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Paw the hoof and lock the horns: the race is on for Queen of the Cows title

GenevaLunch News Finals are just 2 weeks away and Valais’s finest Alpine cows show their stuff in Mollens arena GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – You know spring is here when Swiss cows begin to fight (tourism...

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Riddes lumberyard fire under investigation

GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A lumberyard in the centre of the small town of Riddes, between Martigny and Sion in canton Valais, went up in flames around 22:00 Sunday night 20 May, causing...

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Skeletons found in Fiesch hold decades-old climbers’ secrets

GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A canton Valais mountain guide called police 26 June at 17:00 with a gruesome discovery, skeletons that appeared to date back decades, washed down by the Aletsch...

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Army makes final check on Chamoson forest fire

GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – The forest fire that broke out just above the vineyards of Chamoson, canton Valais, last Thursday, 23 August, is under control, with the Swiss Army making final...

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Man shoots and kills 3, injures 2 in Conthey, Valais (update 8)

GenevaLunch News Correction: assult rifle was not used GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Three people have died and two were injured at the hands of a 33-year-old man in the village of Daillon, Conthey commune, in...

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Sion wins best Swiss urban award for 2013, Wakker prize

GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The 2013 Wakker prize has been awarded to the capital of canton Valais, Sion, for successfully implementing a programme to highlight its urban heritage and to put...

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Valais man dies after car plunges 300 metres

GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 33-year-old Valais man died Thursday 24 January in hospital, hours after his car plunged over the side of a road between Nax and Grône. The accident occurred at...

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Poachers in upper Valais guilty of illegal shooting, arms trafficking

GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A gang of 13 poachers in the area of Naters, in the Goms Valley, canton Valais, have been found guilty of a number of charges, bringing to a close an...

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Valais police chief found guilty of stealing Turkish stone

GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Christian Varone, police chief in canton Valais, was found guilty by a Turkish court Tuesday 19 March, of stealing an “archeological fragment”, a stone from near...

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Provins, Switzerland’s largest winery, files charges for defamation

GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Provins, canton Valais cooperative winery and Switzerland’s largest wine producer, has filed criminal charges against an unknown person(s) for defamation and...

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