Unemployment rules for frontaliers changed over the weekend – putting more pressure on those claiming benefits in France.
The rules now state that claimants have to accept a suitable job in France if it’s paying a fair French salary – and can’t hold on for a higher paid Swiss post.
If they do, they risk having their money suspended.
The French government spends EUR 800m a year on unemployed cross-border workers.
Major drug ring smashed in Geneva.
Geneva police have smashed a large scale and highly organised drug ring – one of those arrested is a Green Party elected official for Grand Saconnex. She was re-elected over the weekend.
More take TPG than ever before
Geneva public transport carried more passengers last year than ever before.
New towers whistle - no one's happy
Two brand-new high-rise apartment blocks in canton Basel Country are driving the neighbours mad.
Work to fix Broken Chair starts
Work has started to fix the damage to the Broken Chair on the Place des Nations.
Geneva council turns right - slightly
After yesterday’s communal elections, the Geneva City Council has taken a small turn to the right.
Ex-UN worker fined for sending execution video
A man, who used to work for the refugee agency, the UNHCR, has been given a suspended fine for sending images of an execution to a former colleague.
