30 May

Soccer-Euro-Hungary trip ‘perfect test’ for Croat ambitions

Croatia face a perfect test away to in-form Hungary in their final Euro 2008 warm-up on Saturday, assistant manager Aljosa Asanovic said on Friday.
“The match is the final assessment of our abilities before the European championship and it will show how much progress we have made in training,” Asanovic told reporters in Croatia’s training base [...]

20 Apr

Crucial trip for JFF boss

In fact, Burrell pointed out that at one of the scheduled discussions, with Federation of Interna-tional Football Associations (FIFA) president Joseph ‘Sepp’ Blatter, at the sport’s headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, they will be making a presentation for a second Goal Project.
Actually, the first project - which was launched in 2003 - is incomplete as different [...]

07 Apr

Taxpayers pick up tab for Labor’s high

VICTORIAN taxpayers were hit with a $308,000 bill for Premier John Brumby and several senior ministers to travel through Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America in the final three months of last year.State Government figures showed Transport Minister Lynne Kosky, Industry and Trade Minister Theo Theophanous and Education Minister Bronwyn Pike racked up [...]

05 Apr

Taxpayers pick up tab for Labor’s high

VICTORIAN taxpayers were hit with a $308,000 bill for Premier John Brumby and several senior ministers to travel through Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America in the final three months of last year.State Government figures showed Transport Minister Lynne Kosky, Industry and Trade Minister Theo Theophanous and Education Minister Bronwyn Pike racked up [...]

05 Apr

Taxpayers pick up tab for Labor’s high

VICTORIAN taxpayers were hit with a $308,000 bill for Premier John Brumby and several senior ministers to travel through Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America in the final three months of last year.State Government figures showed Transport Minister Lynne Kosky, Industry and Trade Minister Theo Theophanous and Education Minister Bronwyn Pike racked up [...]

01 Mar

Your travel questions

Q. We are planning a two-week trip to
Switzerland in July/August. Our daughter will be about 15 months
old then so we would like a flexible itinerary which doesn’t
involve travelling every day. We are active and enjoy walking. Can
you suggest some good highlights?
Short train trips are appealing but we’re not so keen on flights
as money is tight. [...]

24 Feb

Have passport, will travel

The purpose was twofold:
It got her big brothers Hugo, 10, and Tom, 5, out of the house and away from the PlayStation. They are on a two-week winter holiday from school at the moment.The trip enabled us to bid a fond farewell to our lovely Swiss-Kiwi friends who are due to fly from Geneva today.
For [...]

31 Jan

Scholarship takes muso to Switzerland

Years later, his talent is about to take him across the world.
The 33-year-old Grey Lynn resident has won a $10,000 scholarship from the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Foundation, which he will use to travel to Switzerland next week.
A sub-principal clarinet player in the orchestra and Auckland University clarinet department head, Mr Fry will use the trip [...]

31 Jan

Carry on glamping

To enjoy it you need to be able to view minor privations - cold, bucket showers, dossing down on rough ground and visits to frightening dunnies, for example - in a positive light. Camping is about being hardy, earthy, maybe even a bit grubby.
Then theres glamping (aka glamorous camping). Its a newer concept and, like [...]

31 Jan

Good WTO News for Yushchenko

DAVOS, Switzerland — February is shaping up to be a big month for Ukraine, and President Viktor Yushchenko — backed by a group of heavyweight allies in Davos — said his country should emerge with flying colors.
On Feb. 5, the World Trade Organization’s General Council will vote on Ukraine’s long-awaited entry into the World Trade [...]