20 Minutes. Those employed at the United Nations in Geneva are worried their salaries could be cut. Inflation has eroded the purchasing power of salaries paid to UN employees in New York, so a salary reduction of 7.5% is needed in Geneva to bring the purchasing power of UN employee salaries in Geneva into line […]
Archives for 2017
Easter Blonay, one Swiss town’s decorations
This Easter, the commune of Blonay, in the Swiss canton of Vaud, decided to brighten up the town with Easter decorations created by the youngest members of its community. The photographs below offer a glimpse of the town’s colourful Easter art. The number of creations is impressive. Le News wishes readers a great Easter break. […]
Racism sentence upheld against former Swiss People’s Party secretary general
On 13 April 2017, the Swiss Federal Tribunal upheld a sentence against the former secretary general and deputy of the Swiss People’s Party (UDC/SVP). According to a Federal Tribunal press release, in 2011, during the campaign leading up to the Swiss vote on whether to halt mass immigration, an advertisement carrying the text “Kosovaren schlitzen […]
Swiss federal tribunal refuses to help French tax authorities
Tribune de Genève. The French tax authorities will not get Swiss help to investigate tax payers identified in data taken by Hervé Falciani from HSBC private bank in Geneva. HSBC, owner of the private bank in Geneva, which became part of HSBC in 1999 when it was acquired from Republic National Bank, a group run by Lebanese-born financier […]
DNA tests planned for Swiss steak
A process sometimes used to solve crimes will soon be used to identify the origin of steak in Switzerland. Proviande, an association of Swiss meat producers, recently announced plans to DNA test meat to ensure that meat labelled ‘Swiss’ is definitely Swiss. Starting in spring 2018, samples will be taken from cattle and calves. As […]
Swiss chef wins world’s best restaurant award
24 Heures. A Swiss chef from Aargau came first in this year’s ranking of the world’s 50 best restaurants. Daniel Humm, co-owner of the restaurant Eleven Madison Park, comes from Strengelbach in Switzerland, and earned his first Michelin star at 24. In 2003, he moved to the United States to become a chef at Campton Place […]
Makeup products in Switzerland found to contain carcinogens
The Swiss cantonal association of chemists (ACCS) found that 15 out of 184 samples of certain makeup products tested did not comply with the law, and 11 products have been banned from sale. The makeups examined include mascaras, eyeliners and eye shadows. Tests were done at importers, department stores, parfumeries, pharmacies, discount stores and beauty salons. […]
Swiss naturalisation to get tougher in Vaud
20 Minutes. The canton of Vaud needs to make naturalisation tougher in response to changes to federal law. The government of Vaud is trying to retain some room to manoeuvre but wiggle room is set to be limited. Last week, Philippe Leuba, Vaud’s head of the economy and sport, told the press that the draft bill dealing with naturalisation […]
At last year’s growth rate Switzerland’s population would double in 64 years
20 Minutes. Switzerland’s population rose by 90’600 in 2016, more than the population of the city of Luzern or the combined populations of the cities of Nyon, Neuchâtel and Yverdon. The 1.1% increase brings the number of permanent residents at the end of 2016 to 8,417,700. If this growth rate of 1.1% were extrapolated forward […]
Geneva is marching for science. Here’s why it matters.
On Saturday 22 April 2017, Geneva marches for science, one of hundreds of marches taking place around the world. But why would anyone march for science? Thank you science! There is a children’s book that encourages kids to say thank you for houses, the clean water that flows from the taps, cars, telephones, planes, radios, electricity and […]
