Amsterdam
GenevaLunch News Ian McEwan‘s Amsterdam has been a best-seller since it won the Booker Prize in 1998 – and with good reason. It is beautifully constructed, short and easy to read and has a fine twist...
View ArticleTurkish Airlines plane crash kills at least one at Amsterdam’s Schiphol
GenevaLunch News Turkish Airlines flight 1951 from Istanbul to Amsterdam has crashed at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, near the A9 autoroute, killing at least one person and injuring some 20 people...
View ArticleAmsterdam: Five dead as car drives through crowd
GenevaLunch News A Dutch man, 38, drove his car into the Queen’s Day parade in east Amsterdam Thursday 30 April killing 5 people and wounding 12 others, say Dutch officials. The car missed his intended...
View ArticleUS, UK checking terrorist links of would-be airline bomber
GenevaLunch News US and UK authorities are scrambling to check on possible terrorist links Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab might have to Al Qaeda, particularly in Yemen. He is the man who tried to blow up a...
View ArticleTravel alert – Geneva airport Sunday 17:15 update, some flights
GenevaLunch News Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva’s Cointrin International Airport has announced that there are currently some flights arriving and departing, but travellers are cautioned to...
View ArticleSwitzerland gets several new flights
GenevaLunch News Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Hainan Airlines, which will begin operating non-stop flights between Zurich and Beijing 31 May, is opening sales in Zurich 1 May with Aviareps...
View ArticleHolland: Two-wheeled sensibility
GenevaLunch News Amsterdam, The Netherlands (GenevaLunch) - When I recently asked a friend in Holland if we should load our bikes on the car for our family visit, he answered hesitatingly and after...
View ArticleMarket researchers get new tool to track emotions (update)
GenevaLunch News LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A Lausanne-based startup has made a technical breakthrough that will provide market researchers with a significant new tool to understand consumer reactions....
View ArticleAmsterdam head-on train crash injures 42 (revised figures)
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A local train and a high-speed train crashed head-on just outside Amsterdam, Saturday 21 April, about 18:30. First estimates were that 60 peoople were injured, 2...
View ArticleEuropean flight cancellations as bad weather continues
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A number of flights to and from Geneva and Zurich are delayed or canceled Monday 21 January, as winter storms continue to cripple major European air hubs. News...
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