As soon as it’s been passed by the Carouge Municipal Council, the Swiss People’s Party has launched a referendum against the proposed new aquatic centre.
The right-wing party says it’s unacceptable the commune pays the CHF 70m bill when people from all over the canton will use it – and it believes other communes should also contribute.
The Swiss People’s Party says the high cost will likely mean to a tax rise in Carouge.
Bank details compromised
British digital bank Revolut has admitted handing customer information to fraudsters who impersonated a European government agency
Watch theft victim speaks out
A luxury watch dealer just across the French border from Geneva has broken his silence about a violent robbery earlier this month
Crans Montana hearings due before end of year
Jessica Moretti, who ran the Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, is now living in near-isolation in the Valais village of Lens more than eight months after the deadly New Year's Eve fire
Better news for economy
Switzerland's economy will grow 1.7% this year — nearly double the 0.9% expansion forecast in June, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs said yesterday
Geneva budget plan unveiled
Geneva has now put figures to its austerity plan — a CHF 546 million deficit for 2027, even after CHF 247 million in cuts
Summer fires increase
Firefighters across French-speaking Switzerland tackled far more vegetation fires this summer than in any of the past five years
