Weather forecast: colder, with rain on the plain, snow in the mountains Details, MeteoSwiss GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The greater Lausanne area has seen its second murder-suicide in one week, with the death of a couple north of the city. A thermal door is being tested at the north end of the St Gotthard tunnel, to […]
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Terravin’s Chasselas top wines unveiled
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The Platine Terravin results are keenly awaited every year, just weeks after the harvest is in; the relatively new Mondial du Chasselas wine competition held in the summer hasn’t taken any of the shine off this annual event that puts the spotlight on some of Switzerland’s best Chasselas wines. This year’s winner […]
Alpine passes closing this week
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Snow is due this weekend and one of the clearest signs that winter is finally coming is that Swiss Alpine passes are closing this week. The canton Uri connection to the Gotthard closes tonight; the Susten pass closed Tuesday and the Furka closes Thursday evening. News agency ATS reports that this is […]
Site for Swiss VW owners to check
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – After last week’s announcement by the Swiss government that no new Volkswagen Group cars can be sold in the country, or used ones coming from outside Switzerland, current owners have a bit of help from VW to see if their car is one of the ones concerned. The special web site set […]
September’s many Swiss faces
Cooler but very dry or soggy GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – September was nearly 1 degree cooler than average, and either extremely dry or way too wet, depending on where you were. South of the Alps the average temperature was 1 to 2.5C cooler. The grape harvests now underway throughout the country are giving evidence of the […]