Geneva: Drink-driver stops to purchase highway permit

GENEVA, Switzerland – This could be a case of extreme responsibility, or extreme drunkenness. A French woman, 46, was arrested on the evening of 6 January after stopping -voluntarily- at the Bardonnex customs point of entry to purchase a Swiss highway permit or vignette… while clearly intoxicated. According to Geneva’s cantonal police, officers noticed she smelled of alcohol…

Sneak Peek of Bruce Springsteen’s New Album

GENEVA – Bruce Springsteen fans in Geneva are gearing up for next week’s official release of The Boss’s 18th studio album, High Hopes.  The New Jersey native’s new album is a collection of cover songs -many of them well-known among his true, hard-core fans- originals and older songs “dusted off and reanimated,” as Billboard has called them….

Two Women Run Over in Geneva

GENEVA, Switzerland – Two women aged 21 and 22, were run over by a car while crossing the Quai Wilson near the Mont-Blanc Bridge on 4 January. Police said one of the women, 22, a South African national, is in serious condition. The other one, a German national, 21, was slightly wounded as a result of the…