GenevaLunch » Yverdon 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 74-yr-old killed by Intercity train when car slippedhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/74-yr-old-killed-by-intercity-train-when-car-slipped/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/74-yr-old-killed-by-intercity-train-when-car-slipped/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:59:23 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62362 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A Swiss Intercity train traveling at 140kph from Yverdon-Les-Bains to Lausanne struck a car whose front wheels were hanging in the space over the railroad tracks in the village of Bavois. The driver, a 74-year-old local man, was killed when his car was thrown 30 metres by the train. The train was [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/74-yr-old-killed-by-intercity-train-when-car-slipped/feed/ 0 Vaud chateaus invite the public to see one or all over weekend (correction)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/06/vaud-chateaus-invite-the-public-to-see-one-or-all-over-weekend-correction/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/06/vaud-chateaus-invite-the-public-to-see-one-or-all-over-weekend-correction/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:37:12 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61266 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Canton Vaud’s 12 historic chateaus, open to the public, are joining together to offer a special deal at the end of September to encourage people to learn more about this aspect of local history. A single ticket will open the door to all 12 the weekend of 24-25 September, for CHF15 for [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/06/vaud-chateaus-invite-the-public-to-see-one-or-all-over-weekend-correction/feed/ 0 A1 accident: man going wrong way, 1 dead, 1 seriously injuredhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/10/a1-accident-man-going-wrong-way-1-dead-1-seriously-injured/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/10/a1-accident-man-going-wrong-way-1-dead-1-seriously-injured/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:10:50 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60572 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A man driving the wrong way on the A1 autoroute early Wednesday morning crashed head-on into an oncoming car, killing the driver of that car and seriously injuring  himself. The accident happened at 06:00 near the Chavorney exit on the A1 in the direction of Yverdon. The highway in that direction was [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/10/a1-accident-man-going-wrong-way-1-dead-1-seriously-injured/feed/ 0 Vaud motorcyclist dies 2 days after accidenthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/26/vaud-motorcyclist-dies-2-days-after-accident/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/26/vaud-motorcyclist-dies-2-days-after-accident/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 07:38:25 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58133 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A 33-year-old man on a motorcycle who had a violent head-on crash west of Yverdon Tuesday evening 24 May died Thursday at the Chuv university hospitals in Lausanne shortly before 01:00, Vaud police say. The man’s motorbike headed left and into the path of an oncoming car as he was coming out [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/26/vaud-motorcyclist-dies-2-days-after-accident/feed/ 0 Yverdon woman murdered in red light areahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/03/yverdon-woman-murdered-in-red-light-area/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/03/yverdon-woman-murdered-in-red-light-area/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 18:24:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57191 GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - A 45-year-old woman from the Dominican Republic was found dead in a studio apartment on the rue des Uttins in Yverdon-les-Bains Sunday evening, and police are calling it homicide. An investigation was opened after police, called in by people close to the woman, found her body with fatal knife wounds and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/03/yverdon-woman-murdered-in-red-light-area/feed/ 0 Police seek witnesses: serious road accident near Yverdonhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/19/police-seek-witnesses-serious-road-accident-near-yverdon/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/19/police-seek-witnesses-serious-road-accident-near-yverdon/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:54:16 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=54346 GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Vaud police are seeking witnesses to a serious accident that occurred at 08:20 Saturday morning 19 February on the road between Yverdon-les-Bains and Orbe, near the commune of Valeyres-sous-Rances. A driver, under age 20, and a six-year-old were taken to hospital with serious injuries, with the child in critical condition with [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/19/police-seek-witnesses-serious-road-accident-near-yverdon/feed/ 0 World’s largest solar boat lands in Cancunhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/07/worlds-largest-solar-boat-lands-in-cancun/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/07/worlds-largest-solar-boat-lands-in-cancun/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:20:36 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=50856 GenevaLunch.com Swiss solar project boat crosses Atlantic in 61 days using solar-only power Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Ms Turanor PlanetSolar landed in Cancun, Mexico Tuesday 6 December, home this week to the first major world climate conference after Copenhagen in December 2009. It was a day later than expected due to strong winds, but the boat [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/07/worlds-largest-solar-boat-lands-in-cancun/feed/ 2 Police ask ID help for man murdered near Yverdonhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/31/police-ask-id-help-for-man-murdered-near-yverdon/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/31/police-ask-id-help-for-man-murdered-near-yverdon/#comments Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:15:28 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=49138 GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Vaud cantonal police in Lausanne are asking for help from the public to identify a man found murdered Wednesday 27 October near a depot in Montagny-près-Yverdon. An investigation has been opened into the murder and the public is being asked to provide any details that might clarify the circumstances under which [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/31/police-ask-id-help-for-man-murdered-near-yverdon/feed/ 1 A1 autoroute jammed by military convoy accidenthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/20/a1-autoroute-jammed-by-military-convoy-accident/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/20/a1-autoroute-jammed-by-military-convoy-accident/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:57:47 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=45015 GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The A1 autoroute, already slowed considerably by major summer roadworks, was badly jammed Monday 19 July in the early afternoon by an accident involving a military convoy between Yverdon and Lausanne, in the direction of Lausanne. A military truck with trailer veered to the right and off the road, flipping over [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/20/a1-autoroute-jammed-by-military-convoy-accident/feed/ 0 Lift your foot off the pedal on the A1http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/04/lift-your-foot-off-the-pedal-on-the-a1/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/04/lift-your-foot-off-the-pedal-on-the-a1/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:08:16 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=42934 GenevaLunch.com 4,500 fines, 137 licenses lifted during May on Lausanne-Yverdon stretch Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The repairs on the Lausanne-Yverdon stretch of the A1 autoroute have prompted police to lower the speed limit to 80 kph to protect road workers, but motorists have not received the message, it appears. P0lice took away driver’s licenses from 137 [...]

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