GenevaLunch » Sion http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:10:57 +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 Travel alert: Sion-Martigny trains out until Friday morning http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/02/travel-alert-sion-martigny-trains-out-until-friday-morning/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/02/travel-alert-sion-martigny-trains-out-until-friday-morning/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:38:05 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66246 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Trains in both  directions between Martigny and Sion will not be running again until Friday morning says the CFF rail company, after a heavy load fell from a bridge near Riddes, damaging contacts on the lines. A bus service will replace local traffic but travellers between Geneva or Lausanne and Brig, including [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/02/travel-alert-sion-martigny-trains-out-until-friday-morning/feed/ 0 Man who attacked Sion judge over “Luca” saga identified http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/30/man-who-attacked-sion-judge-over-luca-saga-identified/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/30/man-who-attacked-sion-judge-over-luca-saga-identified/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:23:55 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66116 GenevaLunch.com Le Nouvelliste says man has been under medical care for psychiatric problems SION, SWITZERLAND – A Sion judge was attacked and suffered multiple injuries Saturday night 28 January in the city centre. Le Nouvelliste reported Monday morning that a man who has been under medical treatment and who suffers severe psychiatric problems has been arrested [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/30/man-who-attacked-sion-judge-over-luca-saga-identified/feed/ 0 Swiss football tussles off-field continue, with Xamax license loss http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/18/swiss-football-tussles-off-field-continue-with-xamax-license-loss/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/18/swiss-football-tussles-off-field-continue-with-xamax-license-loss/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:06:02 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65399 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Xamax, the Neuchatel football team, lost its license Wednesday 18 January, the latest in a string of major distractions off the field, for the team and Swiss football fans. Controversial club owner Bulat Chagaev has five days to appeal and show that the club is financially sound. TSR, Swiss public television, Wednesday [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/18/swiss-football-tussles-off-field-continue-with-xamax-license-loss/feed/ 0 EPFL to set up energy, chemistry branch in Valais http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/10/epfl-to-set-up-energy-chemistry-branch-in-valais/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/10/epfl-to-set-up-energy-chemistry-branch-in-valais/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:12:53 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65118 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Canton Vaud’s federal polytechnic institute, EPFL and canton Valais signed an agreement of intention Tuesday 10 January in Sion to establish a branch of the school in canton Valais, most likely in Sion but working closely with a number of existing services throughout the canton. A formal agreement and plans will be [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/10/epfl-to-set-up-energy-chemistry-branch-in-valais/feed/ 0 Bank robbed: you never know who’s next to you on a Swiss train http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/bank-robbed-you-never-know-whos-next-to-you-on-a-swiss-train/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/bank-robbed-you-never-know-whos-next-to-you-on-a-swiss-train/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:38:08 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62345 GenevaLunch.com SION, SWITZERLAND – A man who threatened a bank employee in Anzère, a resort in canton Valais, with a knife as the worker left the bank, then robbed the bank of several thousand francs at noon Monday 10 October, has been captured, say Valais police. The man released the employee once he had the loot [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/bank-robbed-you-never-know-whos-next-to-you-on-a-swiss-train/feed/ 0 Swiss president to leave gov’t: expected to announce it today http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/07/swiss-president-to-leave-govt-expected-to-announce-it-today/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/07/swiss-president-to-leave-govt-expected-to-announce-it-today/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 06:59:44 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61278 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss president for 2011 and long-time foreign affairs minister, Micheline Calmy-Rey, is expected to tell the Federal Council today that she is stepping down from the government. The regular meeting of the council this morning will be followed by a news conference. Calmy-Rey, 66, is in her second term as president, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/07/swiss-president-to-leave-govt-expected-to-announce-it-today/feed/ 1 Football passions rise in Switzerland: hooligans, protests, goals, cleaner sport http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/29/football-passions-rise-in-switzerland-hooligans-protests-goals-cleaner-sport/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/29/football-passions-rise-in-switzerland-hooligans-protests-goals-cleaner-sport/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:17:01 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61039 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Football (soccer) fans in Switzerland have had a lively weekend, starting with a peaceful protest by Turkish fans Friday in Nyon and ending with Geneva Servette fans setting fire to a field, among other hooliganisms, in Sion. Turkey lays a club to rest in Nyon Canton Vaud police say a protest Saturday [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/29/football-passions-rise-in-switzerland-hooligans-protests-goals-cleaner-sport/feed/ 0 Kudelski/Securitas spinoff bought by US company http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/20/kudelskisecuritas-spinoff-bought-by-us-company/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/20/kudelskisecuritas-spinoff-bought-by-us-company/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:29:26 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59993 GenevaLunch.com SION, SWITZERLAND – Polyright SA, a Sion-based company jointly owned by Securitas and Kudelski in Lausanne, has been sold to US firm Identive Group. Polyright provides identity management solutions for the higher education and healthcare markets and is a leading Swiss provider of identity management platforms with open-ended rights and services management. The agreement was [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/20/kudelskisecuritas-spinoff-bought-by-us-company/feed/ 0 Vaud accident leaves driver in critical condition; Valais man caught doing 224 kph http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/vaud-accident-leaves-driver-in-critical-condition-valais-man-caught-doing-224-kph/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/vaud-accident-leaves-driver-in-critical-condition-valais-man-caught-doing-224-kph/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:24:25 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58922 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A 36-year-old Frenchman is in critical condition in hospital following a car accident Friday morning at 08:30 on the Vallorbe-Croix cantonal highway, near the La Cula (RC 251a) crossroad. Vaud police say his car left the road for reasons that are not yet clear; the car hit a bank and ended in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/vaud-accident-leaves-driver-in-critical-condition-valais-man-caught-doing-224-kph/feed/ 2 Sion takes 12th Swiss football title, and “fans” trash trains http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/29/sion-takes-12th-swiss-football-title-and-fans-trash-trains/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/29/sion-takes-12th-swiss-football-title-and-fans-trash-trains/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 21:24:23 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58293 GenevaLunch.com SION, SWITZERLAND – Sion fans were celebrating Sunday night after their team defeated Neuchatel Xamax 2-0 in a one-sided match, with Neuchatel never rising to the occasion. It was Sion’s 12th Swiss Cup victory in 12 finals. The train trip to Basel, site of the final, left a less positive trail, with one person injured [...]

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