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A 2023 survey of voters found 91% of respondents approved of neutrality in general, though 75% believed sanctions against Russia were compatible with the principle.
An initiative to enshrine neutrality in the Swiss constitution garnered enough signatures to get a vote as debate over the policy has sharpened in recent years.
Next weekend in Valais, only two hours from
La 39ème édition de la brocante de Sion aura lieu les 25-26-27 avril 2024 sur la place du Scex
As of today, the mounted police is operational. Yee haw!
Young Catalan woman mocks for being rich and not having enough washing machines!
Queralt explica la normativa semanal que tiene para hacer la colada
This week, in a landmark case, the European court of human rights ruled that ’s weak climate policy had violated the rights of a group of older Swiss women to family life. Ian Sample talks to Europe environment correspondent Ajit Niranjan about why the women brought the case and what the ruling could mean for future climate policy.
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Switzerland’s weak climate policy had violated the rights of a group of older Swiss women to family life. Ian Sample and Ajit Niranjan discuss why the women brought the case and what the ruling could mean for climate policy
This weekend big re-opening of the grounds and gardens of the Yvoire castle on the French side of Lake
La réouverture du Jardin des Cinq Sens c'est demain !! Vous venez ? ☀️
-Zurich flights here to stay -- at least for now. I think no one is discussing that the Geneva-Zurich flights also serve as a gateway to long-haul flights to places such as Los Angeles and Bangkok among others.
Despite environmental concerns from critics, Swiss International Air Lines is sticking to its controversial domestic flights between Geneva and Zurich.
New tragedy in the mountains. Four persons were trapped in an avalanche. Three of them have reportedly died.
Swiss authorities launched a rescue operation after the avalanche at the ski resort town. Police did not identify the victims or say if more people could be missing.
The Lake is not on fire! These and other expressions and their meaning from francophone regions
While the Swiss have all sorts of marked routes, one route always stood out, and has captured my imagination since I first saw it – National Route #1, or Alpine Bike route. Check out this incredibly well researched, tried, and tested articles on some of the best mountain biking rides. (Do click on "single page" so that you can read it all at once instead of over six short pages :)
Bikepacking the Swiss #1 National MTB Route | AMBmag.com.au
To date trials are underway in the cities of Lausanne, Zürich, Liestal, Allschwil, Bern, Bienne, and Lucerne and in the cantons of Basel-Stadt and . Switzerland was the first European country to introduce pilot programmes for the legalization of adult-use cannabis.
This month Swiss officials published the first data from its adult-use cannabis pilot in the city of Zurich, followed by the announcement of its largest trial to date.
Terrible weekend at this end of season.. before Friday’s incident, 12 people had died in avalanches in since October last year. A total of 142 accidents occurred due to avalanches and 188 people were driven away.
GENEVA, Switzerland: Two skiers were killed in an avalanche in southeastern Switzerland, Swiss police said on Saturday.
Hundreds of Russians in protest Putin's reelection
More than a thousand Russians protested against incumbent Vladimir Putin in Bern and Geneva on Sunday.
The march in on Saturday had participants calling for a ceasefire in Gaza
Two and a half thousand marched in Geneva on Saturday, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the occupation.
remains the heart of espionage activities in Switzerland, with allegedly several dozen officers active here in diplomatic and consular missions
(Bloomberg) -- Geneva remains a “hotspot” for international espionage and the number of Russian agents operating there could grow from the “several dozen” there currently, Switzerland’s intelligence service said.Most Read from BloombergRussia Slips Into Historic Default as Sanctions Muddy ...
Man arrested after terrible s*x assault in 's old town
Une touriste américaine a été agressée s*xuellement, près de la rue de la Rôtisserie, le 25 février dernier.
Sad ending this weekend. The bodies of five missing skiers were found near the Tête Blanche mountain in canton Valais; authorities are still searching for a sixth person
Five skiers who went missing during a ski tour in Switzerland were found dead, while a search was still on for the sixth skier.
On International Women's Day, sharing a post. Why, you ask? The Broken Chair is a true testament of this power as it was created by HI Switzerland as part of a campaign to ban landmines coordinated by a woman (among many women around the world) which resulted in the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize and the creation on the Convention on Anti-Personnel Mines.
In a rare coalition of parties, an amendment to reduce the number of signatures required to pass a law was approved in by 63.2% of voters on Sunday.
Voters in Geneva have backed an idea to reinforce democratic rights by lowering the number of signatures needed for initiatives and referendums.
The -based trader was found guilty of corruption in Ecuador.
Geneva-based commodities trading firm Gunvor said Friday that it has reached a $661 million settlement with U.S. and Swiss prosecutors after convictions for bribery of foreign officials in connection with the petroleum industry in Ecuador.
If you like thrift shopping -- and on sale -- here's for you, this weekend in Meyrin,
OUVERTURE DU MARCHÉ DE MEMET - JARDINAGE 🪴/ BRICOLAGE 🧰
Le marché de Memet, installé devant l’entrée de la brocante de Meyrin, a ouvert en début de semaine. Bricoleurs, jardiniers et amoureux de bonnes affaires à très petits prix, venez vous équiper pour les beaux jours. Vous y trouverez des boites à outils, ponceuses, tailles haies, tuyaux d’arrosage, râteaux et autres objets insolites ! …. n’hésitez pas et venez chiner dans les boites de cartons !
🕰️ Les horaires du marché sont les mêmes que celles de la brocante.
Brocante de Meyrin
Rue Alphonse-Large 19 - Tél. 022 341 13 02
Ouvert du mardi au vendredi de 10h à 17h et fermeture à 18h le samedi uniquement - Lundi fermé à la vente, mais ouvert au dépôt jusqu’à 16h
Guatemalan indigenous Q'eqchi' leader and water rights defender Bernardo Caal Xol is in to participate in a forum on Guatemalan human rights. Find out more
https://thegenevist.com/2024/02/27/guatemalan-water-advocate-bernardo-caal-in-geneva/
The new supercollider by the border between and France will be called the Future Circular Collider (FCC) will push the boundaries of modern physics research and perhaps discover the true nature of our mostly invisible universe.
CERN is designing the largest and most powerful supercollider of all time. It could solve some of the biggest mysteries of our universe.
Whether you hike or not... here are six things you might not know about one of the landmark activities!
A recent article on the Swiss Post Magazine, notes some interesting, and fun facts about hiking in Switzerland. Here are six that you may not be aware of: As of 2023, hiking entered the list of 228…
when sirens go off :) Please be aware that the annual testing of sirens across takes place today between 13:30 and 16:30 (at the latest). You can find more information here: https://www.babs.admin.ch/en/alarm/test.html
It's been nearly two years since this blog was last active and nearly 15 since I started writing about Geneva. There are now so many excellent sources for information (and quite some mediocre ones!) that it makes little sense to continue. And yet.... each time I find something of interest I feel a great need to share it with those who are still subscribers to this blog....
It’s been nearly two years since this blog was last active and nearly 15 since I started writing about Geneva. There are now so many excellent sources for information (and quite some mediocre…
Ready for the Three King / Epiphany / Little Christmas day on 6 January? Then, don't forget the bread / cake / pain selling all over !
Great ideas for a weekend in the Swiss capital of Bern! :)
Forget about Halloween.. L'escalade wins them all!!
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