Geneva is to go without its big summer party the Fêtes de Genève (Geneva Festival) and even the huge fireworks display over the lake is no sure thing. The 2018 summer festival has been scrapped in favour of a program of “summer activities,” event organizers the Geneva Tourism & Conventions Foundation said in a press release on Wednesday. The 2017 fireworks display at the Fêtes de Genève. In its press release, the tourism foundation said the fireworks display was “confirmed, in principle” with foundation director Yves Menoud explaining that the scale of the event depended on ongoing fund-raising efforts. It’s painful," Geneva fairground figure Willy Bourquin told the Tribune de Genève, saying organizers had not even contacted him about the cancellation of the event.

Source: The Local February 15, 2018 09:33 UTC