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WEBA small conservative party has launched a referendum against hosting the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel next year. Mushroom hunters cautioned about toxic lookalikes. Mushroom hunters are being warned of the spread of a new species could send you to hospital. Children injured and driver dead after sports hall crash.
Volunteers collect trash from lake - WRS
WEBSep 20, 2021 · Volunteers took nearly two tonnes of rubbish from Lake Geneva over the weekend. Organised by local diving groups, the shameful hoard was left on the banks at the Bains de Paquis. Fished from the waters were hundreds of plastic bottles, cans, glass as well as phones, cameras, bikes and lighters. The divers also brought up …
Right-wing blogger buys Swiss 'cultural asset' - WRS
WEBJun 2, 2022 · A chateau in canton Fribourg has been bought by a notorious American right-wing blogger who is offering to rent it out to those who share his views. The Chateau de Cressier, near Murten, is listed by the Confederation as cultural asset. The blogger goes under the name of Vox Day – but is 53-year-old Theodore Beale …
Massive swimming pool re-opens - WRS
WEBMay 11, 2022 · The largest swimming pool in the country – some claim the biggest in western Europe – will open up this weekend after more than a year of renovation. The pool at Weyermannshaus, just outside Bern, is 16,000 m2 – more than twice the size of a football pitch. If you walk around the sides, it’s almost half a kilometer. It was first built ...
Geneva prisoner takes vegan diet case to ECHR - WRS
WEBNov 1, 2022 · A prisoner being held at Champ Dollon in Geneva is taking authorities to the European Court of Human Rights for not supplying him with a proper vegan diet.
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NATO to set up Geneva office - WRS
WEBThursday, 12 October 2023 06:30. The military alliance NATO is looking to set up an office in Geneva. It’s described as a liaison office designed to strength the links between the UN and other organisations. Swiss authorities say talks are already underway. The Foreign Affairs Office says a NATO liaison office will work with international and ...
former BBC Vatican correspondent - McKay Interview - WRS
WEBJul 6, 2022 · McKay Interview. Wednesday, 6 July 2022 - 35 minutes. David Willey OBE, is a papal biographer and, formerly, BBC Correspondent to the Vatican since 1971. He is the author of The Promise of Francis: The Man, The Pope And The Challenge Of Change (Simon & Schuster, 2015) which assesses the high expectations aroused by …
Possible restrictions on the unvaccinated - WRS
WEBApr 22, 2021 · Following the announcement by the Federal Council that there could be restrictions placed on those who refuse to be vaccinated, some are calling it compulsory vaccination by the back door, but others say it’s only …
Russian strike on Swiss NGO building - WRS
WEBJul 25, 2024 · Russian strike on Swiss NGO building. The premises of the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action were hit by a Russian missile strike on Wednesday morning in Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine. The extent of the damage is still being assessed, and the Swiss NGO says it hopes to have operations running again as soon …