Who knew tomatoes were such a popular thing in canton Geneva?
Lovely Carouge hosts a two-day affair celebrating the mighty fruit – that also likes to pass a vegetable ;).
A real tomatina!
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Gare Cornavin extension to be underground (update)
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The extension of the Cornavin main train station in Geneva will go underground and will be completed by 2025, according to the terms of a convention signed Friday. A long-awaited experts report on options for adding tracks to the station is being presented Friday morning 5 July. The group reviewed 16 options […]
Online buying for Swiss wines gets boost (correction)
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND /AMONG THE VINES – Two specialist sellers of quality Swiss wines are combining their activities, a boost for Swiss wine fans. Cellier Romand, which has been marketing discovery cartons of three quality wines a month from French-speaking Switzerland, has ceded its business to Swiss Wine Selection. The latter is an online business started […]
Swiss new car sales slump
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Swiss sales of new cars were down heavily in June, by 27.6 percent compared to a year earlier – but don’t read too much into that, says the auto importers association. It attributes the fall in sales to a rush to buy new cars a year ago. Stricter Swiss rules for CO2 […]
Summer add-ons: travel, food, city faces, music buses
Ideas to brighten your summer GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Resources that have caught our attention: Food One of the best places around for regional products is the Halle Romande in Lausanne, with good quality products from cantons in French-speaking Switzerland. Closed Sunday and Monday but otherwise open from 08:00-19:00 (18:00 Saturday) – slightly shorter hours for […]