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Alcohol abuse costs Swiss CHF632 each

20/03/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

BERN, SWITZERLAND – The “social cost” of alcohol abuse in Switzerland in 2010 was CHF4.2 billion according to a study published 20 March by the Swiss Public Health Office. Switzerland has 6.7 million people over the age of 15: the cost to the economy comes to CHF632 per person over age 15, argues Bern. The […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: abuse, alcoholism, cost, medical, society

Geneva sets out a menu of watches, jewels and fine wine

16/05/2011 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – This is a week where spending your spare millions will be very easy in Geneva, the week when auctions are offering rare watches, an extraordinary emerald tiara and a bottle of Château Lafite-Rothschild, vintage 1887, Pauillac, 1er cru classé that would make grandfather sit up in his grave and ask for […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: auctions, Château Angelus, Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, Chateau Margaux, Christie's, Geneva, Jewels, society, Sotheby's, watches, wealth, wine

No cocaine in my wine, please

15/10/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) -Magnetic Resonance Symmetry (MRS), the technique behind MRI scans done in hospitals could well be adopted by customs officials, if Swiss researchers in Lausanne and Geneva have their way. MRS has been shown by the group to be useful for scanning large cargoes and spotting cocaine that is being smuggled in wine […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: cocaine, customs, drug detection, EPFL, Giulio Gambarota, imports, law, society, Swiss research, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne

Geneva communes fight day parkers with disks

19/01/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Commuters who leave their cars on streets in Grand Lancy and Chêne-Bourg for the day while they go to work are likely to find that option disappearing by the end of 2010, or in the case of Grand Lancy, sooner, reports the Tribune de Genève. The city of Geneva is currently […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Chene-Bourg, communting, Geneva, Grand-Lancy, parking, society

Oh, sweet! Icy Swiss highways get sugared

15/01/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Update 21:20  Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The proverbial sweet tooth could soon be replaced by sweet wheels in Switzerland, the kind that roll along sugar-covered highways. Authorities in canton Bern have confirmed that they have been using a liquid sugar-based product instead of salt on the A6 autoroute between Rubigen and Spiez, in a two-year […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: autoroutes, Business, canton Bern, highways, ice, roads, salt, society, Speiz, sugar, winter

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