Solar impulse is on its way across the Pacific Ocean. It left Nagoya in Japan bound for Hawaii and has passed the point of no return. If there is a problem with the aircraft from this point the pilot will not be able to land on dry land because there isn’t any. Hawaii is the […]
Archives for June 2015
Geneva bars sell second most expensive beer in the world
Go Euro. According to the Go Euro 2015 beer price index, a 33ml draught beer in a bar in Geneva will set you back an eye watering US$10.77 on average. Krakow is the best city for the beer thirsty. There a 33ml draught beer in a bar will cost only US$2.70, around a quarter of […]
Angry taxi drivers block the centre of Geneva
Tribune de Genève Emboldened by Uber’s set backs in France, enraged taxi drivers blocked the centre of Geneva on Monday afternoon blocking traffic as far as the airport. The protest started at 4pm and by 6:30pm TGP, Geneva’s public transport operator announced a 50 minutes delay on one of central Geneva’s tram lines. Geneva’s taxi […]
How Voltaire ended up in the town of Ferney-Voltaire
In 1755 the French writer, philosopher and playwright, François-Marie Arouet, known to most by his nom de plume Voltaire, was on the run from an angry Frederick the Great, the Prussian King, who he’d offended with some of his writing. He first headed to Paris only to find that King Louis XV of France had […]
The Secrets of Success in Coaching (1): What a successful coaching strategy should look like for an organisation
Sponsored by Centre for Coaching (Switzerland) Janine Everson, Director of the Centre for Coaching, explores in this first interview of a seven-part series, the Secrets of Success in Coaching: “What a successful coaching strategy should look like for an organisation”. In this first interview, Janine looks at what common mistakes companies make when integrating coaching […]
Swiss government recognises medical benefits of cannabis
Swiss Federal Office of Public Health. This week the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (OFSP) announced the results of its analysis of the medicinal effects of cannabis. They concluded that cannabis is useful for reducing chronic pain related to cancer, spasms due to multiple sclerosis, nausea caused by chemotherapy, AIDs related weight loss, sleeping […]
Why is Swiss French so similar to Standard French, but Swiss German so different from Standard German?
Quora.com – where questions are asked and answered by a community of users. Martin Strohmeier says “it is more about culture and attitude towards the countries than the languages itself….by the time of WW1, Swiss German proved to be a useful way of differentiation from other German speakers and to establish their own identity.” Richard […]
Plan to turn the canton of Schaffhausen into a single municipality
20 Minuten. The Mayor of Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Stephan Rawyler, wants to merge all 26 communes in the canton of Schaffhausen into a single municipality. If the proposal is implemented Scahaffhausen would become the first Swiss canton to have only one municipality. The idea however, has not gone down well with some local residents and […]
Strong Swiss franc driving hotel closures
Tages Anzeiger. One of the largest hotels in the Swiss resort region of Lower Engadine in the canton of Graubünden will close after the summer, reports the newspaper Tages Anzeiger. The Hotel Robinson Club Schweizerhof in Vulpera has 130 rooms and represents 55,000 overnight stays a year. According to the parent company Robinson Club GmbH, […]
Hopes dashed for French residents living under the noise of Geneva airport
Tribune de Genève. Neighbouring residents of the French communes of Chens-sur-Léman, Messery and Nernier had their pleas for aircraft noise reduction rejected by the Swiss Federal Tribunal. Resident groups have been fighting for years to have the landing flight path into Geneva airport moved so it is over the lake instead of above their homes. […]