Geneva Servette moves to top of class
GenevaLunch News Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Geneva Servette Hockey Club had a good weekend, thumping EHC Bienne 8-1 (3-1, 2-0, 3-0). Its fourth consecutive win pushes the club to the top of...
View ArticleYoung men most at risk from drowning
GenevaLunch News Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Three persons have died in Swiss lakes in the past week, the last one a young woman hit by a speed boat in Lake Bienne Sunday, 11 July. The police...
View ArticlePolice questioning man in Bienne boating death
GenevaLunch News Bienne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Bernese police are questioning a 74-year-old man in connection with a Bienne boating death Sunday 11 July. His Boesch boat moored on Lake Biel...
View ArticleMan questioned in Bienne boating death might have had poor vision
GenevaLunch News Bienne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - A 74-year-old man questioned in relation to the death of a young woman, might not have been able to spot the couple rafting on Lake Biel Sunday 11...
View ArticleBiel-Bienne gunman still on the lam
GenevaLunch News Biel/Bienne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - A 67-year-old gunman who critically injured a police office in Bienne last Wednesday 8 September is still on the loose and the manhunt for him...
View ArticleFugitive caught in Bienne after week-long manhunt
GenevaLunch News Biel/Bienne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Police captured the 67-year-old retired man who has been on the run for a week after he shot and critically injured a policeman. He was spotted...
View ArticleHayek targets 80m Vietnamese, Swatch shares pick up
GenevaLunch News Swiss watch industry leads steady rise in exports Positive October trade balance of CHF2.1 billion Biel/Bienne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Nick Hayek, president of the executive group...
View ArticleWood winners – getting fit, naturally, takes a top prize
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Forget about pumping iron and pump wood, say the Swiss. One of the top three prizes awarded by the Swiss government for creative and innovative uses of wood from...
View ArticleMcDonald’s employees shot in Biel/Bienne Monday morning
GenevaLunch News LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A major manhunt is on for the person who walked into a McDonald’s in Biel/Bienne and opened fire shortly after 08:00 Monday morning 28 November. Two employees...
View ArticleStradivarius owner gets violin back after it was left on Swiss train
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – A violinist who left his instrument on the train as he headed from Bienne to Thun Friday night has seen it returned, but this isn’t just any old violin: it’s a...
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