Consider heading for Bern to see new bears (video of mother bear Bjoerk saving cub from treetop)
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Swiss transport police given 2011 green light
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss transport police, who will have the right to make provisional arrests, will become part of the CFF rail system starting in 2011. The Federal Council Wednesday 27 January approved legislation drawn up by a parliamentary transport commission which will create two security systems for public transport companies. The transport police, […]
Finn is bearing up well
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Winter may not appear to be the ideal time to visit bears at parks, given their reputation for hibernating, but this is not stopping tourists from streaming to see the new bear park in Bern, which opened in late October 2009. Finn, a young male bear recovering after he was shot […]
Urban traffic congestion to get Swiss federal spending boost
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva and the Lausanne-Morges area are likely to see an improvement in public transport to ease traffic congestion, if new federal funds for to improve traffic go through as planned. The Swiss federal government has told Parliament that it will allocate CHF1.5 billion for co-sponsored (with cantons) projects starting in 2011 […]
Better mobile connections coming: Geneva-Lausanne and in trains
Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland (TSR, Fre) – Swiss will be doubling the capacity and also the speed of its Internet connection lines in coming months, and enlarging its mobile phone base by 20 percent, it has told TSR. The combination should create a major improvement in mobile phone service, particularly Internet via mobile phone. A […]