GenevaLunch » frontaliers http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +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.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no “Frontaliers” numbers climbing again in Lake Geneva region http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/26/frontaliers-numbers-climbing-again-in-lake-geneva-region/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/26/frontaliers-numbers-climbing-again-in-lake-geneva-region/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 07:57:19 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58136 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Lake Geneva region remains by far the largest in Switzerland for workers from across the border, des frontaliers, with a significant jump in numbers in the first three months of 2011. The number of workers from France rose to 81,619 by the end of March, an all-time high and up from [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/26/frontaliers-numbers-climbing-again-in-lake-geneva-region/feed/ 1 “Frontaliers” a boon to Geneva’s economy, numbers show http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/16/frontaliers-a-boon-to-genevas-economy-numbers-show/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/16/frontaliers-a-boon-to-genevas-economy-numbers-show/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:27:06 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=29922 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Frontaliers (cross-border workers) are said by some to be at the root of many of Geneva’s social problems, from traffic to crime to unemployment. These concerns among Geneva’s voters were reflected in last weekend’s elections to the cantonal parliament, or Grand Conseil, which gave the right-wing Mouvement des Cityoyens Genevois (MCG) [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/16/frontaliers-a-boon-to-genevas-economy-numbers-show/feed/ 1 Geneva’s economy falters, slower growth in cross-border workers http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/17/genevas-economy-falters-slower-growth-in-cross-border-workers/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/17/genevas-economy-falters-slower-growth-in-cross-border-workers/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:38:59 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=20455 GenevaLunch.com Update 17:35  Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Several key indicators from Geneva’s cantonal employment office show that the canton’s economy slowed down significantly in the first three months of 2009 compared to last year. Industry, especially banking and hotels, has been particularly hard hit. But the watch industry promises to expand slightly in the second quarter. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/17/genevas-economy-falters-slower-growth-in-cross-border-workers/feed/ 0 Annecy and Geneva hug each other with 18.8 km autoroute http://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/12/05/annecy-and-geneva-hug-each-other-with-188-km-autoroute/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/12/05/annecy-and-geneva-hug-each-other-with-188-km-autoroute/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:21:57 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=9019 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland and Annecy, France (GenevaLunch) – Annecy and Geneva will be 10 minutes closer 18 December, thanks to the new Aliane strip of the A41 North autoroute in France, which is being inaugurated today. More significant to the cross-border workers and weekend trippers who travel this route regularly, the new road should reduce frequent [...]

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