Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Work began Monday on a two-year major renovation project at Cointrin International Airport in Geneva. the airport, built in 1968, was designed for one million passengers and by 2006 traffic had climbed to two million a year. The terrace and the P9 (La Poste) parking area are now closed due to […]
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Don’t bring back smoked fish or dried meat: new bans at Swiss airports
Switzerland (Le Matin, Fre) – New regulations went into effect over the weekend at Switzerland’s airports, including Cointrin in Geneva, that ban the importation of animal-based food products from non-European Union countries. Milk products, eggs, meat, fish and honey are all on the list of goods that cannot be brought in from Asia, Africa and […]
FEATURE / A year in the life of a vigneron: a time to plant
Editor’s note: This is the sixth in a year-long series on the life of a Vaudois winemaker, or vigneron, in the Lake Geneva region. GL follows Raymond Paccot and Domaine La Colombe in Féchy from the 2006 harvest to the next one in 2007. (click on photos to view larger) Féchy, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – […]
Lavaux named World Heritage site
Lavaux, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The word in from New Zealand this morning was good news for Lavaux: the Unesco World Heritage sites committee has voted to include the collection of 14 villages and their terraced vineyards as one of the Unesco proteccted sites. The group also announced that it has agreed to extend the […]
Lavaux holds breath on Unesco World Heritage decision
Lavaux, Vaud (Le Temps, Fre) – If all goes well and the Unesco World Heritage sites committee votes in its favour, the 14 villages near Lausanne that make up Lavaux will be ringing their church bells Thursday at 10:00. It has taken Lavaux’s population 1,000 years to carve out the impressive 800 ha of terraced […]