Basel News

Monday
Jul052010

July 6, 2010

* New arrivals to Basel will be interviewed about integrating into Swiss society
* Basel announces plans to train new schoolteachers
* The Rhine port will get a third dock and a new container terminal
* City parks are struggling with illegal garbage dumping
* an unidentified man drowns in the Rhine on Sunday
* Local couple's backyard is pummeled by runaway haybales

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Tuesday
Jun292010

June 29, 2010

* Basel's government rejects higher tuition for foreign students
* Area strawberry harvest is ravaged by the rainy spring
* Basel has a fresh crop of high school graduates
* Basel researchers make a breakthrough in curing blindness

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Tuesday
Jun222010

June 22, 2010

* Basel shows interest in legalizing cannabis.
* A tunnel under Basel could link its train stations.
* Health care provider Sympany will cut 50 jobs in Basel.

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Tuesday
Jun152010

June 15, 2010

* Natural cosmetic company Weleda will open an office in Basel
* Dog owners should make sure their pets are immunized against distemper
* The people of Basel go to the polls on free parking and mobile phone attenae

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Tuesday
Jun012010

June 1, 2010

*Basel will enjoy lax rules during the football world cup
*Tradesmen protest Basel's planned new parking rules
*TGV passengers will get to Paris even faster next year

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