Fourteen persons of various nationalities have died in Catalonia, most of them students from the Erasmus program, after the bus that was transporting them back from a fireworks festival crashed.
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Cern Award or when art and science Collide
GENEVA – Open-minded artists and scientists collide at the world’s largest hadron lab fusion of arts and science .
Police kill homicide suspect in shootout in Geneva
GENEVA, Switzerland – A Geneva police officer has been shot in the face and a homicide suspect shot and killed by officers responding to a call in the Servette-Hoffmann area early Tuesday morning.
British man accused of fake credit card spree in Geneva
GENEVA, Switzerland – A 23-year-old British national was arrested on 3 February, after allegedly trying to use a fake credit card to purchase luxury items in Geneva.
Geneva International School evacuated after bomb threat
GENEVA, Switzerland – The oldest and largest of the three campuses of the International School of Geneva, La Grande Boissière, was evacuated today Thursday after receiving a bomb threat from an anonymous source.
Get Ready to Rumble! Emergency Sirens Test Across Switzerland Today
GENEVA, Switzerland – Get ready to rumble! The annual Swiss emergency alert system testing takes place today (the first Wednesday of February) from 13:30 to 14:30. With almost 8,000 high power sirens going off at once for two hours —116 sirens alone in canton Geneva— this is a sound you won’t soon forget.
Apple recalls wall plugs sold in Europe
Geneva, Switzerland – Some Apple AC adapters sold in Switzerland, Continental Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Argentina and Brazil, could cause an electric shock.
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.
January sales, further reductions now on
GENEVA, Switzerland —The January sales are nearing their end, with many retailers offering further discounts for your shopping pleasure.
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.
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