GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / EDITOR’S NOTEPAD – Yesterday was the final day of the International Herald Tribune: today it takes the final step in a five year transformation and becomes officially the international edition of the New York Times. I have a soft spot for the IHT, even though it always seemed an odd little newspaper […]
Swiss rail tests door to door bag scheme
BERN, SWITZERLAND – The CFF rail company is running a door to door delivery programme for travelers’ bags, starting Monday 14 October, in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. A one-year trial will check the level of interest on the part of travelers. The pilot project takes its bag dropoff programme a step further: your bags can now […]
Electronic autoroute toll system en route
Plan to replace sticker with electronic annual toll BERN, SWITZERLAND – The current annual road tax sticker (vignette in French) in Switzerland will be replaced by 2019 by an electronic toll system, if the government has its way. The announcement comes five weeks before the Swiss vote on increasing the tax from CHF40 to 100 […]
Swiss 2013 vintage could be very good
Fed Ag station forecast is upbeat GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Cross your fingers that the weather is friendly to Swiss grapes in the next two to four weeks, as the harvest is pulled in: so far, so good for an excellent vintage, is the verdict of the Changins Federal Agriculture Research Station […]
Grape harvest kicks off – use care on roads!
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND /AMONG THE VINES – The grape harvest begins today in most of Switzerland and you can expect to find secondary roads everywhere slowed by tractors, trailers and other slow-moving vehicles coming and going from the vineyards. Canton Vaud police Monday morning issued a warning to drivers to use care and adapt their speeds […]