Some main roads in Geneva will have their speed limits reduced from 50 km/h to 30km/h at night, according to 20 Minutes. The start date has not been set but the streets have been chosen. During the night the speed limit will fall to 30km/h on rue de Lausanne on the stretch between the train […]
50 tonnes of plastic ends up in Lake Geneva every year
Every year around 50 tonnes of plastic ends up in Lake Geneva, according to study mandated by the Association pour la sauvegarde du Léman (ASL). Most plastic comes from litter and from plastic in rivers flowing into the lake. Only 10% of this total plastic leaves the lake via the Rhone river. The rest remains […]
Swiss driving age to drop to 17
Recently, The Federal Council, Switzerland’s executive, decided to reduce Switzerland’s minimum driving age to 17. Currently, residents of Switzerland need to be 18 before they can obtain a learner’s driving licence, a licence that allows driving while accompanied by a licensed driver. From 1 January 2021, this age will drop to 17. The process of […]
Swiss adds new summer destinations from Geneva
From 22 June 2019, Swiss will add five new destinations from Geneva. Brindisi in Puglia, the Portuguese city of Faro, the Greek island of Mykonos, and Alicante and Ibiza in Spain will all be served directly from Geneva. This will bring the airline’s total direct destinations from Geneva to 42. Flights to these new destinations […]
Swiss government approves post-Brexit deal on treatment of UK and Swiss nationals
Today, The Federal Council, Switzerland’s executive, announced it has approved a deal safeguarding the rights of Swiss and UK citizens after Brexit. The agreement is part of a package of deals being worked out as part of a plan dubbed “Mind the Gap”. Under the agreement, any UK citizen residing in Switzerland before Brexit will […]
Switzerland could see vote on laws to ban age discrimination
Heidi Joos, the managing director of the organisation Avenir 50 plus, and others, plan to launch a referendum aimed at introducing laws against age discrimination in Switzerland. Age discrimination in recruitment is common in Switzerland. Some job search websites allow filtering by age, and job adverts sometimes specify applicants be below a particular age. The […]
Question of the week – If we exhaust the Earth we could move to Mars. But what would happen if we exhausted Mars too?
Some developing hi-tech solutions to environmental problems admit their efforts will provide only temporary breathing space if the humans continue to multiply and consume more. By this logic Mars would only provide more temporary breathing space. For more stories like this on Switzerland follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Toblerone quietly becomes halal
The iconic Swiss chocolate Toblerone quietly became halal earlier this year, according to the newspaper SonntagsBlick. Owned by the American food company Mondelez, Toblerone chocolate has been produced in conformity with islamic law since April 2018, said the newspaper. The product is not labelled halal. The recipe, which contains sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter, cocoa […]
Tax on flying rejected by narrow majority in Swiss parliament
Earlier this week a thin majority of Switzerland’s parliament rejected a plan to tax flights out of Switzerland. 93 voted against, 88 in favour, with 8 abstentions, according to RTS. The vote was part of a project looking at the country’s emissions rules. More than 10% of greenhouse gas emitted by Switzerland comes from flying, […]
Switzerland experiences its coldest night since last February
Tuesday night brought a chill to Switzerland. The temperature in the town of Brévine in the Jura plunged to -20 degrees. In Glattalp, another of Switzerland’s famed cold spots, the temperature went as low as -36.5 degrees. Neither Brévine (1043m) or Glattalp (1896m) are particularly high, however they both have micro climates dictated by geography […]
