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WEBWet summer keeps swimmers away. Far fewer people visited swimming pools this summer than in previous years. The main reason was the gloomy weather at the start of summer. Tweets by @wrs. English Speaking Radio in Switzerland I Local News, Events & …
Bomb threat at Zurich airport - WRS
WEBMay 17, 2022 · Helvetic Airways (file picture) (c) Salamanamanjaro. A major alert was triggered at Zurich airport yesterday. An anonymous threat was called in, saying there was a bomb onboard a Helvetic Airways plane that had arrived from Warsaw.
Paleo Festival kicks off in Nyon - WRS
WEBJul 19, 2022 · paleo.ch. Switzerland’s biggest open-air music festival, Paleo, gets underway today in Nyon in the canton of Vaud. For the next six days and six nights, around 230,000 people will see acts including DJ Snake, Kiss, Sting, Stromae, Metronomy and Rag ‘n’ …
Paleo 2022 comes to a close - WRS - worldradio.ch
WEBJul 25, 2022 · Paleo Festival 2022 has come to a close last night with performances from Lil Simz and Stromae. Artists earlier in the week included Kiss, DJ Snake, Sting and Rag n Bone man.
New rules from today - more changes to come - WRS
WEBFeb 3, 2022 · Pixabay. As expected, the government has announced the end of some restrictions and provided a roadmap for the return to normality. From today the obligation to work from home ends, but it does remain a recommendation.
Geneva to pay for language trips - WRS - worldradio.ch
WEBApr 22, 2022 · Pixabay. From the next academic year Canton Geneva will largely finance immersion language courses for middle school students. Scholarships worth nearly CHF 9,000 will be available for trips to Ireland, Zurich and Lucerne.
Cinemas suffering from flops - WRS
WEBJun 3, 2024 · Cinemas are suffering so far this year as attendance is down 12%. Last year was a good year for movie theatres with more than 10 million admissions – a rise of 20% of 2022. But this year is way off, according to figures from the ProCinema Association. Many of the problems seem to come from Hollywood itself. First the writers strike restricted ...
GVA passenger traffic climbs over summer - WRS
WEBSep 17, 2021 · GVA. Passenger traffic this summer at Geneva airport has met expectations. The number of people flying has slowly increased since the spring and the latest figures from July show the airport was running at around 55% of 2019 levels.
Football heads face trial in June - WRS - worldradio.ch
WEBApr 13, 2022 · Sepp Blatter (c) Marcello Casal JR . Football will be on trial in Switzerland in June. The trial date for the former head of FIFA, Sepp Blatter and the former head of UEFA, Michel Platini has been set for June 8th - it’s expected to last for around three weeks.
First monkeypox case in Switzerland - WRS
WEBMonday, 23 May 2022 06:30. Pixabay (c) minka2507. Switzerland’s first case of monkeypox has been confirmed. The Federal Health Office says it’s a middle-aged man living in Bern. It’s being reported the man had recently returned from abroad. The health office says his condition is being closely monitored and anyone he may have had contact ...
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