Online and in hard copy, Le News brings Swiss news and comment in English to 50,000 readers across the country. Daniel Ahlers, co-founder and director of Le News speaks to Dukascopy TV about Le News and what makes it the key reference for the international community and an integral part of the Swiss media, as […]
Payot’s best sellers of the week
World Order by Henry Kissinger and published by Penguin is described as “the summation of Henry Kissinger’s thinking about history, strategy and statecraft. Now 91, Kissinger, the former US secretary of state, has never lacked a strategy. However, his thoughtful new book aims not so much to advocate specific policies as to portray the shape […]
Will Uber bring the same tragedy and drama to Basel?
LAUSANNE Uber, the quasi-taxi company, is back in the news, again for all the wrong reasons. The company has just launched its service in Basel despite condemnation by local taxi firms, but also public authorities and lawmakers elsewhere. For such critics, the city would do well to heed the advice of those who have experience […]
Payot’s best sellers of the week
Long-listed for the prestigious Man Booker Prize, Siri Hustvedt’s The Blazing World has been publicised across the US as her best novel yet. Publisher, Simon & Schuster describes it as “a masterful novel about perception, prejudice, desire, and one woman’s struggle to be seen”. Certainly it is a provocative story. Artist Harriet Burden, who, after […]
New York hotels most expensive in the world; St Moritz lags in 2nd place
According to GoEuro.com, a Berlin-based firm which assesses the European travel industry covering 150 cities, including over 60,000 hotels and other accommodation, New York remains the most expensive destination for Europeans. Tirana in Albania remains the cheapest. St Moritz ranks second in the listings, which take into consideration rail and bus travel, but also facilities […]
The Swiss deflation puzzle
There is currently much talk of the dangers of deflation and the specter of its imminent arrival in the Eurozone. The Economist newspaper proclaimed last week that if deflation were to set in, the single currency would be in peril. Economists assume that deflation, or falling prices, reduce consumption as consumers defer spending in the […]
New kindergarten planned for Lausanne
The Petit de Chateau de Vennes, a charming period mansion originally built in 1839 is being re-developed as a nursery and kindergarten at a cost of nearly CHF 3 million. The much-needed municipal facility, on the Route de Berne, will service families in the Vennes and La Sallaz neighbourhoods of north Lausanne. It is expected […]
Payot’s best sellers of the week
Christmas in the Snow is the latest novel by Karen Swan who is best known for Christmas at Tiffany’s and Christmas at Claridge’s. Published by Pan Macmillan, Swan has come up with another spellbinding story. Set in glamorous locations such as Zermatt and taking the reader through a series of heart-breaking twists, Christmas in the […]
Le News – 4 December 14 – edition 35
04 December 2014 We apologise for this change of format but our e-reader provider had a few issues this week so we decided to provide you with a picture of our front page instead. If you click on it you will download a nice PDF of the whole paper for your reading pleasure. Download the […]
Swiss vote: three times “NO”
30 November 14 Swiss referenda. According to the newspaper 24 Heures, preliminary national results of the three votes in Switzerland this weekend were overwhelmingly “No”. The Ecopop initiative resulted in 74% voting “No”, the initiative seeking to do away with lump sum taxation or forfait fiscaux resulted in 62% voting “No”, and 77% voted against […]
