GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The University hospitals (Hug) in Geneva and the Geneva Marathon for Unicef are working together to give runners a healthy head-start in 2013, with a workshop Saturday 2 March, “Run with pleasure: from your head to your toes, including your innards!” The workshop, from 08:30 to 14:00, is free and registration for [...]
Consumer alert: brebis cheese packs
January 2, 2013 by
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Listeria has been found in some packs of cheese, “Briques de Jussac 3x60g” from Migros in Geneva, Vaud, Valais and Neuchatel-Fribourg, and consumers are advised not to eat the cheese. The packs contain brebis, chèvre, vache (sheep, goat, cow) cheeses. Sell-by dates on the packages are: 09.01.2013/12.01.2013/23.01.2013 and the item number is [...]
Switzerland followed by Singapore: most competitive nations
September 5, 2012 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013 is out, and Switzerland again leads the pack of 144 countries, with Singapore overtaking Sweden for second place. Overall, “the results show that while competitiveness in advanced economies has stagnated over the past seven years, in many emerging markets it has improved, placing their [...]
Peruvian villagers sick from toxic spill near copper mine
August 4, 2012 by
Swiss company Xstrata one of mine owners LIMA, PERU – The Peruvian environment ministry is expected to release medical results Saturday 4 August following a chemical spill in the north of the country Wednesday 25 July which sickened over 100 people, according to Peruvian daily El Comercio. The spill occured after a pipeline carrying toxic [...]
Workshop and volunteer opportunity: Happy Healthy Wealthy
July 12, 2012 by
On the 20-21-22d of July, the best self-development coaches from around the world will be in Beaulieu (Lausanne). For this event, we are actively looking for volunteers to help us with welcoming participants and with the expo. Location: Beaulieu(Lausanne)Link out: http://www.hivemindevents.comStart date: 20 Jul 2012End date: 22 Jul 2012
Zurich finds triplets have fewer behavioural problems
May 25, 2012 by
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – If you’re finding your teenager a handful and can’t imagine having three of them consider this: triplets are just as healthy as “singletons” and have fewer behavioural problems and are less likely to suffer mood swings. The University of Zurich Children’s Hospital studied 19 sets of triplets, mean age 14.5 years, to [...]
Contraband bees set customs buzzing
May 24, 2012 by
Swiss dismantle “large” contraband scam that could endanger bee population BERN, SWITZERLAND – Customs officials working closely with the federal agriculture office have uncovered a scam to bring in cheap and possibly unhealthy bees from abroad, in large numbers, by convincing farmers that these are Ticino born and bred bees. The world’s bee populations are [...]
The Americans Abroad Diet (update)
May 24, 2012 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Eat forms! Stay thin! Whittle down those calories through worry! Americans abroad may have some sage advice for fellow citizens. A survey headline that is being picked up by media because it is catchy and touches a subject near and dear to Americans, food, states that “Americans Find Doing Their Own Taxes [...]
