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Bitesize News. A Geneva police officer has been given an 18-month suspended prison sentence for firing his service weapon inside the police station on Boulevard Carl-Vogt while drunk. A garbage truck driver has died in Vernier after his vehicle was hit by a second truck. Yet again the number of people working in Geneva and living in France has ...
First monkeypox case in Switzerland - WRS
Monday, 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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Lukashenko hitman to be judged by Swiss court - WRS
Sep 18, 2023 · Yuri Harauski, a former member of a hit squad under Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, goes on trial this week in a Swiss regional court. He’s accused of having participated in the kidnapping and murder of three opposition figures in 1999. Crimes that he has since then confessed. The trial is being held in Switzerland because Harauski is ...
Swiss intelligence ignored warnings from CIA and MI6 - WRS
May 17, 2024 · Swiss intelligence officers are being criticised for ignoring warnings from their US and UK counterparts about the owners of a hotel near the military airbase in Meiringen in canton Bern. Last summer the hotel was raided and the Chinese owners arrested. They were suspected of spying on the airbase which is due to receive new F-35 fighter jets.
Swiss hacker faces years in US prison - WRS
Jan 24, 2023 · Swiss hacker faces years in US prison. Previous charge sheet for Crimew, under a dead name. A Swiss hacker who unearthed a US government no-fly list is being warned she can never leave Switzerland again - or she could be jailed for many years. 23-year-old Maia Arson Crimew found the list of 1.5 million people on an airline’s server.
Self-proclaimed king drives across Bundesplatz in Bern - WRS
Apr 16, 2024 · A man who has declared himself a king caused a stir when he drove his own armoured personnel vehicle across the Bundesplatz in Bern over the weekend. 29-year-old Jonas Lauwiner buys abandoned buildings, private roads and forests – and declares them part of his empire. He even had a coronation. He’s well known around his native Zug.
Jura bans single use e-cigs - WRS
Thursday, 5 September 2024 06:30. Canton Jura is the first to ban the sale of single use electronic cigarettes. The parliament passed the legislation with barely a debate – only two members voted against. Other cantons have banned the sale to children, but Jura is the first to ban them outright. Many other cantons may simply be waiting for ...
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Everybody's Perfect - Queer Film Festival in Geneva. Friday, 4 October 2024. 7 minutes. Festival Director Sylvie Cachin joins Katt Cullen on the WRS Breakfast Show to tell us what's in store over the next 10 days. Play Download Episode. Upcoming GEDS show: Ghosts, by Henrik Ibsen. Thursday, 3 October 2024. 8 minutes.
'Vampire' spider more common in Switzerland - WRS
Sep 5, 2022 · There are more sightings of the Nosferatu spider in Switzerland. Normally a native of South Africa, the poisonous spider is beginning to establish itself in Europe. It’s now known to inhabit southern Germany and London – and it’s spreading. It’s been spotted in cantons Aargau, Bern and Zurich. While the bite is not deadly, it can be ...