Star Wars Day was Saturday – May 4th (be with you) and fans marked the day with a Light Sabre Open.
It was set up by fencing master – and Star Wars fan – Jan Fantys. He started the Sabre Force Academy ten years ago and now has 50 students.
The competition this weekend at the Bout-du-Monde sports centre allowed participants to dress up as their favourite character.
Scoring is similar to fencing – hitting a limb is one point, the body 2 and head 3.
More details on knife attacker
Police in canton Aargau have released more information about the street attack on Wednesday afternoon.
Electric cars becoming less popular
Electric car sales are slowing and more people don’t want one.
Defence budget boost likely to fail
A proposed CHF 15bn boost to the defence budget is not likely to get through the Council of States.
Swiss intelligence ignored warnings from CIA and MI6
Swiss intelligence officers are being criticised for ignoring warnings from their US and UK counterparts about the owners of a hotel near the military airbase in Meiringen in canton Bern.
Calls to close Geneva asylum centre
The local Swiss People’s Party in Plan-les-Ouates in Geneva is demanding the closure of an asylum seeker centre.
Busy roads this weekend
Another long weekend is upon us, and the warnings of delays and jams on the roads have been renewed.
