GenevaLunch » Sion 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 Sports: Geneva Servette FC loses license but appealinghttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/23/sports-geneva-servette-fc-loses-license-but-appealing/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/23/sports-geneva-servette-fc-loses-license-but-appealing/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:23:38 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69350 GenevaLunch.com Team says decision not unexpected as it scrambles to meet requirements for appeal deadline Sion FC trainer quits GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – These are odd days for Swiss football, with Basel winning but saying in advance that even if it won this weekend, it wouldn’t accept the title, while in Geneva, fans of Servette FC are [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/23/sports-geneva-servette-fc-loses-license-but-appealing/feed/ 0 Accidents, Valais and Vaudhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/06/accidents-valais-and-vaud/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/06/accidents-valais-and-vaud/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:59:59 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68711 GenevaLunch.com Man dies in Sion city centre Youth critically injured near Fechy LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A 47-year-old Valais man died in the early hours of Friday after he drove into the wall of a building in the centre of Sion, say Valais police. He was heading down towards the train station on the Avenue de la [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/06/accidents-valais-and-vaud/feed/ 0 Take your cell phone and computer out of the car, say policehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/04/take-your-cell-phone-and-computer-out-of-the-car-say-police/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/04/take-your-cell-phone-and-computer-out-of-the-car-say-police/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:53:27 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68626 GenevaLunch.com SION, VALAIS – Police in canton Valais say the capital, Sion, has been hit by a spate of car break-ins, with thieves going after cell phones and computers, or any other items of value. Unlocked trunks or car doors are being opened, but windows have also been smashed and windows left open a crack are [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/04/take-your-cell-phone-and-computer-out-of-the-car-say-police/feed/ 0 A glimmer of hope in the bus crash sadness, as 8 children go home to Belgiumhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/16/a-glimmer-of-hope-in-the-bus-crash-sadness-as-8-children-go-home-to-belgium/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/16/a-glimmer-of-hope-in-the-bus-crash-sadness-as-8-children-go-home-to-belgium/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:04:43 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67766 GenevaLunch.com Swiss government to review safety of tunnel pullover emergency areas GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Eight of the children injured in the 13 March bus crash in Sierre, canton Valais, that killed 28 people are heading home in specially-equipped planes, police said in a statement issued Thursday evening. They were discreetly taken to say goodbye to their [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/16/a-glimmer-of-hope-in-the-bus-crash-sadness-as-8-children-go-home-to-belgium/feed/ 0 Air Glacier has record number of one-day rescueshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/28/air-glacier-has-record-number-of-one-day-rescues/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/28/air-glacier-has-record-number-of-one-day-rescues/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:55:18 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67009 GenevaLunch.com SION, SWITZERLAND – Air Glacier carried out a record 36 rescues by helicopter in one day Sunday, the company said Monday 27 February. The majority were injured skiers on the slopes, but three flights were to help off-piste skiers who were trapped in a couloir, and a more dramatic rescue occurred when a crew flew [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/28/air-glacier-has-record-number-of-one-day-rescues/feed/ 0 Travel alert: Sion-Martigny trains out until Friday morninghttp://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 identifiedhttp://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 losshttp://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 Valaishttp://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 trainhttp://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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