Swiss autoroute stickers go on sale Wednesday
GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Annual stickers for Swiss autoroutes go on sale Wednesday 1 December for CHF40. The 2011 sticker is valid from 1 December 2010 to 31 January 2012....
View ArticleUBS fined CHF100,000 for slowness over 2007 losses
GenevaLunch News Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Bank UBS took too long to in July to give shareholders information about looming losses in 2007, the Swiss Stock Exchange sanctions commission has...
View ArticleRudolf Elmer arrested again over latest WikiLeaks handover
GenevaLunch News Theft and threats out of the way, Zurich turns to bank secrecy law violations to jail former banker Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Rudolf Elmer was arrested again in Zurich...
View ArticleUefa tells Rangers’ Billy boy fans to stay away, slaps stiff fine (update)
GenevaLunch News Update 22:00 Geneva / Nyon, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Scotland’s Rangers football club has been handed a 40,000 euros fine and its fans have been banned from the team’s next away...
View ArticleBicycles need new licenses at end of May
GenevaLunch News Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Bicycle tax time is rolling around, in Switzerland: the 2011 license must be displayed on all bikes by 31 May. The annual CHF5 “tax”, which is...
View ArticleSteep price hike for rail travel with no ticket as of December
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – The luxury of hopping on a Swiss train without a ticket, knowing that you can either buy one from the train conductor for CHF10 extra or hoping he won’t reach you...
View ArticleForeign drivers beware: Swiss autoroute road tax fine to double
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland’s annual road tax will remain the same price, CHF40, but starting in 2012 the fine for not displaying it will double, to CHF200. Switzerland does not...
View ArticleThe dog food deal that bit Nestlé in France
GenevaLunch News PARIS, FRANCE – Vevey-based Nestlé is one of three dog and cat food manufacturers being fined by France’s competition watchdog, with the Swiss multinational hit by a €19.1 billion fine...
View ArticleBrawling air passengers released with 90-day fines
GenevaLunch News ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The two passengers who were fighting on the floor of a Swiss Zurich to Beijing flight, forcing the plane to turn around and head back to Switzerland, were...
View ArticleToo drunk to pay, not too drunk to punch
GenevaLunch News Man arrested after blows to ticket-taker on Lausanne-Geneva train Thief who grabbed suitcase at Cornavin arrested GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 32-year-old man threw several punches at a...
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