CERN’s new Science Gateway was inaugurated on Saturday.
The exhibition centre has two large tubes as its centrepiece linked by bridges over the Route de Meyrin to two large halls, one a 900-seat lecture hall.
The new facility is open to the public with immersive exhibits highlighting the beauty of nature and the wonders of science.
The president, Alain Berset, helped cut the ribbons and predicted the Science Gateway will become a firm favourite for school trips in the 21st century.
CERN’S Director General, Fabiola Gianotti, has been overseeing the project since its inception six years ago.
It’s expected half a million people will visit every year and already there’s a waiting list for school trips.
The Federal Council says it will not take any immediate retaliatory measures against the United States following the Trump Administration’s decision hit Switzerland with a 31% tax on exports.
In a hard-hitting editorial in the Blick newspaper this morning – it calls Trump an ‘angry old man’ - the paper says the Federal Council has to face the issue of world trade with clarity and courage – but admits it has a tough job ahead.
A Geneva court has thrown out an appeal against the new vehicle tax levied by Geneva which caused shock and surprise at the beginning of the year when many saw their tax bills soar.
US president Donald Trump unveiled a series of tariffs against countries around the world. He says the United States has been ‘looted, robbed and raped’ by friends and foes alike.