This is the third and last of three articles that together make up the English version of a feature published 2 April 2009 by Swiss news weekly L’Hebdo magazine on expatriates in the Lake Geneva region. GenevaLunch, a partner of l’Hebdo brings you the English version.

French version © 2009 l’Hebdo

English version © 2009 GenevaLunch (may not be reproduced in part or whole without written permission.)

PART ONE

PART TWO

[Part 3, continued] By Julie Zaugg and Mehdi Atmani

How did Switzerland become a nation of expats?

French-speaking Switzerland has an attractive infrastructure, with an international airport at the edge of Geneve, efficient public transport, good hospitals and top universities that are at the front lines of research and serve as conduits for interesting technology transfers,” says Blaise Matthey, director of the Fédération des entreprise romandes (French-speaking business federation).

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Updated 15:40  Peoria, Illinois, USA (GenevaLunch) – Caterpillar, whose European government affairs office, with financial and marketing services, is in Geneva, announced Monday that it will cut 20,000 jobs in the expectation that 2009 will be its worst year since world war two.

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