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Roger Does It Again; New Food Specialties At Herbstmesse; Tamedia Completes BAZ Takeover; EuroAirport Car Access Ban
News For 30 October 2018
Roger Federer won his 99th career ATP Tour title on Sunday at the Swiss Indoors tournament in hometown Basel. The champ is hoping he will win his 100th title before the end of the 2018/2019 Tennis season. Federer defeated the ATP 93rd ranked Romanian Marius Copil in 2 sets. Federer's season will continue at the next stop of the ATP World Tour at an event scheduled for London starting November 11th.
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In case the variety of Herbstmesse festival food specialties have left you wanting, you can look for some new stalls at this year's event. Near the Messeplatz at the Rosentalanlage, you can find the Spearman's Wrap Hot Dog stand, featuring a tortilla wrapped sausage with all the usual Mexican toppings. Over by Kaserne, The Beef Balls Factory features, as you might guess meatballs with home-made potato chips and fries. If you're in the mood for some savory fried dough, head to the main thoroughfare at the Messeplatz to find Langosh #1, featuring the Hungarian deep-fried snack specialty.
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Zurich based Tamedia AG, Switzerland's largest media company completed it's takeover of the Basler Zeitung (BaZ) newspaper. In a statement released by the two companies, the Basler Zeitung will continue to employ an editorial staff to report on local, regional and cantonal news. However, Tamedia editors, will take on foreign and domestic issues as well as national economic, cultural and sports events, according to the media release. No information has been released about a replacement for BaZ Editor-In-Chief Markus Somm who will leave the paper at the end of the year.
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Starting February 2019, private vehicles will no longer be allowed to pick-up or drop-off passengers directly in front of the terminal building at the Basel-Mulhouse EuroAirport. The entire service road leading to the terminal buildings will be restricted to buses, taxis and rental cars. Those hoping to help friends and family find their way to or from their flights will have the park the S2 parking lot, where additional free parking spaces will be designated for short-term parking. Initially, a shuttle bus service will also be made available to connect the parking lot with the terminal. Airport spokeswoman Viviane Gaskell mentioned two reasons for the changes: 1, expected increases in auto traffic corresponding with the growth of air traffic into and out of the airport; 2, the hope that such measures will increase the safety of people passing through the terminals.