Welcome and Bienvenue to Living in Nyon, a site in English all about living in the town and surrounding area. Articles, news, events, and useful links.
Which path to take? Should you go left, right, through the centre, on the green grass or take the independent route? With the local elections just under a week away, Living in Nyon asked all the political parties to send in their views and standpoint on local issues. So if you have received your voting papers and are still unsure of [...]
It can’t have escaped your notice that it’s local election time again as campaign posters from all the political parties spring up around the towns and villages of Vaud. The candidates that are putting themselves forward for the Nyon elections usually can be found Place St-Martin (in the centre of Nyon) every Saturday morning. They are [...]
Response to the “Swiss Politics for Dummies” talk in English taking place on the 28th, has been incredible, so much so, a waiting list for the event has now been established. If you would still like to come, send an email to cnp at bluewin.ch and I will put you on the list and let you know if there are [...]
Lots of children waited in the crisp, cold sunshine on Saturday to run in the first of many races in Noviodurun. There was a fun atmosphere in the town coinciding with the usual bustle of the Saturday market. Here are the children setting off in Grand Rue accompanied by Centurion football players. Meanwhile over at [...]
Two events are coming up in Nyon this weekend. The first is the local elections when the citizens of Nyon vote on Sunday (along with other issues) for their new mayor. This is the culmination of months of campaigning by all three candidates including a public debate last week. Bernadette Nelissen was at the debate [...]
If last month’s local elections didn’t provide enough excitement for you, Nyon is giving you that extra frisson over the next two months as the position of mayor is now up for grabs. Who has the best overall view of the town? It’s an interesting situation right now as Bernadette explains: “At the moment two [...]
So why should we vote for you ? The question, directed at all three political candidates of the “Grand Debat” (Big Debate) in Nyon came almost at the end of the Wednesday night event, but arguably produced the most interesting answers. Bernadette Nelissen who is commenting on current political events for this site, was present [...]
Third candidate now in the running! The storm over Nyon last night was spectacular, noisy and loud with lots of lightning and thunder. This weekend the forecast is predicting more unsettled weather, and by the sound of it there is a bit of a storm brewing on the local political scene. In her previous post*, [...]
Local Politics. Left, Right, Centre, Green etc? Want to know more about local politics? Read on…… August 22nd 2008 Who will govern Nyon’s 17,812 inhabitants ? In just over a month, Nyon goes to the polls. You might think this is nothing unusual, there often seems to be the “Vote Here” sign up in the [...]
Scottish country dancing in Nyon! Time to get the kilt out! # Follow @lifeinnyon
