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Dear members CERN has just published the Swiss Franc exchange rate to be used for the 2025 income tax declaration in France:https://home.cern/news/official-news/cern/exchange-rate-tax-declaration-form-2025-income 1 CHF =1.07 Euros This year, the two methods that we described last year: give the same result after rounding. To our knowledge, the instructions for filling the tax forms that were published on our site in April 2025 are still valid. Since these instructions were given in French we prefer to direct you to the French versions:… Read more: Swiss Franc Exchange Rate for 2025 Tax Return in France

https://www.geneve.ch/cite-seniors# The City of Geneva intends to fully value the role and involvement of seniors in the city. In the Vermont, Grand-Pré, and Beaulieu districts, it has launched, in partnership with the Hospice Général’s senior center, a participatory process to support the creation of an association by and for seniors. This initiative reflects a strong political will: to support participation, strengthen local solidarity, and recognize the essential contribution of older adults to the community. Because together, we are building a… Read more: April Cité Seniors

The Staff Association is pleased to invite you to the conference on: Steer Your Own Path: Resilience and Mindset Lessons from a 46,000 km Bicycle Journey Around the World – Adorjan Illes Discover Adorjan Illes’s raw and honest summary of his four-year expedition! Tuesday, 28 April 2026 – 5:30 p.m.     500/1-001 – Main Auditorium Conference in English For more information: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1661715/

The Director-General will hold a meeting and Q&A session on Thursday, 23 April, at 10 a.m., at the Science Gateway (Sergio Marchionne Auditorium). The meeting can be followed through webcast. Simultaneous interpretation in French will also be available. This webcast will be accessible to all retirees holding a CERN Verified Guest Account (e.g. gmail.com, outlook.com, hotmail.com, laposte.fr, etc.) given before their departure. To access the webcast, you will need to go to the  https://indico.cern.ch/event/1661742/ page  and authenticate yourself via the… Read more: Director-General Town Hall on 23 April 2026

Dear Members The Annual General Meeting of our Association will take place on Tuesday 21 April 2026 at 2:30 pm in CERN’s main auditorium (building 500/1-001). The full invitation  can be found on the GAC-EPA website by clicking here, including the Agenda and a Proxy Vote form. For those who cannot attend, the AGM will be broadcast by Webcast at https://live.cern/event/i1618360. The presentations will also be available the day of the meeting at https://indico.cern.ch/event/1618360/ The meeting will end with a friendship drink. Yours sincerely, Catherine Laverrière,… Read more: 2026 Annual General Meeting 21/04/2026 at 14:30

Please note that a new blood donation drive will take place on 24 and 25 March in Building 29. For further information, please follow this link.

IT’’S IMPORTANT – THINK ABOUT IT ! No one is beyond suffering from a sudden loss of autonomy, for example after a cerebral vascular problem or a simple unfortunate fall.   At our age, we are all exposed to the risk of losing the capacity to judge situations, or one of the many forms of dementia.   We must think of this possibility, whose consequences could result in a loss of our individual autonomy.This is what a former colleague reminded us in… Read more: Loss of autonomy

https://www.geneve.ch/cite-seniors# With the return of spring, I invite you to take part in the Parents and Babies in Fitness walks with seniors organized with the Arcade Sages-Femmes. These intergenerational walks are an opportunity to meet, exchange and transmit, while promoting the movement. Between the experience of seniors and the energy of families, the city is woven differently. Christina Kitsos
Vice-présidente du Conseil administratif de la Ville de GenèveFull program 1st semester 2026