Rough day for western Swiss police Monday: Geneva safety, escapees
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Monday 17 August was a rough day for the police, starting with the media focus on safety in Geneva and ending with unusual escapes in Vaud and Valais, in one case...
View Article15-yr-old tourist falls to death near Martigny
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 15-year-old boy on a walk in the Alps with a family member and friend fell 50 metres to his death Thursday afternoon 18 August at 16:30. The trio paused for a...
View ArticleYoung Swiss francophones rack up more debt on phone and Internet than other...
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss aged 18-25 are more prone to get into debt in e-commerce, telecommunications and health than people aged 32 and up, says the European-based credit...
View ArticleTeenager critically injured by knife wounds in Carouge
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva police have confirmed to several Swiss media that an adolescent received knife wounds Monday night in the Geneva neighbourhood of Carouge, reportedly after...
View ArticleYouth burns church interior, damages cars in Valais village
GenevaLunch News 17-year-old on two-night binge had no reason for doing it, he says SION, SWITZERLAND – A 17-year-old who got drunk and damaged 23 cars one night, then burned the inside of a church in...
View Article17-yr-old hits 180kph in centre of Geneva during wild police chase
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 17-year-old youth led police on a wild car chase through the streets of Geneva and the autoroute around the city early Monday morning 26 December, reports Le...
View ArticleMissing persons, Vaud mother with daughter, Valais youth
GenevaLunch News Update 10 February: Pair found, now safe. Photos removed to protect family’s privacy LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Police in two cantons have issued missing persons reports Wednesday 1...
View ArticleUnemployment creeping up, but still well below 2011 level
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss unemployment rose from 3.3 to 3.4 percent in January 2012, but there were still 9.7 percent fewer people out of work than in January 2011, figures published...
View Article15-year-old car thief going 200kph narrowly misses serious accident Sunday
GenevaLunch News GENEVA / LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Valais police say they arrested a 15-year-old who had stolen a car and was caught by a radar doing 160kph on the A9 autoroute near Martigny Sunday 4...
View ArticleSecond pedestrian death, third road fatality in five days in Vaud
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two pedestrians died Sunday in canton Vaud, one of them an 18-year-old who was hit while walking along the autoroute. Their deaths bring to three the number of...
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