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Archives for August 2008

Lose your license abroad and you lose it at home in Switzerland

28/08/2008 by Ellen Wallace

Bern, Switzerland (Le Matin, Fre) – If your Swiss driver’s license is confiscated abroad because of a serious infraction, the driving ban will apply in Switzerland as well, starting Monday 1 September. Since June 2007 a hole in the law has meant that if your license was taken away elsewhere the same did not apply […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Swiss news, travel

150 years of Swiss trains linking Geneva, Lausanne

28/08/2008 by Ellen Wallace

Lake Geneva region, Switzerland (Le Temps, Fre) – A third rail line to ease traffic between Lausanne and Geneva was on all minds during festivities Wednesday to celebrate 150 years of rail service between the two cities. Politicians and CFF rail company officials visited a 1947 locomotive and enjoyed a ride in rail cars dating […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Lake Geneva region, Politics, Swiss news, travel

Road closed: Gland man dies in road accident in town

27/08/2008 by Ellen Wallace

Gland, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A 78-year-old resident of Gland has died following a road accident on the route du Mont-Blanc shortly before noon. The man was driving towards the lake when he lost control of his car near the Mauverney roundabout, possibly after being taken ill. He hit a construction rubbish bin and then […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Community, Lake Geneva region, Swiss news, travel

Alitalia gets private investors in new plan to save airline

27/08/2008 by Ellen Wallace

Rome, Italy (TSR, Fre) – Alitalia, the bankrupt national Italian airline, has a new plan to save it, TSR reports "sources close to the situation" as saying. Intesa Sanpaolo, the bank that handles the airline’s finances, has reportedly pulled together 16 private Italian investors who will pour €1 billlion into the carrier, but an international […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Lake Geneva region, Swiss news, travel

Weekend update: Obama-Biden, regional events, world’s best wines

23/08/2008 by Ellen Wallace

Photos, Mondial du Pinot Noir, courtesy Liam Bates. GenevaLunch is, exceptionally, bringing you a weekend bulletin, to keep pace with a busy time locally and in the world. Expect to see us back with our normal publishing schedule, including weekly highlights for events and resources, by the start of September. In world news, the New […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Lake Geneva region

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