Fake pilot taken off plane in Amsterdam
GenevaLunch News A pilot who has been flying for 10 years without a commercial license was removed from a plane in Amsterdam shortly before it was scheduled to fly to Ankara, Turkey with 101...
View ArticleParliament debates utility of annual bicycle stickers
GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss parliament is considering abolishing the annual CHF5-10 bicycle tax/license, which provides third party insurance coverage for riders,...
View ArticleBank J Baer’s license for China fund signals Asia expansion
GenevaLunch News ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Bank Julius Baer has been awarded a license for $100 million for a China fund, six months after it received a Hong Kong license, giving Switzerland’s largest...
View ArticleGoogle gets new annual license in China
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Google’s license to operate in mainland China has been renewed for a year. The company has lost market share since it started re-directing traffic to its Hong...
View ArticleBye-bye, bike tax!
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Bicycle owners in Switzerland will say farewell at the end of the year to the CHF5 tax and stickers on their bikes, the Federal Council confirmed 13 October. The...
View ArticleSwiss football tussles off-field continue, with Xamax license loss
GenevaLunch News ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Xamax, the Neuchatel football team, lost its license Wednesday 18 January, the latest in a string of major distractions off the field, for the team and Swiss...
View ArticleSports: Geneva Servette FC loses license but appealing
GenevaLunch News Team says decision not unexpected as it scrambles to meet requirements for appeal deadline Sion FC trainer quits GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – These are odd days for Swiss football, with Basel...
View ArticleWoman loses license after wrong way drive on A1
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 73-year-old Geneva woman lost her driver’s license Wednesday, say canton Vaud police, after driving the wrong way on the A1 autoroute between Coppet and Nyon at...
View ArticleEasyJet waiting for Russian license, 1 month before flights
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Low-cost British carrier EasyJet is scheduling flights between London and Moscow for mid-March and London-Manchester for the end of March, but the airline is...
View ArticlePoachers in upper Valais guilty of illegal shooting, arms trafficking
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A gang of 13 poachers in the area of Naters, in the Goms Valley, canton Valais, have been found guilty of a number of charges, bringing to a close an...
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