GenevaLunch » Russians http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +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.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no US seeking 2 firms to build space taxis for astronautshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/09/us-seeking-2-firms-to-build-space-taxis-for-astronauts/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/09/us-seeking-2-firms-to-build-space-taxis-for-astronauts/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:00:50 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66461 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The United States is planning to spend $300-500 million on each of at least two firms that will design space taxis to shuttle astronauts to the International Space Station, Nasa, the US space agency, announced Tuesday 8 February. Russia is currently the only country offering this service, reports Reuters: “Russia charges Nasa [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/09/us-seeking-2-firms-to-build-space-taxis-for-astronauts/feed/ 0 Sports, Plushenko outperforms the best to take European figure skating titlehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/28/sports-plushenko-outperforms-the-best-to-take-european-figure-skating-title/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/28/sports-plushenko-outperforms-the-best-to-take-european-figure-skating-title/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:34:56 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66099 GenevaLunch.com Putting the Russians on ice takes on a glorious new meaning in Sheffield GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Evgeni Plushenko came out of retirement as a figure skater and Saturday evening in Sheffield, England, the 29-year-old, in a best-of-career performance, gave the crowd more than they asked for. He won the European Championship title, his 7th,  with 176.52 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/28/sports-plushenko-outperforms-the-best-to-take-european-figure-skating-title/feed/ 0 Spying out the CIA spies who spied on Geneva’s Russianshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/07/spying-out-the-cia-spies-who-spied-on-genevas-russians/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/07/spying-out-the-cia-spies-who-spied-on-genevas-russians/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:35:05 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=54990 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Get out your maps, or head for your favourite online mapmaker or turn on the GPS because we are hot on the trail of three spies, genuine CIA types, who are hanging out for hours and hours in Geneva, waiting for that magic chance to get a Russian. It’s the spying [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/07/spying-out-the-cia-spies-who-spied-on-genevas-russians/feed/ 0 Georgian, Russian mafia swoops in Europe include Switzerland (update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/15/georgian-russian-mafia-swoops-in-europe-include-switzerland/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/15/georgian-russian-mafia-swoops-in-europe-include-switzerland/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:59:39 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=38664 GenevaLunch.com Federal authorities nab 11 as part of Europe-wide raids on Spain-based criminal group Update 16:02  Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss officials say they arrested 11 members of an Eastern European criminal group Monday. Several European governments Monday made simultaneous announcements about arrests in their countries of Georgian and Russian leaders who are members of a [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/15/georgian-russian-mafia-swoops-in-europe-include-switzerland/feed/ 0 Russian youth’s car crash taunts Swiss mediahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/26/russian-youths-car-crash-taunts-swiss-media/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/26/russian-youths-car-crash-taunts-swiss-media/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:01:21 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32331 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - A late night accident on the lake road near Geneva, a young driver with too much alcohol in his system, the driver of the other car in serious condition: accidents of this sort happen often enough that they rarely make the front page of Swiss newspapers. Add in a Lamborghini, other [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/26/russian-youths-car-crash-taunts-swiss-media/feed/ 3 Genthod Lamborghini crash not clearly linked to racinghttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/23/genthod-lamborghini-crash-not-clearly-linked-to-racing/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/23/genthod-lamborghini-crash-not-clearly-linked-to-racing/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:11:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32105 GenevaLunch.com Update 24 November 07:50  Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Police continue to investigate the accident that put a 70-year-old man in hospital in serious condition Thursday 19 November after his Golf was hit by a Lamborghini Murcielago in Genthod, on the lake road. The driver was a 22-year-old Russian with an alcohol level of 1.11 per [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/23/genthod-lamborghini-crash-not-clearly-linked-to-racing/feed/ 9 UN refugee agency honours Edward Kennedy with Nansen prizehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/15/un-refugee-agency-honours-edward-kennedy-with-nansen-prize/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/15/un-refugee-agency-honours-edward-kennedy-with-nansen-prize/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:59:13 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=27794 GenevaLunch.com Click on images to view larger Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The 2009 Fridtjof  Nansen award will go to the late US Senator Edward Kennedy in recognition of his work in favour of refugees and asylum-seekers, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced 15 September. The ceremony takes place in the US, in Washington, DC [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/15/un-refugee-agency-honours-edward-kennedy-with-nansen-prize/feed/ 0 Valais resort of Aminona gets its Russian five-star hotelhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/26/valais-resort-of-aminona-gets-its-russian-towersvalais-resort-of-aminona-gets-its-russian-five-star-hotel/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/26/valais-resort-of-aminona-gets-its-russian-towersvalais-resort-of-aminona-gets-its-russian-five-star-hotel/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:03:17 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=25968 GenevaLunch.com Correction 16:00  Mollens, Valais, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Russian company Mirax has passed a first, major hurdle in getting a green light to build a CHF350-plus million complex in the small resort of Aminona, next to Crans-Montana in Valais. Mirax specializes in large development projects including hotels and resorts. The first part of the project is [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/26/valais-resort-of-aminona-gets-its-russian-towersvalais-resort-of-aminona-gets-its-russian-five-star-hotel/feed/ 0 International sports, tennis: Federer beats Djokovic to take Mastershttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/23/international-sports-tennis-federer-beats-djokovic-to-take-masters/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/23/international-sports-tennis-federer-beats-djokovic-to-take-masters/#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:00:32 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=25711 GenevaLunch.com Cincinnati, USA (GenevaLunch) - Roger Federer cruised past world number 4 Novak Djokovic 6-1 7-5 to take his third Cincinnati Masters title: he also won in 2005 and 2007. He swiftly moved to a 4-0 lead in the first set and even though the second set was more competitive the result was never in doubt. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/23/international-sports-tennis-federer-beats-djokovic-to-take-masters/feed/ 0 Canadians discover huge Internet spy networkhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/03/29/canadians-discover-huge-internet-spy-network/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/03/29/canadians-discover-huge-internet-spy-network/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:32:21 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=14457 GenevaLunch.com The Munk Center for International Studies in Toronto, Canada, has uncovered a huge Internet spy network that appears to be mainly operating out of China, but one of its researchers says this doesn’t mean the Chinese government is behind it – it could well be the CIA or Russia, he noted. The Toronto Star, reporting [...]

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