GenevaLunch » Graubuenden 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 Climber dies shortly after unroped on descent in Graubuenden http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/climber-dies-shortly-after-unroped-on-descent-in-graubuenden/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/climber-dies-shortly-after-unroped-on-descent-in-graubuenden/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:53:16 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61432 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 55-year-old man from Solothurn died Saturday 10 September after climbing the Taeschhorn in canton Graubuenden, in the company of a guide. The small group of climbers was coming down from the peak and heading towards Taeschalp at 12:15. They had just removed their ropes five minutes before, according to the guide, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/climber-dies-shortly-after-unroped-on-descent-in-graubuenden/feed/ 0 Weekend deaths: German motorcyclist, Swiss climber http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/15/weekend-deaths-german-motorcyclist-swiss-climber/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/15/weekend-deaths-german-motorcyclist-swiss-climber/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:36:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60652 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two people were killed this weekend in mountain accidents. A 68-year-old German motorcyclist was killed Sunday afternoon 14 August at the Maloja Pass in canton Graubuenden and his 62-year-old passenger injured when he crashed while passing a caravan being pulled by a car shortly before the final bend at the top of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/15/weekend-deaths-german-motorcyclist-swiss-climber/feed/ 0 Dry spell continues: bush and forest fires dot Switzerland http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/26/dry-spell-continues-bush-and-forest-fires-dot-switzerland/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/26/dry-spell-continues-bush-and-forest-fires-dot-switzerland/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:04:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56916 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A dozen bush fires have been sparked in canton Vaud in the past week, mostly started by negligence, from cigarette butts and cooking fires not put out properly, police warn. The canton has had a ban since 15 April on lighting fires closer than 10 metres from forests, woods, hedges, grasslands [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/26/dry-spell-continues-bush-and-forest-fires-dot-switzerland/feed/ 1 Weather – sunny, warm and more of the same http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/18/weather-sunny-warm-and-more-of-the-same/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/18/weather-sunny-warm-and-more-of-the-same/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:00:08 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56690 GenevaLunch.com Fire warnings issued in canton Vaud due to dryness Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Temperature extremes are normal in April in Switzerland, with cool nights and warm days, but the week of 18 April promises to show off the phenomenon at its best, with cold and even frost in some parts of Switzerland early Monday, then [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/18/weather-sunny-warm-and-more-of-the-same/feed/ 0 Gotthard’s second tunnel pierced completely http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/24/gotthards-second-tunnel-pierced-completely/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/24/gotthards-second-tunnel-pierced-completely/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:23:07 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55666 GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The second of the twin Gotthard rail tunnels was completely pierced Wednesday 23 March near Sedrun in canton Graubuenden, inching the mega-project to build the world’s longest train tunnel closer to completion. When the Gotthard opens in December 2016 the 57 km tunnel will cut travel time between Zurich and Milan [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/24/gotthards-second-tunnel-pierced-completely/feed/ 0 Swiss dream ski week, part 4: Scuol http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/14/swiss-dream-ski-week-part-4-scuol/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/14/swiss-dream-ski-week-part-4-scuol/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:19:38 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55198 GenevaLunch.com This is the fourth in the Swiss dream ski week series, where Nick and Liam Bates, regular contributors to GenevaLunch, see how much great skiing at top Swiss resorts they can pack into one week. Be sure to check their tips at the end. Click on images to view larger Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – This [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/14/swiss-dream-ski-week-part-4-scuol/feed/ 0 Swiss dream ski week, part 3: St Moritz http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/10/swiss-dream-ski-week-part-3-st-moritz/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/10/swiss-dream-ski-week-part-3-st-moritz/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:23:15 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55129 GenevaLunch.com This is the third in the Swiss dream ski week series, where Nick and Liam Bates, regular contributors to GenevaLunch, see how much great skiing at top Swiss resorts they can pack into one week. Be sure to check their tips at the end, as well as the video from the slopes. Click on images [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/10/swiss-dream-ski-week-part-3-st-moritz/feed/ 1 Asians give Swiss tourism boost in January http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/08/asians-give-swiss-tourism-boost-in-january/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/08/asians-give-swiss-tourism-boost-in-january/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:27:43 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55024 GenevaLunch.com Overnight stays up in Switzerland despite strong franc Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The number of visitors to Switzerland rose in January despite record highs for the Swiss franc at the start of 2011. Asian tourists provided a strong boost, with numbers up 5.4 percent. Tourism, calculated on the basis of overnight stays, rose 1.6 percent [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/08/asians-give-swiss-tourism-boost-in-january/feed/ 0 Swiss resorts unhappy with strong franc, but slopes are busy with foreigners (update) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/28/swiss-resorts-unhappy-with-strong-franc-but-slopes-are-busy-with-foreigners-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/28/swiss-resorts-unhappy-with-strong-franc-but-slopes-are-busy-with-foreigners-update/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:11:00 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=52969 GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – All eyes have been on Davos this week for the World Economic Forum (WEF), which also means journalists covering it have had a chance to ski there. And they says that what they’ve seen confirms what they suspected: the strong Swiss franc is keeping foreign tourists away. The problem is, they [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/28/swiss-resorts-unhappy-with-strong-franc-but-slopes-are-busy-with-foreigners-update/feed/ 1 Historic moment underground at the Gotthard, tunnelers to meet http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/15/historic-moment-underground-at-the-gotthard-tunnelers-to-meet/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/15/historic-moment-underground-at-the-gotthard-tunnelers-to-meet/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:12:06 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=48665 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The TV cameras will be whirring away as a group of men shake hands and probably wipe away tears nearly two kilometres below ground, but the event this time is not trapped miners, it’s a celebration as the final bit of Switzerland’s Gotthard base rail tunnel is bored early Friday afternoon. [...]

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