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Archives for August 2009

Cisalpino test trains taken out of service

06/08/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The new and long-awaited Geneva-Milan Cisalpino II train service was interrupted 4 August while the company investigated a warning signal in one of the locomotives, company spokesman Renzo Cicillini said. The trains were rolled out for their test phase 20 July.

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Business, Cisalpino, ETR 610 engine, Geneva, Milan, service interruption, test, train service

Interview: Swiss student gives Chinese TV crowds a taste of their country

04/08/2009 by Ellen Wallace

[/caption] Update: Liam won third place in the 2010 competition Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Liam Bates arrived home to the Lake Geneva region in Switzerland from China 28 July with more than the six-month scholarship he won from the Chinese government as a finalist in its international university competition for Mandarin speakers: he had a […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Asian studies, China, Chinese Bridge, Chinese speech contest, Dalai Lama, Ecolint, Education, Geneva news, Inner Mongolia, La Chataigneraie, language, Lausanne, Liam Bates, Mandarin, Shanghai, Sichuan, Switzerland, Tibet, UBC, university

It’s party weekend coming up

03/08/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Zurich and Sion, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – You have to go out of your way to avoid festivals in Switzerland in the summer, starting with the two big July music festivals, Montreux Jazz Festival and Paleo in Nyon, with several smaller but very popular festivals around the same time. The Fêtes de Geneve is underway, with […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Chieftains, Fetes de Geneve, Guinness Irish Festival, Sion, the Dubliners, Valais, Zurich Street Parade

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