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    • 100-year time lapse shows Alpine glacier shrinkage
      by Le News on Mar 24, 2018 at 10:26 PM

      The 100-year time lapse project, the work of aerial photographer Kieran Baxter, uses old archival photographs of glaciers to look back in time and compare them to footage today. In 1909, Swiss-born Eduard Spelterini took off from Chamonix in a gas-filled balloon and flew over the Mer de Glace glacier before continuing onwards to Switzerland. Spelterini gained his […]

    • How to ensure you’ll still get Le News posts on Facebook
      by Le News on Mar 23, 2018 at 10:06 PM

      Facebook is changing what ends up in your feed. If you want to continue to see content from Le News there are three simple things you can do. 1. Go to Le News’ Facebook page, click on the “Following menu” and then click “See First”.   2. Sign up to our weekly email newsletter. Just enter […]

    • How to ensure you’ll still get Le News posts on Facebook
      by Le News on Mar 23, 2018 at 9:24 AM

      Facebook is changing what ends up in your feed. If you want to continue to see content from Le News there are three simple things you can do. 1. Go to Le News’ Facebook page, click on the “Following menu” and then click “See First”. 2. Sign up to our weekly email newsletter. Just enter your […]

    • FILM: HUMAN FLOW – Ai Weiwei’s documentary on refugees
      by Neptune on Mar 22, 2018 at 7:13 PM

      23 March 2018. HUMAN FLOW *** The very political Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has decided to go to the root of the worst tragedy of our times – the refugee problem. To imagine that there are 65 million people who are displaced around the world today due to wars, famine, and racial and religious discrimination […]

    • Swiss government set to remove ‘mariage tax penalty’
      by Le News on Mar 22, 2018 at 2:00 PM

      In Switzerland, married couples file one combined tax return. Because tax rates rise in line with income it means that second incomes of married couples are taxed at a higher rate than those of single cohabitating ones. Those campaigning to have this changed argue that it is unfair and acts as a disincentive for second […]

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    • On a frôlé deux fois la catastrophe
      on Mar 25, 2018 at 6:40 PM

      Parti en opération de sauvetage après une avalanche survenue samedi au Grand-Saint-Bernard (VS), un hélicoptère s’est écrasé dans la neige, sans faire de blessés. […]

    • Le gouvernement bernois reste à droite
      on Mar 25, 2018 at 1:32 PM

      Le canton de Berne élisait ses autorités, dimanche. Les résultats définitifs sont désormais connus. […]

    • Le PLR fribourgeois prend un siège à la gauche
      on Mar 25, 2018 at 12:55 PM

      La socialiste Valérie Piller Carrard n'a pas pu récupérer le siège laissé vacant au gouvernement fribourgeois par la ministre verte Marie Garnier. […]

    • La Suisse a restitué 32 millions d'avoirs égyptiens
      on Mar 25, 2018 at 12:48 PM

      La Suisse a restitué le 1er février à l'Etat égyptien 32 millions de francs des avoirs bloqués après la chute du président égyptien Hosni Moubarak, affirme la «NZZ am Sonntag». […]

    • Une navette sans chauffeur testée à Zoug
      on Mar 25, 2018 at 12:30 PM

      Une navette sans chauffeur relie la gare et le pôle technologique de la ville, séparés de quelques centaines de mètres. Un surveillant doit prendre place à bord du véhicule. […]

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