WRS, BBC sign radio agreement (update 2)
BBC short wave news, via DAB radio or streaming at WRS, or the larger BBC World Service offer,…
Umbilical cord Swiss blood bank created
A self-financed umbilical cord blood bank available to anyone who needs it is being created by a Swiss…
Warm up for St Prex classics festival on TV tonight
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The St Prex Classics is one of Switzerland’s youngest, smallest and most elegant outdoor festivals,…
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Crime rate up 9% in Switzerland, mainly theft – urban areas worst hit
Lausanne’s increase highest: detective work paying off, but cop patrols to be stepped up Geneva’s crime rate fell…
Packing up, going home: one American vents his anger at US
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Ed. note: William Olenick has been active in Republicans Abroad in Switzerland, where he is…
Parker team wakes up to Swiss wines (update)
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Those of us who know Swiss wines knew the day would come when the Robert…
PostFinance to simplify business, private accounts
BERN, SWITZERLAND – PostFinance, Swiss Post’s banking arm, is simplifying its accounts as of March 2013, it announced…
Summer suggestion: vineyard train and Morges dahlias in bloom
The dahlias along the quay in Morges come into bloom mid-July and last until November if the weather…
Denmark’s 8,000 WWII mines removed – beaches open as country mine-free
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Denmark 5 July announced it had cleared the last of its minefields, a legacy of…
Swiss banks step up efforts to identify, quarantine or avoid US citizens
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Americans living in Switzerland have been abuzz for months with stories about fellow citizens who…
Free Geneva museums
One of my weekend pastimes in Geneva has been discovering museums in the city, and while there is…
New Swiss alcohol law: 10pm shop limit, stricter ads, cheaper non-alcohol drinks
BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Federal Council unveiled two proposed new alcohol laws, one designed to reduce abusive…
USA sends carrier force to Yellow Sea
US President Barack Obama has ordered an aircraft carrier task force to hold joint exercises with South Korea’s…
Skiers warm up as first layers of Swiss snow arrive
Geneva / Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Snow began to make a serious appearance in the Swiss Alps and…
Geneva school head backs Int. Baccalaureate director over speech
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Heads of International Baccalaureate (IB) schools around the world have been receiving a letter…
Geneva’s, Lausanne’s Catholic bishop dies
(video) Neuchatel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Monsignor Bernard Genoud, 68, Roman Catholic bishop for Lausanne, Geneva, Fribourg and Neuchatel,…
Geneva’s, Lausanne’s Catholic bishop dies
Monsignor Bernard Genoud, 68, Roman Catholic bishop for Lausanne, Geneva, Fribourg and Neuchatel, has died from lung cancer.…
Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue charges a former director with CHF3.8m fraud (update)
The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD) an international mediation organization, announced Saturday 28 August that it has been…
Daniel Cho, performer at Montreux Jazz Festival drowns
Regina Spektor, and former Katy Perry band-member dies in Montreux Montreux, Switzerland – The announcement of the death…
Princely task: tell leaders landmines not part of military might
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Israel’s commando attack on six ships have grabbed world attention this week. Last week…
Goodbye GenevaLiving, Hello Ellen’s News World
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – It is getting closer, the moment to say “au re-voir“. Geneva Living, this blog which…
Geneva Motor Show: born-again car industry moves into the green
Tips for visitors pick up the official visitors’ guide in English prepared by Illustré magazine, by far the…
Urgent medical care and 24-hr pharmacies in Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland – If you or someone in your family comes down with a bad flu or small…
Bern police caution against mountain accidents speculation
Cliff viewed from Lauterbrunnen, heading towards Muerren, one of scores in the area Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – High…
Swiss government to open tax hotline for US citizens
Switzerland is in the process of setting up a tax hotline, primarily for US citizens, to deal with…
US taxpayers abroad, part 3: the rules have changed for citizens in Switzerland, France and elsewhere
See also: part 2 – Taxes overboard! Americans reconsider the IRS at the Geneva T party and part…
Second hand shops/thrift stores in Geneva and Vaud
Geneva, Switzerland – I must confess; the font of knowledge in our household vis a vis Geneva thrift…
partheid charges against UBS and Barclays dropped in New York
New York, USA (GenevaLunch) – Charges dating back to 2002 against a number of companies who are accused…
Swiss Army recruits offered free MMR jabs to fight measles spread
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – New arrivals at the spring session of the Swiss military recruits’ schools Monday 9…