Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Cointrin Airport in Geneva will now focus sharply on the future, Geneva council Francois Longchamp and Robert Deillon, AIG director, said Tuesday, as they presented the AIG 2007 annual report’s ”exceptional" figures: turnover of CHF280 million, CHF51 million in net profits and a 9.5% increase in passengers to nearly 11 million. […]
Lake Geneva region
Special trains for Geneva wine open day
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A reminder that Geneva’s vineyards are holding their lively annual open house Saturday 24 May and that public transport is strongly recommended. The CFF is putting on extra trains: check out the schedule. The TPG in Geneva is offering free shuttlebus service. The reputation of Geneva’s vineyards has grown rapidly in […]
Cocaine highs and political lows of Valais councilor
Martigny, Valais, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Xavier Bagnoud, the ex-PDC (centre-right Christian Democrat party) leading politician who was filmed nude, sniffing cocaine, remains in the headlines. Bagnoud was caught by a mobile phone camera and the film clip circulated on the Internet. He resigned from his party 6 May, shortly after 20 Minutes circulated the video […]
FEATURE – Swiss cows come out fighting
Valais, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Wednesday night in villages near the resort of Crans-Montana farmers and friends cheered, wine glasses in hand, as Spring was officially declared in the Swiss Alps by those who know the mountainside best. [Ed.note: click on images to view larger.] The fighting cows were let out of their barns, with the […]
Piccard to take Solar Impulse on simulated flight
Dübendorf, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Solar Impulse pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg will each make a 25-hour flight, one after the other, at the controls of a new flight simulator from 12-16 May. The simulated flights will be the first for the solar-powered plane project and will take place in the construction hangar of the […]