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Anti-insecticide wine producer handed light fine

07/04/2014 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Emmanuel Giboulot, who has become a hero in the world of organic wines, was handed a €500 fine by a judge in Dijon, France Monday 7 April,for refusing to spray his wine grapes with a strong insecticide. He was ordered, along with other growers in the Cote d’Or region in Burgundy, to […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: biodynamic, court case, Emmanuel Giboulot, fine, insecticide, leafhopper, organic wine

Swiss train tickets: buy before you board or pay CHF10 “tax”

17/06/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The CHF5 you now pay if you’ve rushed onto a Swiss train without buying your ticket in advance will go up to CHF10 on Switzerland’s national day, 1 August. The CFF rail company and public transport authorities have agreed to the increase in order to discourage the growing number of people […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: conductor, fine, mobile phones, on train, purchase, stations, Swiss news, tax, tickets, trains, vending machines

Autoroute sticker here to stay, but fine could go up

01/05/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Bern, Switzerland (NZZ, Ger) – Zurich newspaper NZZ reported Thursday 30 April that the vignette, Switzerland’s autoroute use tax that comes in the form of a windshield sticker, will keep its present form, but fines for those who get on the road without a sticker could double.

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: autoroute sticker, fine, parliament, Switzerland, travel, vignette

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