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Police seek witnesses, Martigny tunnel fatal car crash

GenevaLunch News SION, SWITZERLAND -  Canton Valais police are seeking witnesses or people with information that will clarify what caused a head-on crash that killed a 65-year-old woman and sent five...

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Weekend deaths: murder, roads, fire, mountains take their toll (update)

GenevaLunch News Italian dies on Matterhorn late Sunday afternoon Update 11:50  GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The past four days have taken a high toll in deaths and injuries in Switzerland: a well-known wine...

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Swiss freight transport rose in 2010, latest figures show

GenevaLunch News NEUCHATEL, SWITZERLAND – Freight carried by road and rail increased by 2 percent in 2010, showing some recovery after a 9 percent drop due to the faltering economy in 2009. The new...

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Swiss travel inside country up 4% in 5 years

GenevaLunch News And it takes them only 92 minutes to cover the distance GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss are on the move, with train travel inside the country up in particular, figures from the new...

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And then there were 4: Gotthard road to be widened

GenevaLunch News BERN / ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Expect miracles. The end is in sight for the long holiday delays to get through the Gotthard Tunnel, a 10 km main north-south channel for road traffic in...

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Accidents, assaults, web scams mar Swiss holiday

GenevaLunch News Geneva police seek other victims of online apartment scam GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The first of August national holiday in western Switzerland was marred by serious road accidents,...

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Preventing falls would cut home accidents significantly

GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Safety Council says that preventing falls, particularly in the higher risk young and old age groups, would have a significant impact on the number of home...

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Cow killer driver leaves calling card

GenevaLunch News LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – One driver who was out celebrating the long weekend in canton Vaud found himself in deep trouble early Saturday. At about 06:30 his car spun off the St-Légier,...

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Verbier skier, 77, dies after crash landing

GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 77-year-old Serbian man whose  home was The Netherlands died Saturday afternoon while skiing in Verbier. He was skiing near the restaurant Au Mayen in the...

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Stan Wawrinka, fast ball man: “200 kph only when serving”

GenevaLunch News Too many drivers slow down just for fixed radars LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Stan Wawrinka, best known as a tennis player and Olympic champion, is the new poster boy for canton Vaud’s “the...

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