GenevaLunch » Lake Geneva region 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 “Vengeances et Délices”, Meurtres et Mystères, with dinner http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/26/vengeances-et-delices-meurtres-et-mysteres-with-dinner-2/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/26/vengeances-et-delices-meurtres-et-mysteres-with-dinner-2/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/26/vengeances-et-delices-meurtres-et-mysteres-with-dinner-2/ GenevaLunch.com Luxury hotel haunted by its former owner

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/26/vengeances-et-delices-meurtres-et-mysteres-with-dinner-2/feed/ 0 Oak Hill Open Morning 31 January http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/12/oak-hill-open-morning-31-january/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/12/oak-hill-open-morning-31-january/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:45:04 +0000 admin http://genevalunch.com/?p=65183 GenevaLunch.com Oak Hill is a half-day programme designed for students with learning differences such as dyslexia and/or A.D.D. (ADHD). We will be holding an Open Morning on Tuesday 31st January from 10.00 until 11.00 am. Come and see a demonstration reading lesson. Ev

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/22/new-train-fines-bringing-in-chf7200-a-day/feed/ 2 Holiday shopping ideas from the GenevaLunch team (update) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/17/holiday-shopping-ideas-from-the-genevalunch-team-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/17/holiday-shopping-ideas-from-the-genevalunch-team-update/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:04:15 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64771 GenevaLunch.com (Correction: Claudio Carollo below) GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – January sales are now on, but many people are still on holiday, so why not combine great prices and extra time with family and friends – and take along a special gift. We’re leaving some of our Christmas shopping suggestions here because special offers are making several of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/17/wellness-and-beauty-at-half-price/feed/ 1 Tooting our own horn: GenevaLunch editor wins “Unsung hero” award http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/01/tooting-our-own-horn-genevalunch-editor-wins-unsung-hero-award/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/01/tooting-our-own-horn-genevalunch-editor-wins-unsung-hero-award/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:56:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64298 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – GenevaLunch editor Ellen Wallace was named “Unsung hero” by the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce at its first Business Awards Wednesday 30 November in Geneva for her work in developing an online news source in English for the Lake Geneva region and Switzerland. GenevaLunch, staffed by volunteers, will soon hit the 3 million [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/01/tooting-our-own-horn-genevalunch-editor-wins-unsung-hero-award/feed/ 2 Leenaards gives away half million to encourage region’s culture http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/29/leenaards-gives-away-half-million-to-encourage-regions-culture/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/29/leenaards-gives-away-half-million-to-encourage-regions-culture/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:03:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64218 GenevaLunch.com Winners include 16-year-old Vaud musical prodigy Mélodie Zhao LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The Leenaards Foundation has given CHF500,000 in prizes and scholarships to encourage artists in the region. One of the winners is 16-year-old Mélodie Zhao of Saint Prex, who last summer became the youngest ever person to receive a master’s degree in music from the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/28/weekend-weather-roads-sports-clocks-and-halloween-in-lake-geneva-region/feed/ 0 Swiss, French police to collaborate more closely http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/23/swiss-french-police-to-collaborate-more-closely/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/23/swiss-french-police-to-collaborate-more-closely/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:13:06 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61764 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss police and gendarme training school in Savatan has signed an agreement with the French national Gendarmerie to boost mutual training and continuing education projects. One of the key goals will be to improve cross-border collaboration, increasingly important given growing policing problems in urban France and the Lake Geneva region that [...]

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