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Myanmar leader visa ban lifted, as opposition’s Aung San Suu Kyi elected

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:10:56 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Myanmar/Birma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was easily elected to parliament, a move widely applauded in the West, after her years of house arrest by the country’s military regime. Recognition by the state of her election is part of a series of reforms that in January led the European Union to [...]

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Arab spring, embezzled funds meeting calls for greater coordination

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:55:23 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The first international meeting with experts from 15 countries to focus on the Arab spring and returning embezzled funds to Arab nations ended Tuesday afternoon 24 January in Lausanne with a call for greater coordination. The meeting was the sixth in the Lausanne Process, launced in 2001 by Switzerland’s Foreign Affairs Department [...]

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UK, Switzerland sign tax agreement

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:54:34 +0000

GenevaLunch.com UK residents with Swiss accounts affected in 2013 BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss and UK governments Thursday 6 October signed an agreement reached earlier, that will allow the British government to tax income on assets held in Swiss banks by UK residents. The Swiss government announced that “Federal Councillor Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf and the UK Exchequer [...]

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Abacha retrial to go ahead

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:35:06 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Federal Tribunal has ordered a new trial for Abba Abacha, son of former Nigerian General Sani Abacha, who ruled the country for five years in the 1990s. He was suspected of stealing more than $2 billion and after his death his sons managed the money. Abba Abacha was given a [...]

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Swiss assets a small part of frozen funds sought by Libyan rebels

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:24:45 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss officials, like those in the European Union, say they must wait for a new United Nations resolution before allowing financial institutions to release frozen assets of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi and his entourage, but several countries are meeting in Doha today, 24 August, to discuss an emergency request for $2.5 from Libya’s [...]

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Swiss sanctions against Syrian president go into effect today

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 25 May 2011 08:40:31 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland’s extended list of individuals from Syria, including President Bashar Al-Assad, whose assets are being blocked, is effective today, Wednesday 25 May. The government yesterday said it was expanding its 18 May list of people whose assets are frozen and who cannot travel to or through Switzerland, from 13 to 18. The [...]

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EU moves to freeze Syrian assets on news of 11 more deaths

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 06 May 2011 16:52:27 +0000

GenevaLunch.com European Union reacts to news of 11 more civilian deaths by Syrian forces Protesters across Syria took to the streets, calling for President Bashar al-Assad’s resignation Friday, after prayers, and security forces reacted with force, killing 11 more people, according to human rights activists. The European Union, which has been threatening financial sanctions, “agreed today [...]

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Swiss president ends dictators’ frozen funds guessing game

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 03 May 2011 05:59:08 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey, in Tunisia Monday 2 May for a meeting of regional ambassadors from Switzerland, told Swiss news agency ATS that to date a total of CHF830 million in funds linked to three Middle Eastern dictators have now been identified and therefore frozen. The Swiss Foreign Ministry had previously [...]

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Swiss tighten screws on Libya

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:15:11 +0000

GenevaLunch.com International meeting ends without further decisions on aiding Libyan rebels Qaddafi forces push back rebels Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The Swiss Federal Council Wednesday 30 March formally adopted the UN Security Council’s measures against Libya, taken 26 February, as well as the European Union’s decisions concerning Libya, 28 February and including EU complementary actions. The [...]

Qaddafi clan assets frozen in several countries

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:25:36 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Qaddafi clan assets have now been officially frozen by Austria and France in addition to Britain, the US and Switzerland, with estimates varying widely but the money expected to be in the tens of billions of dollars. The latest confirmations of blocked funds came in broadcast interviews in France and Austria. Links to other sites: [...]

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