GenevaLunch » safety http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:16:25 +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 Migros recalls moose baby slippers http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/26/migros-recalls-moose-baby-slippers/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/26/migros-recalls-moose-baby-slippers/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:26:11 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66022 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Migros is alerting the public to blue and white baby slippers with a moose head decoration that it is recalling for quality problems: parts on the moose head can come loose and pose a safety risk to small children. The slippers have been sold since July 2010. Article number: 8923.023, price CHF12.90. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/10/swiss-nuclear-reactors-get-eu-resistance-ok-but-govt-wants-seismic-checks/feed/ 0 Chinese mine blast: 4 dead, 50 missing http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/04/chinese-mine-blast-4-dead-50-missing/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/04/chinese-mine-blast-4-dead-50-missing/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:25:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63211 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Four miners have died and 50 are missing in a coal mine explosion in Sanmenxia in Henan province. Reports about how many miners managed to escape, but at least 14 men made it out and 7 have been pulled out, injured. It appears that a small earthquake had hit the area shortly [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/04/chinese-mine-blast-4-dead-50-missing/feed/ 0 Geneva to have additional night cops http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/25/geneva-to-have-additional-night-cops/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/25/geneva-to-have-additional-night-cops/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:33:42 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60981 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva will have more police on the streets, particularly in “hot” parts of town at night, Isabel Rochat, Geneva councilor with responsibility for the police announced late Wednesday 24 August. A restructuring will allow the city to have an extra 200 police officers who belong to mobile patrol units available for patrolling [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/25/geneva-to-have-additional-night-cops/feed/ 0 Swiss bank deposit protection becomes permanent law http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/24/swiss-bank-deposit-protection-becomes-permanent-law/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/24/swiss-bank-deposit-protection-becomes-permanent-law/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:44:36 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60950 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Bank account holders in Switzerland in 2008 saw their deposits legally protected, as a temporary measure, up to CHF100,000 as part of the political fallout of the Swiss governments bailout of UBS. A series of measures were signed urgently and temporarily into law to better protect consumers. Wednesday 24 August the Swiss [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/24/swiss-bank-deposit-protection-becomes-permanent-law/feed/ 0 17-yr-old mugging in Geneva grabs world attention http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/16/17-yr-old-mugging-in-geneva-grabs-world-attention/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/16/17-yr-old-mugging-in-geneva-grabs-world-attention/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:39:03 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60665 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 17-year-old was mugged in Geneva in mid-July, reportedly sustaining fractures and bruises. In most major cities, the news would have barely made the inside pages of the local paper. But the victim was the child of a US diplomat to the United Nations, and Geneva is a small city, widely considered [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/16/17-yr-old-mugging-in-geneva-grabs-world-attention/feed/ 2 August 1 holiday in Switzerland: weekend weather, traffic, highlights http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/29/august-1-holiday-in-switzerland-weekend-weather-traffic-highlights/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/29/august-1-holiday-in-switzerland-weekend-weather-traffic-highlights/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:25:34 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60279 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The sun is struggling to come out across Switzerland after two weeks of cold and soggy weather, but the forecast promises it will be here for Monday 1 August. The weekend weather forecast is mixed, sun alternating with rain in most regions. Early weekend traffic is not expected to be a major [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/29/august-1-holiday-in-switzerland-weekend-weather-traffic-highlights/feed/ 0 Biker caught doing 130kph in village as motorcycle safety day announced http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/22/biker-caught-doing-130kph-in-village-as-motorcycle-safety-day-announced/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/22/biker-caught-doing-130kph-in-village-as-motorcycle-safety-day-announced/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:01:54 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59074 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The police in Vaud handed their Valais police colleagues a nice story Wednesday morning, of a local man in his 40s stopped for going 130kph on  his motorcyle in a 50 zone. The man was going through the village of Crassier, near the Vaud/French border and the French town of Divonne. The [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/22/biker-caught-doing-130kph-in-village-as-motorcycle-safety-day-announced/feed/ 0 Snow safety campaign succeeded in raising dangers awareness http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/04/snow-safety-campaign-succeeded-in-raising-dangers-awareness/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/04/snow-safety-campaign-succeeded-in-raising-dangers-awareness/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 14:18:38 +0000 Tara S. Kerpelman http://genevalunch.com/?p=57225 GenevaLunch.com The Swiss snow sports safety campaign, “1,000 accidents a day – protect yourself with a helmet,” has received good marks: an evaluation by the Swiss Council for Accident Prevention (bfu) says the 2007-2010 marketing campaign was an overall success. The percentage of people wearing helmets while skiing or snowboarding went up from 52 to 76 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/04/snow-safety-campaign-succeeded-in-raising-dangers-awareness/feed/ 0 Bike races to keep Vaud roads busy Saturday http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/05/bike-races-to-keep-vaud-roads-busy-saturday/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/05/bike-races-to-keep-vaud-roads-busy-saturday/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:00:45 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56110 GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Watch out for bicycles Saturday 9 April if you’re driving a car, with races being run on open roads for western Vaud’s cycling day. Police are warning drivers that the two-wheelers will be out in force between 13:00 and 16:30. The racers will do at least four loops on the following [...]

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