Children say goodbye to the school year in 2009 - Photo Celestial Pilgrim at flickr
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Several streets will close in Lausanne tomorrow 30 June during the primary school annual parade and celebration.
The Palud and Riponne markets will exceptionally close at 12:30.
In addition, traffic will be banned between Fraisse and Ruchonnet.
Streets that will be closed are: rue de la Madeleine, place de la Palud, rue du Pont, rue Centrale, Avenue J.-J. Mercier, Jules Gonin, de Savoie, Ruchonnet, Fraisse, Dapples and Milan Plaza.
All parking in Avenues Dapples, Fraisse, Ruchonnet, Jules Gonin and Savoie is forbidden.
In addition, all access between Avenue Milan and Dapples will be prohibited between 07:00 and 20:00, while traffic for the rest of the streets will be banned between 13:15 and 15:30.
Title: Art of living course
Location: Nyon
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Description: The centerpiece of this programme is an innovative breathing technique called the Sudarshan Kriya.
Start Date: 2010-04-30
End Date: 2010-05-03
Title: Lecture: Africa 50 years of independence
Location: Geneva
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Description: As public events are organised to commemorate 50 years of independence, authors and observers of different origins get together to discuss and debate their analyses of decolonisation.
Date: 2010-05-06
Title: Panel: Is there a book in you?
Location: Geneva
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Description: The Geneva Women in International Trade sponsor a panel on what it takes to write and publish a book. Panelists: Susan Tiberghien, author and founder of the Geneva Writers’ Group, Jo Ann Hansen and Daniela Norris.
Date: 2010-04-12
Title: Conference: The concept of mixed migration
Location: Geneva
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Description: The Concept of Mixed Migration: Reflecting on Today’s Migratory Policies, Movements and Paradigms Shifts.
Date: 2010-04-08
To Facebook or not? That is the question in Payerne
Payerne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Several students of the Gymnase Intercantonal de la Broye (GYB), a secondary school in canton Vaud, thought when school re-opened last week that they had lost access to Facebook and Messenger while in school. Online chatting and access to social platforms is still alive and well for the 900 students at GYB, the principal says.
According to school principal Thierry Maire, the bans, reported 1 September by some Swiss media, is not quite what the school is implementing.
Title: Music and theatre for and by kids and teeenagers
Location: Geneva
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Description: A week of public performances and concerts by the Catalyse school students.
Workshops will be offered to children and teenagers wanting to participate.
Date: 06 Jun 2009
Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – When it comes to developing scientists and engineers, Switzerland lags behind other European nations, so the Swiss federal government has decided it is time to implement new measures to remain competitive.
