Geneva, Switzerland – Some Apple AC adapters sold in Switzerland, Continental Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Argentina and Brazil, could cause an electric shock.
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Geneva to host new centre for asylum seekers and the Swiss policy of confiscating asylees assets
GENEVA, Switzerland – Canton Geneva is set to build a new reception center for asylum-seekers near the airport said this week Swiss radio chain, RTS.
David Bowie’s glam connection to the Lake Geneva, Switzerland area
GENEVA – Synthpop may have originated elsewhere, but one of its stars made the Swiss Riviera, home. At least for a while. Glam rock’s poster child, David Bowie, passed away today at age 69; and while life on the limelight was elsewhere, Lake Geneva was certainly important.
Who is what in Swiss Government 2016
BERN – Switzerland’s will “to guarantee employment and prosperity” is the theme portrayed by the Swiss Federal Council in its 2016 official photo taken inside a Swiss factory featuring five factory workers.
Drunk driver leads police on high-speed chase in Geneva
GENEVA, Switzerland – Christmas Day began with unusual activity for cops chasing a drunk driver that ran two red lights at over 100km/h in Geneva.
Switzerland: Registered partners will now have access to simplified naturalization procedures
BERN, Switzerland – The Swiss National Council has lifted barriers for the simplified naturalisation procedure of foreign nationals who are registered partners of a Swiss citizen.
Strike 3: suspects blow up cash machine in Geneva
GENEVA, Switzerland – The normally quiet Geneva countryside was rocked by an explosion after vandals blew up an automated teller machine (ATM) in the commune of Troinex, today Monday at 02:15.
Fury as Geneva protesters vandalize buildings
GENEVA, Switzerland – Geneva’s police and security councilor, Pierre Maudet has slammed the vandals that scrawled slogans and graffiti on several historical buildings, monuments and businesses in the city centre, causing tens of thousands of francs in damages.
Swiss banks to give dormant accounts to rightful heirs
GENEVA, Switzerland – Over 2,600 unclaimed bank accounts and 80 safe deposit boxes that remain unclaimed have been made public by Switzerland today; the accounts contain CHF500 and up and some have been dormant since 1955 or before.
Geneva bolsters security, police pursue suspects in Paris terror investigation (update)
Update: Swiss authorities have launched “an investigation on a terrorist threat in the Geneva region. Federal authorities are coordinating efforts with Geneva cantonal police and judicial authorities. Its goal is to avoid a terrorist act,” says a statement issued tonight by the Swiss Federal Government. Swiss authorities say the suspects are being sought for possible participation in Al…
“Swiss Customs” SMS and email scam
GENEVA, Switzerland – The Swiss Federal Customs Administration (FCA), is warning residents of a growing phishing scam.
Third warmest Swiss November weather on record
GENEVA, Switzerland – Switzerland has experienced the third warmest November on record since 1864, announced the Swiss meteorological office, MeteoSwiss.
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