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Wegelin becomes first bank outside the US to be charged (update)

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:53:55 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Swiss media, political reaction won’t comfort Wegelin ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Wegelin, Switzerland’s oldest private wealth management bank 2 February became the first bank outside the United States to be charged with fraud by the US Department of Justice (DOJ). It has been summoned to appear in a US District Court in Manhattan, New York 10 [...]

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Data and privacy issues are growing focus in US-Swiss talks: taxes, visas, banking

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:25:32 +0000

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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Swiss central bank after Hildebrand: continuity is the word, Hildebrand’s wife apologizes

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:39:14 +0000

GenevaLunch.com TSR Wednesday evening ran an interview with Kashya Hildebrand from Italian TV, where she apologized to Switzerland and her husband BERN / ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Swiss political and economic circles were still abuzz Wednesday 11 January with the fallout from the resignation Monday of Philipp Hildebrand as chairman of the Swiss National Bank. New developments: [...]

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Swiss Migration Office given slap on hand over ignored Iraqi asylum cases

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:56:46 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Migration Office’s current backlog of some 3,000 applications must be completed and applications brought up to date by 2013, former Swiss Federal Judge Michel Féraud concluded as part of his final report on applications for asylum in Switzerland. But the most damning part of his report covers applications from Iraqis [...]

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Swiss gov’t elections underway: two women are first councilors re-elected (update 2)

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:02:59 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Economy minister Johann Schneider-Ammann re-elected UDC now fighting for Calmy-Rey’s seat, its last chance to add a party member to the council 11:30 BERN, SWITZERLAND – The last of 7 seats on the federal council is the focus of a tough fight between the Socialists and UDC parties, with the UDC arguing that Switzerland’s balance [...]

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Swiss Federal Council presents its new face

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:37:34 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland’s cabinet, the seven-member Swiss Federal Council, which governs as a body of equals, has published its official photo for 2010. Left to right: Didier Burkhalter, the chancellor for the Swiss Confederation Corina Casanova, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Ueli Maurer, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss President Doris Leuthard, Vice-president Moritz Leuenberger. The presidency [...]

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Swiss gov’t, Muslim groups to analyze vote impact

Sean Ecker — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:53:59 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 23 December 07:55 Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland’s Muslim community and the Swiss minister in charge of the Federal Department of Justice and Police met Monday 21 December to discuss the implications of the recent vote to ban new minarets. Federal councilor Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf told the group that Bern is determined to improve relations [...]

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Swiss justice minister calls anti-minaret proposal unconstitutional

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:04:35 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland’s Justice and Police minister Thursday called on voters to reject the anti-minaret proposal which will be put to them in a referendum 29 November, saying that it is unconstitutional and runs counter to Swiss values. Eveline Widmer Schlumpf told a press conference that the proposal, from the right-wing UDC of [...]

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Tinner affair compromise found

Sean Ecker — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:55:09 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss federal council has agreed to hold back on the destruction of documents related to the St. Gallen family Tinner, allegedly implicated in an international nuclear proliferation network. In an agreement with the Control Commission Delegation (CD), the Swiss parliament’s investigative branch for national security issues, Justice minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, [...]