LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Twice as good! The wonderful shop La Halle in Lausanne, with top quality fresh produce and specializing in the best terroir products around, now has a sister shop in Pully. The two are now part of the new Terre Vaudoise label, a project set up by the Vaud association Prométerre, whose work […]
Zurich airport passenger tax down slightly
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The airport tax charged each commercial airline passenger will be lowered slightly in 2014, with the new rates in effect until 2017, the Swiss Federal Aviation Office said Friday, but no one is likely to be happy over the new tax. The federal office was called in when the airport and the […]
Train riders, have your say on new rail Starbucks
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The CFF/SBB rail company is soliciting comments from train passengers who use the new pilot project Starbuck’s rail cars that go into service 21 November. The two companies have agreed to run the pilot project for nine months: two restaurant cars will be converted into mobile Starbucks cafés with a take-away on […]
Lecture: Le vin, la vie, la mort
Socialogist Gabriel Bender, author of several books on wine and society, talks about how wine traditionally accompanies all stages of our lives, from the celebration of a birth to the bottle emptied to mark a death (free, French). Part of a conference series at the Valais Vine and Wine Museum, Sierre, which will open after the talk to visit the Oswald Ruppen photo exhibit.
E-cigarette public transport ban in December
BERN, SWITZERLAND – E-cigarettes will be banned on public transport throughout Switzerland as of 15 December the association of public transport operators said 12 November. The cigarettes are not illegal, but agents working for bus, tram and train companies have trouble identifying them, the group says. Tobacco-based cigars and cigarettes are banned on public transport. […]