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...
View ArticleWeekend 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...
View ArticleSwiss 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...
View ArticleSwiss 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...
View ArticleAnd 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...
View ArticleAccidents, 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,...
View ArticlePreventing 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...
View ArticleCow 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,...
View ArticleVerbier 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...
View ArticleStan 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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