OOld Read More2 minute read WRS, BBC sign radio agreement (update 2)byGeneva LunchOctober 11, 2013 BBC short wave news, via DAB radio or streaming at WRS, or the larger BBC World Service offer,…
HHealth & fitness Read More2 minute read Umbilical cord Swiss blood bank createdbyGeneva LunchJuly 22, 2013 A self-financed umbilical cord blood bank available to anyone who needs it is being created by a Swiss…
AArts & entertainment Read More2 minute read Warm up for St Prex classics festival on TV tonightbyGeneva LunchMay 30, 2013 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The St Prex Classics is one of Switzerland’s youngest, smallest and most elegant outdoor festivals,…
OOld Read More1 minute read License termsbyGeneva LunchMay 3, 2013 GenevaLunch News has a Creative Commons license, by-nc-nd: please read the terms of the agreement. We actively encourage…
OOthers Read More3 minute read Crime rate up 9% in Switzerland, mainly theft – urban areas worst hitbyGeneva LunchMarch 16, 2013 Lausanne’s increase highest: detective work paying off, but cop patrols to be stepped up Geneva’s crime rate fell…
UUncategorized Read More3 minute read Packing up, going home: one American vents his anger at USbyGeneva LunchJanuary 29, 2013 ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Ed. note: William Olenick has been active in Republicans Abroad in Switzerland, where he is…
OOld Read More3 minute read Parker team wakes up to Swiss wines (update)byGeneva LunchJanuary 12, 2013 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Those of us who know Swiss wines knew the day would come when the Robert…
OOld Read More2 minute read PostFinance to simplify business, private accountsbyGeneva LunchNovember 1, 2012 BERN, SWITZERLAND – PostFinance, Swiss Post’s banking arm, is simplifying its accounts as of March 2013, it announced…
OOld Read More1 minute read Summer suggestion: vineyard train and Morges dahlias in bloombyGeneva LunchJuly 21, 2012 The dahlias along the quay in Morges come into bloom mid-July and last until November if the weather…
UUncategorized Read More1 minute read Denmark’s 8,000 WWII mines removed – beaches open as country mine-freebyGeneva LunchJuly 6, 2012 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Denmark 5 July announced it had cleared the last of its minefields, a legacy of…
OOld Read More4 minute read Swiss banks step up efforts to identify, quarantine or avoid US citizensbyGeneva LunchJune 21, 2012 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Americans living in Switzerland have been abuzz for months with stories about fellow citizens who…
AArts & entertainment Read More2 minute read Free Geneva museumsbyGeneva LunchJune 3, 2012 One of my weekend pastimes in Geneva has been discovering museums in the city, and while there is…
OOthers Read More1 minute read New Swiss alcohol law: 10pm shop limit, stricter ads, cheaper non-alcohol drinksbyGeneva LunchJanuary 27, 2012 BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Federal Council unveiled two proposed new alcohol laws, one designed to reduce abusive…
OOthers Read More1 minute read USA sends carrier force to Yellow SeabyGeneva LunchNovember 24, 2010 US President Barack Obama has ordered an aircraft carrier task force to hold joint exercises with South Korea’s…
OOld Read More3 minute read Skiers warm up as first layers of Swiss snow arrivebyGeneva LunchNovember 23, 2010 Geneva / Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Snow began to make a serious appearance in the Swiss Alps and…
OOld Read More3 minute read Geneva school head backs Int. Baccalaureate director over speechbyGeneva LunchSeptember 27, 2010 Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Heads of International Baccalaureate (IB) schools around the world have been receiving a letter…
OOthers Read More1 minute read Geneva’s, Lausanne’s Catholic bishop diesbyGeneva LunchSeptember 22, 2010 (video) Neuchatel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Monsignor Bernard Genoud, 68, Roman Catholic bishop for Lausanne, Geneva, Fribourg and Neuchatel,…
OOthers Read More1 minute read Geneva’s, Lausanne’s Catholic bishop diesbyGeneva LunchSeptember 10, 2010 Monsignor Bernard Genoud, 68, Roman Catholic bishop for Lausanne, Geneva, Fribourg and Neuchatel, has died from lung cancer.…
IInternational organizations Read More3 minute read Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue charges a former director with CHF3.8m fraud (update)byGeneva LunchAugust 30, 2010 The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD) an international mediation organization, announced Saturday 28 August that it has been…
OOthers Read More2 minute read Daniel Cho, performer at Montreux Jazz Festival drownsbyGeneva LunchJuly 8, 2010 Regina Spektor, and former Katy Perry band-member dies in Montreux Montreux, Switzerland – The announcement of the death…
IInternational organizations Read More6 minute read Princely task: tell leaders landmines not part of military mightbyGeneva LunchJune 2, 2010 Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Israel’s commando attack on six ships have grabbed world attention this week. Last week…
OOld Read More1 minute read Goodbye GenevaLiving, Hello Ellen’s News WorldbyGeneva LunchMay 18, 2010 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – It is getting closer, the moment to say “au re-voir“. Geneva Living, this blog which…
OOld Read More5 minute read Geneva Motor Show: born-again car industry moves into the greenbyGeneva LunchMarch 5, 2010 Tips for visitors pick up the official visitors’ guide in English prepared by Illustré magazine, by far the…
AArts & entertainment Read More2 minute read Urgent medical care and 24-hr pharmacies in GenevabyGeneva LunchJanuary 22, 2010 Geneva, Switzerland – If you or someone in your family comes down with a bad flu or small…
UUncategorized Read More2 minute read Bern police caution against mountain accidents speculationbyGeneva LunchDecember 30, 2009 Cliff viewed from Lauterbrunnen, heading towards Muerren, one of scores in the area Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – High…
PPolitics Read More2 minute read Swiss government to open tax hotline for US citizensbyGeneva LunchSeptember 22, 2009 Switzerland is in the process of setting up a tax hotline, primarily for US citizens, to deal with…
UUncategorized Read More5 minute read US taxpayers abroad, part 3: the rules have changed for citizens in Switzerland, France and elsewherebyGeneva LunchSeptember 13, 2009 See also: part 2 – Taxes overboard! Americans reconsider the IRS at the Geneva T party and part…
UUncategorized Read More4 minute read Second hand shops/thrift stores in Geneva and VaudbyGeneva LunchJuly 28, 2009 Geneva, Switzerland – I must confess; the font of knowledge in our household vis a vis Geneva thrift…
OOld Read More1 minute read partheid charges against UBS and Barclays dropped in New YorkbyGeneva LunchApril 10, 2009 New York, USA (GenevaLunch) – Charges dating back to 2002 against a number of companies who are accused…
OOld Read More1 minute read Swiss Army recruits offered free MMR jabs to fight measles spreadbyGeneva LunchMarch 6, 2009 Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – New arrivals at the spring session of the Swiss military recruits’ schools Monday 9…