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British swimmer claims women’s record for fastest Lake Geneva crossing

Sam Farrow, from Wigan, says she is in ‘complete shock’ after swimming 45.2-mile length of lake in 22h 48m

The Guardian - UK

“It was just another riff, like Into The Fire. We didn’t make a big deal out of it and it wasn’t being considered as a track for the album": Ian Gillan on the unlikely success story of writing and recording Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water

"The downdraft from the mountains caused the smoke to blow across Lake Geneva, like a film set or dry ice on a stage show. At this point, Roger wrote the words ‘smoke on the water’ on a napkin”

MusicRadar

Backroads of mine: Side trips from Metropolis to Lake Geneva, Valpo to Hennepin

Contemplating things that are better than a fresh garden tomato lead to backroads and side tricks from Metropolis to Lake Geneva, Valparaiso to Hennepin.

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A tour of Savoie’s majestic Alpine lakes

Beloved of historical figures from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Queen Victoria and Paul Cézanne, the great Alpine lakes of France’s Pays de Savoie match the region’s towering peaks, including Mont Blanc, in their “still, silent majesty”, said Steve King in Condé Nast Traveller. A tour might begin beside the largest and…

The Week

Montreux city guide: Where to eat, drink, shop and stay in the picturesque Swiss town

Discover this swinging resort town on the Swiss Riveria, through giddying lakeside walks, first-rate wine and hall-of-fame jazz and rock legends, says Mike MacEacheran

The Independent UK

'We're definitely doing that' - Everton's Dwight McNeil lifts the lid on Sean Dyche training ritual

EXCLUSIVE: The ECHO's Chris Beesley speaks to Dwight McNeil at Everton's pre-season training camp by Lake Geneva

Liverpool Echo

Tour de Romandie 2023 route

Six stages across the high alpine mountains of Switzerland and parts of France

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Ex-F1 chief Jean Todt admits "consequences" of Michael Schumacher accident in rare update

Michael Schumacher is cared for by his wife Corinna and a team of medical staff at their Lake Geneva home, since the Ferrari F1 star suffered a skiing accident in December 2013

Daily Mirror

Inside Shania Twain's Lake Geneva yard – a picturesque setting for a country music star

The lake-front home is as stylish as the singer herself – complete with an outdoor living room and views across the natural landmark

Homes & Gardens

All aboard the Shania Train: new Swiss rail option named after famous country singer

The country star has lived on Lake Geneva for many years

The Independent UK

Liz Truss: what I told European colleagues when they asked me what on Earth is going on in British politics

The Casino de Montbenon in Lausanne, Switzerland would make a perfect setting for a James Bond film. Located in magnificent gardens and overlooking Lake Geneva and the Alps, criminals and villains could make their entry or escape by motorboat or helicopter. The building itself is as beautiful as it is…

The Conversation

Swiss unveil bust of King Bhumibol

LAUSANNE: Swiss officials on Wednesday unveiled a bust of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great (Rama IX), who passed away in 2016 at the age of 88, at the Thai pavilion in a park overlooking Lake Geneva in Lausanne in western Switzerland.

Bangkok Post

Swiss unveil bust of late Thai king Bhumibol

Swiss officials on Wednesday unveiled a bust of Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in 2016 at the age of 88, at the Thai pavilion in a park overlooking Lake Geneva in Lausanne in western Switzerland.

Reuters

Duplantis soars to pole vault victory on banks of Lake Geneva

Lausanne (AFP) - Olympic champion and world record holder Armand Duplantis won the Lausanne Diamond League pole vault competition staged on the banks of Lake Geneva on Thursday.

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Michael Schumacher's family making 'big plans' for new 'winter home' in Majorca

The Schumachers live near Lake Geneva in Switzerland and have homes in Texas and Majorca – and they have expanded their land on the Spanish island to potentially create a new holiday ranch

Reason

Brickbat: Quenching the Holy Spirit

Officials in the Swiss canton of Geneva have banned evangelical churches that aren't affiliated with the government from baptizing people in Lake Geneva. "Only organizations permitted to have relations with the state can request authorization for a public religious event," said officials in a statement. Religious organizations that don't have…

AFP

Lake Geneva baptism ban infuriates evangelicals

Geneva (AFP) - The Swiss canton of Geneva has banned baptisms in the waters of Lake Geneva organised by evangelical churches -- a decision they branded a "witch hunt".

Bangkok Post

Geneva accord shows WTO has renewed clout

As a beautiful dawn crept over Lake Geneva on June 17, a remarkable thing happened at the World Trade Organization's headquarters. After nearly six days of negotiations at the WTO's 12th Ministerial Conference -- culminating in a marathon 48 hours of non-stop talks -- ministers and senior officials from the…

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Franck Muller marks 30 years of Haute Horlogerie

Five years ago, Franck Muller marked its 25th anniversary by holding the World Presentation of Haute Horlogerie at the Grand Malagny estate, located in the village of Genthod, overlooking Lake Geneva with a magnificent view of the French Alps.

Reuters

Swiss police probing four deaths, one badly injured, after possible group jump

Four people appeared to have jumped to their death in the Swiss resort of Montreux on Lake Geneva, and a fifth is in a serious condition, cantonal police said on Thursday.

France 24

A war without a name: France's controversial colonial past in Algeria

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the end of a brutal conflict that France only officially recognised as being a war in 1999. Between 1954 and 1962, swords were locked between France and Algeria, with nationalists in the North African country determined to push the colonisers out. In March…

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