Encircled by mountains and the sea, Reykjavik is the world’s northernmost capital and the cultural pulse of Iceland. As of 27 October, Easy Jet will be adding two flights a week to Reykjavik. During the summer, Icelandair’s Tuesday and Saturday flights, mean it is easily reached for a long weekend for much of the year. […]
Archives for 2014
Payot’s best sellers of the week
For the second time since June, top of the list is Inferno, a mystery thriller from Dan “de Vinci Code” Brown, and the fourth book in his Robert Langdon series. Set mainly in Florence, the plot is as twisted as any dreamed up by that lovely city’s renaissance politician, Niccolò Machiavelli. The book was number one on the New York Times Best Seller list for the first eleven weeks of its release in 2013.
REGA requests investigation into Schumacher files
ZURICH Amid allegations by the French newspaper Dauphiné Liberé that REGA, the Swiss air rescue service, may be involved in the mis-appropriation of the medical files belonging to German Formula One racing driver Michael Schumacher, the Zurich-based non-profit has filed charges against ‘unknown’ persons and requested an official investigation. According to REGA spokesperson Sasha Hardegger, […]
Ten things to do with kids in the Lake Geneva region
SPRING-SUMMER-AUTUMN Spring has arrived, which means easter holidays and free time for children. Before you find yourself in a position where your kids are constantly complaining of boredom, Le News has drawn up a guide to spring activities to keep them busy and happy. Outdoor swimming: It is probably too soon yet but when temperatures soar, there’s nothing […]
Space travellers & crowd pullers
Twelve men have walked on the moon and two of them have visited Switzerland thanks to SwissApollo an association that aims to keep mankind’s greatest achievement alive as an inspiration to current and future generations. This week Dr Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14) spoke to a press conference moderated by Le News editor, Ed Girardet, at […]
Drones for relief
LAUSANNE Medair, a Swiss aid agency, is using innovative technology to help refugees. Ever since international relief agencies began becoming more involved with helping refugees and other crisis victims worldwide at the end of the 1970s, much of their response has been focused primarily on traditional food, shelter and medical aid. More recently, however, some […]
Foreign taxes – the big lose lose
Last week’s piece in Le News on US double taxation and the growing number of Americans relinquishing their citizenship has produced different reactions. These range from “exaggeration” by those who say complaining Americans are simply those who wish to “hide” their assets to “sadness” that US nationals should be obliged to hand over their passports […]
Crans-Montana’s M4 Culture Festival
Crans-Montana, normally known as a beautiful and chic ski resort, has launched a summer festival with a programme to entertain people of all ages. The festival is aptly named the M4 Culture Festival – mountains, music, museums and more – it will take place between 12 and 26 July, however the main events take place […]
Slow down ageing with these foods
We have all been encouraged to eat foods rich in antioxidants for optimal health and wellness. But what are antioxidants? Oxidation is a natural process that occurs in our body when we convert what we eat into energy. When oxygen is metabolized, it creates highly unstable molecules called “free radicals”. Free radicals can attack and […]
A bit of Fribourg in Vaud – The Domaine des Faverges
In an ironic twist of fate, the largest of the roughly 200 vineyards in Lavaux belongs to the neighbouring canton of Fribourg. The Domaine des Faverges, originally cultivated by Catholic monks, found itself isolated in Protestant Vaud when, during the 1847 Sonderbund War, Fribourg and several other Catholic cantons briefly resisted incorporation into the Swiss […]
