-have-it-curling-cup/feed/ 0 Basel, Bern, Zurich should rev up taxi competition, says Comcohttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/03/basel-bern-zurich-should-rev-up-taxi-competition-says-comco/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/03/basel-bern-zurich-should-rev-up-taxi-competition-says-comco/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:18:24 +0000 Paula Dupraz http://genevalunch.com/?p=68579 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss cantons and communes should allow greater competition among taxi services, says Comco, the Swiss Competition Commission. Services from other areas should be given more freedom, in particular the commission says. Local authorities in several major Swiss cities are not applying federal competition regulations, says Comco, citing the federal Internal Markets Law, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/03/basel-bern-zurich-should-rev-up-taxi-competition-says-comco/feed/ 0 Canadian men sweep day 1 at world curling championshiphttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/02/canadian-men-sweep-day-1-at-world-curling-championship/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/02/canadian-men-sweep-day-1-at-world-curling-championship/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:53:22 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68499 GenevaLunch.com BASEL, SWITZERLAND – The Canadian  men’s team won the opening round of the eight-day world curling championship in Basel Sunday 1 April, defeating Germany 9-2, after neatly dispensing with the American team 8-7. Canada earlier defeated France. The game is popular in Switzerland, notes Canada’s TheSpec/Canadian Press, with 160 clubs and 800 registered players, but [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/02/canadian-men-sweep-day-1-at-world-curling-championship/feed/ 0 Basel, Bern cab fares highest of three German speaking countrieshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/30/basel-bern-cab-fares-highest-of-three-german-speaking-countries/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/30/basel-bern-cab-fares-highest-of-three-german-speaking-countries/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:52:19 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=68446 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Ever feel like it’s more expensive taking a cab in Switzerland than in other countries? It’s not your imagination. According to a comparative study of taxi rates in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, for most types of trips, the Swiss have the highest daytime cab fares. The German portal ab-in-den-urlaub.de, compared taxicab fares in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/30/basel-bern-cab-fares-highest-of-three-german-speaking-countries/feed/ 0 2011 police stats show Geneva crime up, Vaud road accidents downhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/28/2011-police-stats-show-geneva-crime-up-vaud-road-accidents-down/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/28/2011-police-stats-show-geneva-crime-up-vaud-road-accidents-down/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:26:39 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68315 GenevaLunch.com Police in Vaud and Geneva join forces to combat cross-border theft Number of assaults in Geneva fell in 2011 GENEVA / LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Geneva tops the Swiss list for a 2011 rise in property crimes, including break-ins and theft, but Lausanne, Basel, Bern and Zurich also saw increases last year that outpaced population growth [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/28/2011-police-stats-show-geneva-crime-up-vaud-road-accidents-down/feed/ 0 Basel psychiatric patient kills 1, injures 6 others after breakouthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/13/basel-psychiatric-patient-kills-1-injures-6-others-after-breakout/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/13/basel-psychiatric-patient-kills-1-injures-6-others-after-breakout/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:59:17 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67571 GenevaLunch.com BASEL, SWITZERLAND – A psychiatric hospital patient who escaped Tuesday evening 13 March stole a car and crashed into a number of people, killing a cyclist and injuring six other people, news agency ATS reports. Details to follow as police make them available. In other breaking police news, 20 Minutes reports that a four-year-old boy [...]

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