Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva’s International Airport announced Wednesday 30 April that it has raised its own “business continuity measures” by a level, to four, in the wake of the WHO’s upgrading to alert level 5 on Tuesday. The Airport Security Service is prepared to swing into action in case passengers arrive who show symptoms […]
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Tour de Romandie to cause traffic disturbances in Vaud
Vaud, Switzerland (Genevalunch) – Traffic will be disrupted in canton of Vaud 29 April and 1-3 May due by cyclists racing in the Tour de Romandie. Traffic will be stopped progressively as the cyclists advance on their course. The Vaud cantonal police ask that drivers respect traffic restrictions and rerouting by security services (see schedule […]
Easter travel kept Geneva airport, Lake Geneva busy
Geneva, Switzerland (TSR, Fre) – Economic crisis or not, we still love to travel, as traffic at Geneva’s Cointrin International Airport made it clear over the Easter holidays: 84,000 passengers flew in or out Easter weekend, the same as for Easter 2008. The other busy travel area was Lake Geneva, with the opening of the […]
Easter in Switzerland, gray but the green is coming
Easter Sunday in Switzerland was overcast for the first part of the day in much of the country, but the sun inched its way out. Mid-afternoon, at the Col de la Forclaz that connects Martigny and Chamonix, France, the greening of the valleys was apparent. Martigny and the Rhone Valley are to the left, the […]
Swiss chocolate rabbits go trendy
Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Most Swiss media have picked up today on a story by wire service ATS about the changing chocolate bunny population in Switzerland. Holiday chocolates, including those for Easter, make up 4 percent of the 185,000 tons of chocolate Switzerland sells every year. Some 13-15 million Easter chocolate rabbits are produced as part […]