Sanctions against nephews of Patriarch KirillKyiv imposes sanctions on another 22 Russians who belong to the Russian Orthodox Church. “Sanctions have been imposed on 22 Russian citizens who support terror and genocidal policies under the guise of spirituality,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his evening video address. According to a decree of the National … Read more
The future rector of the University of Geneva should be the Quebecer Éric Bauce. Professor and former vice-rector of the University of Laval, he was chosen by the Geneva Assembly. What if the future rector of the University of Geneva was not from Geneva? The debate has been heating up for weeks. Because the last … Read more
How Uber was able to conquer Switzerland is the aftermath of the “Uber Files” affair. A huge leak caused by a former senior executive of the Californian company who gave the press no less than 120,000 internal documents. An international consortium of journalists has been writing about the issue for several months. A subject that … Read more
Back to the Ettlin motion, voted on this week in Bern. It devotes primacy to the Collective Labor Agreements (CCT). Priority is therefore given to them over the cantonal provisions of five cantons, including Geneva, which lay down minimum wages. For Xavier Magnin, MP for the Centre, it is important to clarify the situation. He … Read more
Back to the case of the hostage-taking for the robbery of a UBS bank, in Cornavin, in 2013. Prosecutor Sara Garbaski gave her indictment this afternoon. The prosecutor is asking for prison sentences ranging from 3 to 4 and a half years for the defendants. The heaviest sentence being directed to the man identified as … Read more
The facts date back to 2013. It is a hostage-taking of the family of a UBS employee for a robbery. The facts, as related by the indictment, are worthy of a film. We have five men charged with hostage-taking, extortion and blackmail, with one of them emerging as the mastermind of this heist. The indictment … Read more
From Friday evening, the Escalade festival will be in full swing to celebrate the 420th anniversary of the victory of the Genevans over the troops of the Duke of Savoy in 1602. Jean-Marc Barberis, president of the Compagnie de 1602 and Joël Mérigonde, from the he Association of Artisan Bakers and Confectioners of the Canton … Read more
Movember: this month of November dedicated to prostate and testicular cancer. The most common cancer (16%) in Switzerland and the deadliest (8%) in men, but which can largely be cured if caught in time. This is the case of Jean-Pierre. This patient, operated about fifteen years ago at the Grangettes. Hirslanden Clinique des Grangettes has … Read more