GenevaLunch » Denmark http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +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.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Swiss cabinet asks parliament to approve tax aid treaty detailshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/06/swiss-cabinet-asks-parliament-to-approve-tax-aid-treaty-details/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/06/swiss-cabinet-asks-parliament-to-approve-tax-aid-treaty-details/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:46:19 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56177 GenevaLunch.com Swiss banking secrecy intact with insistance on “no fishing expeditions” Treaty agreements interpretations clearer, says Bern Bern, Switzerland (GeenvaLunch) – The Swiss Federal Council is asking parliament’s authorization to amend double taxation treaties (DTT) with a number of countries, to more precisely define what is meant by “administrative assistance”. The term covers requests for help, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/06/swiss-cabinet-asks-parliament-to-approve-tax-aid-treaty-details/feed/ 1 Russian buckwheat dries up while Danish wheat soakshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/25/russian-buckwheat-dries-up-while-danish-wheat-soaks/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/25/russian-buckwheat-dries-up-while-danish-wheat-soaks/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:58:31 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=46269 GenevaLunch.com The price of buckwheat is soaring in Moscow as crop shortages due to the 2010 summer drought and fires hit supplies. The normal harvest of 1 million tons looks set to drop to 600,000. Prices have already doubled in some stores and a 10 percent increase across the board for retailers looks likely. Buckwheat is [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/25/russian-buckwheat-dries-up-while-danish-wheat-soaks/feed/ 0 Copenhagen chef bumps Spain’s elBullihttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/27/copenhagen-chef-bumps-spains-elbulli/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/27/copenhagen-chef-bumps-spains-elbulli/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:30:09 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=40881 GenevaLunch.com Head north, dear diners, and feast on musk ox and roast marrow, at the restaurant that now holds the coveted number one in the world slot, according to Britain’s Restaurant Magazine. Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark, was bumped up to the top rating, beating out Spain’s revered elBulli which has been number one for four years [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/27/copenhagen-chef-bumps-spains-elbulli/feed/ 0 Police shoot man at Danish cartoonist’s homehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/01/02/police-shoot-man-at-danish-cartoonists-home/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/01/02/police-shoot-man-at-danish-cartoonists-home/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:46:16 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=34600 GenevaLunch.com Police in Aarhus, Denmark, have shot and wounded a Somali man carrying a knife who broke and entered the home of Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard after the owner hit an alarm bell to call the police. The man, say police, is a member of the radical Islamist al-Shabab militia. Westergaard became a target of Islamist [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/01/02/police-shoot-man-at-danish-cartoonists-home/feed/ 0 Climate summit in Copenhagen (Chappatte cartoon)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/07/climate-summit-in-copenhagen-chappatte-cartoon/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/07/climate-summit-in-copenhagen-chappatte-cartoon/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:24:15 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=33156 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The world climate summit opens in Copenhagen, Denmark Monday 7 December, with leaders from 192 nations attending. The goal: to find a global agreement on climate change, especially global warming. Obama changes Copenhagen visit for greater impact US President Barack Obama will visit the summit 18 December rather than 9 December [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/11/international-sports-football-more-teams-qualify-for-world-cup-finals/feed/ 0 Switzerland moves into top slot for world competitivenesshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/08/switzerland-moves-into-top-slot-for-world-competitiveness/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/08/switzerland-moves-into-top-slot-for-world-competitiveness/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:16:57 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=27220 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Switzerland has taken over the top position in the annual rankings by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) in its Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010, leaving the United States in second place for the first time in a number of years. The WEF says the lower spot for the US is due [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/08/switzerland-moves-into-top-slot-for-world-competitiveness/feed/ 0 WWF warns that arctic ice melt rate doublinghttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/02/wwf-warns-that-arctic-ice-melt-rate-doubling/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/02/wwf-warns-that-arctic-ice-melt-rate-doubling/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:20:06 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=26701 GenevaLunch.com Complete coverage of the WCC-3 by GenevaLunch Conference is 31 August – 4 September 2009 Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – One-quarter of the world’s population is likely to be affected by rising ocean levels provoked by melting Arctic ice, a WWF study released 2 September shows. The Arctic is heating up at twice the rate of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/02/wwf-warns-that-arctic-ice-melt-rate-doubling/feed/ 7 Geneva climate meeting: new weather services framework, sets stage for Copenhagenhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/30/geneva-climate-meeting-new-weather-services-framework-set-stage-for-copenhagen/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/30/geneva-climate-meeting-new-weather-services-framework-set-stage-for-copenhagen/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:23:07 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=26298 GenevaLunch.com The political climate at the Geneva meeting, in particular the willingness to work together at a ministerial level, could set the stage for Copenhagen.

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/30/geneva-climate-meeting-new-weather-services-framework-set-stage-for-copenhagen/feed/ 0 Switzerland concludes tax treaty with Francehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/28/switzerland-concludes-tax-treaty-with-france/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/28/switzerland-concludes-tax-treaty-with-france/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:37:51 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=26251 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz signed a new double-taxation treaty with his French counterpart, Christine Lagarde in Bern 27 August. The new treaty is the thirteenth Switzerland has signed since March, after Luxembourg and Denmark. It brings Switzerland in line with the OECD standards for administrative assistance in cases of tax [...]

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