The contentious autoroute expansion in France has moved a step closer.
The new link will be 16km long and run between Thonon and Machilly. It will link to the A40.
But it’s opposed by many environmental groups as well as the City of Geneva – which says one of the aims to building the Léman Express rail network was to reduce traffic.
Press reports say the contractor has been signed – but no other details have been released.
Forced deportations restart after 5 years
The State Secretariat for Migration has confirmed it’s started to deport Afghan nationals back to their home country.
New information on Chevaline killings?
Speculation is rife there’s new information about the Chevaline massacre 12 years ago.
Zurich gunman injures one person
Heavily armed police in canton Zurich arrested a gunman who’d opened fire outside a church yesterday morning in the town of Wald.
Bern police stop teen racers
Police in the city of Bern had to set up a roadblock to stop a car being driven at excessively high speed through the town centre early on Sunday morning.
Communes near airport push for tighter night rules
Several communes near Geneva Airport have launched legal action against night flights.
Police officers in custody after rape investigation
Three Geneva police officers are now in custody waiting to go on trial for an alleged rape of a sex worker in 2018.
