Former Bosnian commander arrested at Geneva border GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Former Bosnian commander Naser Oric was arrested at the Thonex-Ballard border post in Geneva Wednesday afternoon by border guards and turned over to Geneva police. An international arrest warrant was issued for him in 2014, by Serbian authorities. He is wanted on charges of suspected […]
Matterhorn to have day of silence, no climbers
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Zermatt and Valtournenche-Cervinia in Italy are marking the 150th anniversary of the first successful climb to the summit with a sombre tribute to the 500 people known to have died attempting the climb. “Out of respect for the mountain and in remembrance of the more than 500 people who have suffered a fatal […]
Food Truck Festival draws Lausanne crowd
The first Lausanne Food Truck Festival at Place Riponne is off to a lively, sunny start. It’s open until 21:00 this evening, Thursday 28 May. If you’re in town, head over and join the crowd.
WRS radio interview: Geneva caves ouvertes
Interview by Tony Johnston at WRS radio about Geneva’s special little treasure chest wines, the perfect something-different for the wineries’ open house day Saturday, 30 May 2015. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207497270″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”150″ iframe=”true” /]
Geneva’s open house: seek special treasures
Geneva holds its wineries’ open house day this Saturday, 30 May, a great chance to discover some of the little treasure chest wines hidden there. Grape names you rarely hear in Switzerland, or at least not in French-speaking Switzerland, like Scheurebe, Kerner, Findling, Dunkelfelder and Cabernet Dorsaz, are on the wine lists of several wineries. […]