Swiss health insurance to drop eyeglasses coverage in 2011 (update)
GenevaLunch News Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Opticians in Switzerland are unusually busy this week, reports 24 Heures, but it’s not thanks to Christmas shoppers: this is the last chance to get...
View ArticleSwiss spend more on food than on taxes
GenevaLunch News Insurance was 8.4% in 2009, but cost has risen for past 2 years BERN, SWITZERLAND – Average disposable household income in Switzerland in 2009 was CHF6,650 a month, with 13 percent of...
View ArticleSwiss drivers shift slowly for legal change to daytime car lights
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – The 2012 survey of Swiss drivers to see the rate of use of daytime lights on cars shows a slow but steady increase, but at 65 percent, cars in Switzerland remain...
View ArticleWorking women outstrip men as serious car accident risks
GenevaLunch News Men are becoming more sensible drivers more rapidly Women 18-24, en route to work, are most at risk GENEVA / BERN, SWITZERLAND – Working women who drive are at their worst on the road...
View ArticleSwiss military conscription must remain, says parliament
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss citizens will have a chance to vote on keeping the country’s obligatory military service for men, but there is no support for a change from the political...
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