Court sides with a woman denied Swiss citizenship because of doorbell pranks; new study reveals Zurich is one of the worst cities in Europe for driving; plus other news in our roundup this Tuesday.
Court sides with a woman denied Swiss citizenship because of doorbell pranks
The Aargau Administrative Court has overturned a refusal of the cantonal Naturalisation Commission, which ruled that an Eritrean woman did not deserve a Swiss passport because when she was 15, she was caught, along with other teenagers, ringing doorbells and throwing eggs at a house.
She appealed this refusal to the Administrative Court, which ruled in her favour on Monday, arguing that the incident was a “one-off” and occurred “within the context of group dynamics typical of youthful pranks.”
Therefore, denying the woman naturalisation solely on this basis is “arbitrary and disproportionate.”
READ MORE:The bizarre reasons applicants have been denied Swiss citizenship
A study reveals Zurich is one of the worst cities in Europe for driving
New analysis reveals that Zurich ranks ninth among the most congested European cities.
This is the finding of an analysis by a rental car company SIXT, which covered 40 major cities in Central Europe.
Traffic jams during rush hour in Zurich last 94 hours a year, the study reported. Travelling 10 km in the city centre takes an average of 26 minutes and 18 seconds.
These findings are, however, contrary to those by another recent analysis, carried out by the GPS navigation company, TomTom.
It reported that the Swiss city with worst traffic jams is Geneva.
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Two French thieves arrested in Aargau after a car chase
On Monday morning, the Zurich and Aargau cantonal police forces arrested two people, as they were driving a vehicle reported stolen in Dübendorf.
But instead of driving carefully and staying under the radar – both literally and figuratively – the thieves “fled at excessively high speeds through the city of Zurich and onto the highway heading west,” Zurich police reported in a press release.
“The driver caused several collisions during the chase. On the A1 motorway near Oberentfelden in Aargau, the vehicle stopped, and the driver and passenger fled on foot.
They were, however, apprehended and identified as French nationals, 17 and a 21 years old, respectively.
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Switzerland is probing infant formula after babies show symptoms
Swiss authorities said Monday they were investigating batches of infant formula, following reports of several babies showing symptoms of possible exposure to a toxin.
“Several cases of symptoms in babies have been reported to the authorities in recent days,” the Swiss food safety authority said.
Investigations are under way “to determine whether there is a link with the consumption of the recalled products”, it said, adding that initial results were expected by the end of the week.
The goal, the statement said, was to “trace the contaminated raw material from a Chinese company through international production and supply chains” and “identify all affected products in Switzerland” in order to “remove them from the market”.
The move follows the recall in dozens of countries of infant formula that could be contaminated by the cereulide toxin, which can cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. (AFP)
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