Bern, Switzerland (Le Matin, Fre) – Employees who are involved in any area of security for the CFF rail company will be subject to controls and lower limits for alcohol and drug consumption. The new regulations by the Swiss Transport Department clarifies the situation. Alcohol limits will be 0.2 per 1,000, considerably lower than what […]
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When a kiss is not just a kiss, ski posters go down
Airolo, Ticino, Switzerland (romandie/ats and 20 Minutes, Fre) – An ad campaign that shows two women about to kiss, created for the Airolo ski resort and aimed at the Italian market, has been removed. The poster with two women embracing was deemed "ambiguous," reports the wire service ATS, but Michel Ferrise, whose agency was responsible […]
We love our Swiss trains
Bern, Switzerland (RSR, Fre) – Each person in Switzerland rode 2,009 km on average in 2006, an increase of 80km over 2005, the national transport department reports. We took the train on average 44 times during the year. The country moves ahead of Japan, where passengers ride only 1,950 km a year. And the Swiss […]
Disease-bearer striped mosquito crosses the Alps
Ticino, Switzerland (Information from Le Temps) – The Asian tiger mosquito, easily identified by the white stripes on its back legs and overall small size, has made it over the Alps from Italy and Ticino, which is not good news for human beings in the Lake Geneva region. The insect already lives in France, which […]
Forty tons of onions ready to roll in Bern
Bern, Switzerland (Le Matin, Fre) – A mere 40 tons of onions will be displayed and sold Tuesday in Bern when the city turns itself over to its famous annual onion festival. The number of onions is the same as in 2006, but down from previous, better-harvest years. Thousands of visitors are expected for the […]