SWITZERLAND – A senseless train attack that occurred on Saturday 13 August on a Swiss train in northeastern Switzerland has claimed its first fatal victim. A 34-year-old woman who had been critically injured died today as did the attacker. Two more persons including a 6-year-old, remain in critical condition. Meanwhile, authorities in canton St Gall have shed…
Author: Laila Rodriguez-Bloch
Geneva police in alert after six are injured in Swiss train attack
Updated on Sunday 14 August: suspect is dead, one victim also died. Read the follow up here. GENEVA – St Gallen cantonal police have confirmed a knife and arson attack at around 14:20 in a train near the Salez station between Buchs and Sennwald in northeastern Switzerland.
Geneva Festival, Thonon and Evian fireworks: where to watch?
Geneva Lake Festival & Evian fireworks: where to watch?
What’s on (and free) in Geneva in August 2016
GENEVA, Switzerland – We are heading to the end of summer but by the number of (free) events, there is still plenty to do outdoors. Here’s my selection of what’s on in Geneva (and beyond) in August.
Celebrating Swiss National Day on 1 August in Geneva
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POST UPDATED FOR SWISS NATIONAL DAY 2016 GENEVA, Switzerland – The Swiss celebrate this 1 August, 724 years of togetherness after a day in early August 1291, when three cantons, Uri, Schwyz and Unterwald (today Nidwalden and Obwalden), signed a Letter of Alliance to protect each other. The 1291 agreement paved the road for what would…
Where to watch fireworks for the 14 July French National Day
Lake Geneva, France – Happy 14 July France! In a few hours, our neighbors in France will be commemorating the start of the French Revolution (marked by the Storming of the Bastille in 1789) and the beginning of the République with music and fireworks.
Geneva offering free French lessons this summer (and at the park!)
GENEVA, Switzerland – For the second year in a row the city of Geneva is offering free French lessons. Unlike 2015, classes will be given in two parks instead of four; high turn out is expected.
What’s on (and free) in Geneva in July 2016?
GENEVA, Switzerland – After an absence in June, here’s my selection of what’s on in Geneva (and a few beyond) in July 2016. The ultimate 2016 Geneva summer guide, coming up soon!
Neighborhood fleamarket in St Jean gives way to more art and music in Geneva
GENEVA – After being away for a while, I came back to Geneva to find music, street theatre, food stalls and a temporary flea market installed at my doorstep: La Ville est a vous de St Jean.
Bol d’Or Mirabaud: Winds favor beautiful sailing competition over Lake Geneva
https://www.instagram.com/p/BGgcP4NQzu7/ GENEVA – After a little over eight hours of sailing—and a few hundred thousand francs in training, salaries and equipment—the catamaran Ladycat has won the Lake Geneva Bol d’Or Mirabaud.
Football friendly: Switzerland loses to Belgium in Geneva
GENEVA – Game was on this afternoon at the Stade de Genève where two small countries with large Eurocup football dreams faced each other off in a friendly. Unfortunately for Switzerland, it fell 2-1 to Belgium just a few minutes before the end of the game.
Murder-suicide, two people dead in Carouge, Geneva
CAROUGE, Geneva – A third homicide has taken place in canton Geneva, this time in the Acacias/Carouge area, where police reports indicate a man has shot a woman dead in the street, before killing himself.
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