GenevaLunch » Bern 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 Swiss argument for treating EU-8 differently buried in 2004 agreementhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/20/swiss-argument-for-treating-eu-8-differently-buried-in-2004-agreement/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/20/swiss-argument-for-treating-eu-8-differently-buried-in-2004-agreement/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:39:43 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69233 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Reactions were swift and negative from a number of European Union leaders to Switzerland’s decision to revive quotas for the EU-8 States, announced 18 April. Their objection doesn’t question Switzerland’s right to extend its transition period for handling immigration beyond 2011, but focuses rather on Switzerland’s treatment of the group separately from [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/20/swiss-argument-for-treating-eu-8-differently-buried-in-2004-agreement/feed/ 0 Fans rally behind WRS radiohttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/20/fans-rally-behind-wrs-radio/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/20/fans-rally-behind-wrs-radio/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:47:34 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69251 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – WRS public radio faces a decision in June by its parent SSR (Swiss Public Broadcasting) to either close it or sell it, but the station’s fans don’t intend to let it die without a fight. A private group has launched a petition-signing campaign, Save WRS, to at least give voice to the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/20/fans-rally-behind-wrs-radio/feed/ 0 Swiss federal gov’t to shift refugees, asylum seekers fundinghttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/18/swiss-federal-govt-to-shift-refugees-asylum-seekers-funding/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/18/swiss-federal-govt-to-shift-refugees-asylum-seekers-funding/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:38:36 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69187 GenevaLunch.com Bern admits 2008 programme has “not always worked as planned” BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss federal government plans to put more federal money into providing medical and other help for asylum seekers who are being repatriated when their requests are denied and to increase financial incentives that would encourage more to return voluntarily to their [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/18/swiss-federal-govt-to-shift-refugees-asylum-seekers-funding/feed/ 0 Swiss high court says Credit Suisse customer’s data cannot be given to US (update 2)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/11/swiss-high-court-says-credit-suisse-customers-data-cannot-be-given-to-us/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/11/swiss-high-court-says-credit-suisse-customers-data-cannot-be-given-to-us/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:29:31 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68852 GenevaLunch.com Decision says US request was not in line with tax agreement Tribunal confirms to GenevaLunch that decision was based on 1996 agreement Update 2 15:00  BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Administrative Court has struck a blow to US-Swiss tax administrative assistance discussions, ruling in favour of a Credit Suisse client who appealed a decision by [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/11/swiss-high-court-says-credit-suisse-customers-data-cannot-be-given-to-us/feed/ 0 Thief arrested after 20 breakins while families at funeralshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/04/thief-arrested-after-20-breakins-while-families-at-funerals/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/04/thief-arrested-after-20-breakins-while-families-at-funerals/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:47:12 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68634 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A 50-year-old Swiss man from the Jura was arrested in March, canton Vaud police announced 4 April, during a break-in in Delemont, while the family was off at a funeral. Police had been tracking him since January after a number of thefts, mainly of money and jewelry, that followed announcements in newspapers [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/04/thief-arrested-after-20-breakins-while-families-at-funerals/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 Six-legged calf ok but farmer Knutti surprised by media circus (update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/31/six-legged-calf-ok-but-farmer-knutti-surprised-by-media-circus-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/31/six-legged-calf-ok-but-farmer-knutti-surprised-by-media-circus-update/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:31:53 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68474 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Farmers Andreas and Franziska Knutti have been completely caught by surprise by the media hype from abroad over their six-legged calf Lilli. Blick ran the story, which was picked up by AP in English and other languages, and soon the family was receiving media calls from The Netherlands and Sweden, reports local [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/31/six-legged-calf-ok-but-farmer-knutti-surprised-by-media-circus-update/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 Geneva will turn off its lights Saturday for an hourhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/29/geneva-will-turn-off-its-lights-saturday-for-an-hour/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/29/geneva-will-turn-off-its-lights-saturday-for-an-hour/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:15:08 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68417 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The city of Geneva is one of 30 in Switzerland that will join the worldwide Earth Hour project and turn out lights on public buildings Saturday 31 March from 20:30 to 21:30. This is the fourth year of Earth Hour, begun by WWF, designed to raise awareness of climate change and the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/29/geneva-will-turn-off-its-lights-saturday-for-an-hour/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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