GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Airline companies’ organization IATA called Tuesday on governments “to close legal loopholes that allow unruly passengers to escape law enforcement for serious offences committed on board aircraft.” The group is calling for action on the eve of governments holding a diplomatic meeting in Montreal to revise the Tokyo Convention to make it […]
Travels
When I travel, I drink wine. In fact, I usually organize my travels around learning about it because wine isn't a beverage, it's a culture.
More than half of travel time goes for leisure
Geneva and Vaud: cars used less, travel time up LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Policies to encourage greater use of public transport are paying off, a new study by EPFL researchers shows. People in cantons Vaud and Geneva haven’t changed the number of kilometres they travel but they are spending more time moving and less time in […]
Crans-Montana in bid to tax empty 2nd homes
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The six villages that are part of the larger Crans-Montana-Aminona resort area will gives local voters a chance to decide 16 June if they want to put a new tax on second homes that are used less than 75 days a year. The debate over what to do about “cold beds” or […]
Bus with 40 catches fire, A1 closed
Yverdon-Payerne tunnel to remain closed for weeks GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A Thursday morning fire under a bus with 40 passengers, in a tunnel on the A1 autoroute near Payerne, ended with only damage to the bus and Arrissoules tunnel, but the highway remains closed in both directions. The Jura side of the road will probably […]
Geneva’s Cornavin station passage closed next week
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – One entrance to the east side underground walkway, from the Metroshopping centre to the Lausanne side of Cornavin train station in Geneva, will be closed from 17 to 21 March, Monday to Friday. The CFF rail company recommends that passengers use the west side passage, on the Geneva airport side of the […]