Corporate abuse of workers’ rights, the environment, corporate corruption and massive tax evasion are all issues in dire need of direct and strong redress. These are issues that recently civil society organisations in Geneva have been calling on the international community and even the Swiss Government to regulate and enforce. Le News has reported on […]
Le News – 23 October 2014 – Edition 34
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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Hardcover – Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson
When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. In 2012, when she was fifteen, she paid dearly for her beliefs. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while on the bus home from school. Miraculously she recovered after arduous surgery in the UK. Her ordeal failed to silence her and she has become a pre-eminent ambassador for women’s rights and education. In October she was awarded the Nobel Peace prize. This is her story.
Lady Godiva pub in Geneva in dispute against Godiva Chocolate
The Lady Godiva pub in the centre of Geneva is being challenged over the use of its name by Turkish-owned Belgian chocolate brand, Godiva. The chocolate company claims the pub is trading off its name and brand and has delivered a 90 day ultimatum to the pub owner to stop using the name and associated […]
Swiss language row continues
A recent poll shows a majority of Switzerland’s politicians want cantons to be required to teach a second Swiss language at primary school, reported swissinfo. Two thirds of the 246 politicians surveyed said national cohesion could be threatened. The canton’s of Thurgau and Nidwalden recently changed the rules to delay French until secondary school and […]
Geneva wins prestigious energy award
For the second time running, Geneva has won the Gold European Energy Award (EEA) for its visionary energy policies. Considered the most prestigious distinction of its kind for European cities and issued every four years, the award recognizes Geneva’s performance with a top rating of 82% of renewable energy initiatives compared to 77% in 2010, […]
Half of Geneva’s flights private
In 2013, Geneva airport recorded some 50’000 landing and take-offs (about 140 per day). What is interesting though is according to Wijet, a private aviation company, nearly half of these were private flights. The same company has announced that it is now offering private flights from Geneva to 1’200 destinations in Europe and North Africa […]
75% of Swiss would like to work abroad
Over 75% of Swiss workers would be happy to move abroad to work according to a recent survey conducted by the Boston Consulting Group. The three most popular destinations are all English-speaking: the United States (50%), the United Kingdom (44%) and Canada (44%). The main motivations for a move are to broaden personal experience and […]
Switzerland grows the world’s largest pumpkin
Beni Meier, a gardener from the canton of Zurich has grown the world’s largest pumpkin according to Jucker Farm where the pumpkin was weighed. At 953.5 kilograms it weighs as much as a small car. This pumkin is big enough to make 2,168 tins of pumpkin, which according to several American websites,would make enough pies […]
Nyon tax hike avoided: debt to increase
How to pay for Nyon’s future CHF 70 million sports and education complex was put to the vote this week. In a vote 55 to 34, right wing parties rejected a proposal to raise tax by 5 points claiming it can be funded out of annual revenues. The left argue that a tax hike is […]
