Alan Davis is a funny fella. Watch this hilarious video, which contains the answer to the question below 2 minutes into the video. If you answer correctly your name will go into a draw for a pair of free tickets to his show on Wednesday 29 April 2015, 20:00 at Uptown in Geneva. Alan Davis […]
British Royal bank accounts not moving to Switzerland
According to Reuters the Swiss bank Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) will buy Coutts, the British bank famous for having British royalty among its clients. UBP will however only buy Coutts’ international business, so the British accounts of the royals will not be included in the deal as the UK arm of Coutts remains with Royal […]
Orange to disappear from Switzerland
The phone brand Orange Switzerland, recently bought by the French billionaire Xavier Niel, will not be around for much longer. The business, originally part of Orange S.A. in France, was acquired by Apax Partners, a private equity firm in 2012, and then eventually sold to Niel late in 2014. Now the new management have now […]
Solar plane’s high altitude flight to China
Solar Impulse has departed on its 5th and most challenging flight to date on its round-the-world journey. It took off from Mandalay in Myanmar at 3:36am (local time) on March 30, 2015. It is bound for Chongqing in China. The anticipated flight time is 19 hours covering a distance of 1,375 kilometres. It is a […]
Expat murder in Lutry, Lake Geneva
On 23 March 2015 a tradesman discovered the bloody body of a 46 year-old women in a first floor apartment at Grand Rue in Lutry, a picturesque village on the shores of Lake Geneva in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. An Irishman of 49 later admitted to the murder of his wife who he stabbed […]
A Geneva taxi can cost more than your flight
Recent research shows how expensive airport taxis can be. Many people don’t include these costs in travel budgets and can often be in for a shock. Geneva is known to be an expensive destination, however the cost of a Geneva taxi compared to other cities is surprisingly high. Simon Phillips from No1 Currency, which conducted […]
What’s on – things to do this week – Le News
Every week, Le News offers a selection of events to inspire you! Here are a couple of ideas, however be sure to check out the complete selection for this week here. With a spring feeling in the air, you can head down to the lake and see the internationally renowned Tulip Festival in Morges which opens […]
Germanwings crash could have been deliberate
A french prosecutor says that the co-pilot of the Germanwings aircraft that crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday morning, deliberately initiated the flight’s descent. He appears to have ignored the pilot who was trying to reenter the cockpit. This latest theory has been pieced together from blackbox recordings and other information. More on this: […]
Verbier freeride 2015 kicks off this weekend
The Freeride World Tour 2015 will be held in Verbier, at the Bec Des Rosses venue on Saturday March 28th. This year’s is the 20th edition. Here is a video of last year’s action – these guys are just a tiny little bit crazy. It can be viewed live on a big screen at Rue […]
Sunrise still struggling
Switzerland’s second largest phone company by revenue, Sunrise Communications Holdings SA, released its results on 26 March 2015 showing a smaller loss for 2014 than for 2013. Sunrise listed on the Swiss stock market (ticker symbol: SRCG) on 6 February 2015, in the largest Swiss IPO since 2006. This allowed it to repay some of […]
