GenevaLunch » Politics http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no EC hails proposed deal to catch tax evaders between US and 5 EU gov’ts http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/09/ec-hails-proposed-deal-to-catch-tax-evaders-between-us-and-5-eu-govts/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/09/ec-hails-proposed-deal-to-catch-tax-evaders-between-us-and-5-eu-govts/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:27:27 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66467 GenevaLunch.com Britain, France, Germany, Italy Spain: US citizens’ bank data in exchange for US reporting some of their citizens’ bank accounts Overseas Americans already caught in crosshairs GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A proposed deal that is being hailed by the six countries involved as a step forward in their fight against international tax evasion ironically borrows from [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/09/ec-hails-proposed-deal-to-catch-tax-evaders-between-us-and-5-eu-govts/feed/ 0 Geneva councilor settles New Year’s dispute, case dropped http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/08/geneva-councilor-settles-new-years-dispute-case-dropped/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/08/geneva-councilor-settles-new-years-dispute-case-dropped/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:25:25 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66425 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Mark Muller, the Geneva Council member who has been in the news over a New Year’s Eve fight with a barman in the early hours of the year, has acknowledged he attacked the man. The charges pressed against him by the bartender were dropped, after Muller apologized and paid the man for [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/08/geneva-councilor-settles-new-years-dispute-case-dropped/feed/ 0 New central bank head forceful on maintaining franc cap http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/07/new-central-bank-head-forceful-on-maintaining-franc-cap/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/07/new-central-bank-head-forceful-on-maintaining-franc-cap/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:46:16 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66358 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss central bank does not see any risk of inflation for Switzerland in coming months, nor any need to reduce the level of liquidity. However, distortions in the mortgage and real estate market could increase and the Swiss government will soon look at the possible need to intervene. Thomas Jordan, vice [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/07/new-central-bank-head-forceful-on-maintaining-franc-cap/feed/ 0 Data and privacy issues are growing focus in US-Swiss talks: taxes, visas, banking http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/02/data-and-privacy-issues-are-growing-focus-in-us-swiss-talks-taxes-visas-banking/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/02/data-and-privacy-issues-are-growing-focus-in-us-swiss-talks-taxes-visas-banking/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:25:32 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66223 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Data privacy concern is increasingly raising its head in US-Swiss talks over taxes, visas and banking. The latest incident is linked to Switzerland’s decision to continue participating in the US visa waiver programme. Parliament will have its say in US data demands for visa waiver programme The Swiss Federal Council Wednesday 1 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/02/data-and-privacy-issues-are-growing-focus-in-us-swiss-talks-taxes-visas-banking/feed/ 0 French high court rules Geneva HSBC bank data theft cannot be used http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/01/french-high-court-rules-geneva-hsbc-bank-data-theft-cannot-be-used/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/01/french-high-court-rules-geneva-hsbc-bank-data-theft-cannot-be-used/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:30:49 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66221 GenevaLunch.com PARIS, FRANCE / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The French high court (Cours de cassation) in Paris published a ruling Tuesday 31 January that data stolen in 2007 from British bank HSBC in Geneva by its employee Hervé Falciani cannot be used by French tax authorities because it was illegally obtained. Falciani turned over the list of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/01/french-high-court-rules-geneva-hsbc-bank-data-theft-cannot-be-used/feed/ 0 New Swiss alcohol law: 10pm shop limit, stricter ads, cheaper non-alcohol drinks http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/27/new-swiss-alcohol-law-10pm-shop-limit-stricter-ads-cheaper-non-alcohol-drinks/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/27/new-swiss-alcohol-law-10pm-shop-limit-stricter-ads-cheaper-non-alcohol-drinks/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:04:09 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66070 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND -  The Swiss Federal Council unveiled two proposed new alcohol laws, one designed to reduce abusive consumption, Friday 27 January. Key points: no sales in shops or for carryout after 22:00, stricter advertising laws that will include online and mobile advertising, and a wider, cheaper range of non-alcoholic drinks aimed at the younger [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/27/new-swiss-alcohol-law-10pm-shop-limit-stricter-ads-cheaper-non-alcohol-drinks/feed/ 0 Ireland, Switzerland limit dividends withholding to 15% with amended treaty http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/26/ireland-switzerland-limit-dividends-withholding-to-15-with-amended-treaty/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/26/ireland-switzerland-limit-dividends-withholding-to-15-with-amended-treaty/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:05:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66027 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Ireland and Switzerland announced Thursday morning 26 January that they have signed a protocol to amend their double taxation treaty, in the area of taxes on income and capital. Under the terms of the new agreement, which must be approved by both parliaments, each country can withhold up to 15 percent on [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/26/ireland-switzerland-limit-dividends-withholding-to-15-with-amended-treaty/feed/ 0 Geneva’s councillor to go before judge over New Year’s disco falling-out http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/25/genevas-councillor-to-go-before-judge-over-new-years-falling-out/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/25/genevas-councillor-to-go-before-judge-over-new-years-falling-out/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:52:36 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66009 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A fight or an argument? Pushes and shoves or verbal abuse or just heated words? A Geneva judge will have the task in early February of deciding whose word to believe: Mark Muller, Geneva cantonal council member or the bartender at the Moulin dance hall, concerning what really happened in the early [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/25/genevas-councillor-to-go-before-judge-over-new-years-falling-out/feed/ 0 Swiss gov’t to review need for central bank governance reform http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/25/swiss-govt-to-review-need-for-central-bank-governance-reform/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/25/swiss-govt-to-review-need-for-central-bank-governance-reform/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:46:03 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66002 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss government is beginning a review of the possible need to reform governance of the Swiss National Bank. The cabinet Wednesday 25 January announced that it has asked Professor Paul Richli to draw up an external expert report that outlines “the tasks and responsibilities currently regulated in the National Bank legislation [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/25/swiss-govt-to-review-need-for-central-bank-governance-reform/feed/ 0 OECD tells Bern to discourage consumer debt, warns of real estate bubble http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/25/oecd-tells-bern-to-discourage-consumer-debt-warns-of-real-estate-bubble/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/25/oecd-tells-bern-to-discourage-consumer-debt-warns-of-real-estate-bubble/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:29:32 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65539 GenevaLunch.com Possible overheating in real estate: tighten mortgage requirements, gov’t told BERN, SWITZERLAND – The OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) 2012 report on Switzerland, issued this week, cautions Bern against allowing consumer debt to build and warns that the real estate market may be overheating., The report’s overall assessment is that while Switzerland is [...]

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