GenevaLunch » Swiss flag http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:27:39 +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 Swiss abroad numbers grow thanks to dual nationals http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/18/swiss-abroad-numbers-grow-thanks-to-dual-nationals/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/18/swiss-abroad-numbers-grow-thanks-to-dual-nationals/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:02:27 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=37380 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) -The number of dual nationals in Switzerland is contributing strongly to the continuing rise in the number of the Swiss abroad, according to the federal government, which 16 February issued the latest figures. Seventy-two percent of all Swiss abroad are dual nationals. At the end of 2009 Switzerland had 684,974 citizens living [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/18/swiss-abroad-numbers-grow-thanks-to-dual-nationals/feed/ 0 Skater Stéphane Lambiel to carry Swiss flag in Vancouver http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/11/skater-stephane-lambiel-to-carry-swiss-flag-in-vancouver/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/11/skater-stephane-lambiel-to-carry-swiss-flag-in-vancouver/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:15:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=36986 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Figure skater Stéphane Lambiel will carry the flag for Switzerland during the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. The ceremony starts at 18:00 Friday 12 February (03:00 Saturday, Swiss time). The 25-year-old from Saxon, canton Valais, won the silver medal at the 2006 Torino Games and he was [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/11/skater-stephane-lambiel-to-carry-swiss-flag-in-vancouver/feed/ 0 First of August: Swiss National Day celebrates 15th birthday http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/29/first-of-august-swiss-national-day-celebrates-15th-birthday/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/29/first-of-august-swiss-national-day-celebrates-15th-birthday/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:56:26 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=23505 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland celebrates its National Day 1 August, a time when families tend to get together and the Swiss return to their “home” towns, which is not necessarily where they grew up, but the town where their family is registered. Watch those fireworks Expect bonfires and fireworks: some 1,700 tons of pyrotechnics [...]

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