Four drown in Irish rivers as warm weather sends crowds outdoors
GenevaLunch News Four people have drowned in separate accidents in Ireland as crowds flock to rivers to cool off in exceptionally warm weather. In 24 hours rivers Barrow, Nore, Suir and the Shannon...
View ArticleVaud police show new submarine for deep-lake searches
GenevaLunch News Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The CGN boat company that runs ferries and tourist cruises on Lake Geneva joined with the Vaud lake police Wednesday 16 June to remind bathers and...
View ArticleUNHCR: 16 refugees die crossing from Turkey to Greece (update)
GenevaLunch News Update 11:15 Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) - Sixteen people, who appear to have been mainly Somalis, drowned 29 June while crossing the Evros River between Turkey and Greece,...
View ArticleLife, death and the fast track in Russia: 1,200 drown, F1 races around Kremlin
GenevaLunch News News out of Russia today, 15 July: 1,200 people in Russia are reported to have drowned, most of them drunk at the time, while trying to escape from the heat, according to CNN: “Vadim...
View ArticleSwiss businessman, Beda Murer, drowns in Germany
GenevaLunch News Lake Constance, Germany (GenevaLunch.com) – Business associates have confirmed to GenevaLunch that Beda Murer, 49, President and CEO of Swiss-based Napac, drowned while boating on Lake...
View ArticleAnnecy’s grim weekend: search for youth who drowned turns up 4 bodies
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The weekend search for a missing teenager who drowned in Lake Annecy 2 July turned up a grim toll of four bodies by Monday morning, one of which is the missing...
View ArticleRefugees die as several sea crossings attempted
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Four bodies were found and other people are known to have drowned, says the UN refugee agency UNHCR in Geneva, after the Moroccan Royal Navy guard rescued 53...
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