GenevaLunch » Federal Council 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 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 Joint parental custody moves a step closer to Swiss law http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/16/joint-parental-custody-moves-a-step-closer-to-swiss-law/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/16/joint-parental-custody-moves-a-step-closer-to-swiss-law/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:46:10 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65284 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Parents sharing custody of children no matter what their marital state moved a step closer to becoming Swiss law last week when the legal commission of the lower house voted with no opposition in favour of an upper house commission motion to change the law. Custody today is assigned to one or [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/16/joint-parental-custody-moves-a-step-closer-to-swiss-law/feed/ 0 New Swiss government steps into office this week http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/03/new-swiss-government-steps-into-office-this-week/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/03/new-swiss-government-steps-into-office-this-week/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:53:31 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64903 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The new Swiss Federal Council, the country’s governing body of seven ministers, also sometimes referred to as the cabinet, moved into place 1 January, with Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf as president of the council and the country. The president’s post is traditionally a revolving one-year job, with parliament voting in the new leader. Each [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/03/new-swiss-government-steps-into-office-this-week/feed/ 0 Swiss gov’t elections underway: two women are first councilors re-elected (update 2) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/14/swiss-govt-elections-underway-two-women-are-first-councilors-re-elected-update-2/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/14/swiss-govt-elections-underway-two-women-are-first-councilors-re-elected-update-2/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:02:59 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64673 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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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/14/swiss-govt-elections-underway-two-women-are-first-councilors-re-elected-update-2/feed/ 0 Swiss gov’t puts legal onus on US-based bank acct. owners (update 2) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/16/swiss-govt-puts-legal-onus-on-us-based-bank-acct-owners-update-2/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/16/swiss-govt-puts-legal-onus-on-us-based-bank-acct-owners-update-2/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:42:18 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63623 GenevaLunch.com Account holders domiciled abroad must ensure someone is designated as a contact in case of litigation BERN, SWITZERLAND – US citizens with Swiss bank accounts who are domiciled in the US and who have not clearly designated, in the bank’s files, a representative who can be contacted on their behalf ad litern (in case of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/16/swiss-govt-puts-legal-onus-on-us-based-bank-acct-owners-update-2/feed/ 0 New parties strengthen Swiss centre http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/24/new-parties-strengthen-swiss-centre/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/24/new-parties-strengthen-swiss-centre/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:29:19 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=62800 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The slight increase that Swiss political observers were forecasting for the strength of the right during Switzerland’s parliamentary elections failed to materialize as voters turned to new parties to strengthen the centre. The UDC People’s Party and the Greens both lost significant ground to moderate parties with elements of their programs, rejecting [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/24/new-parties-strengthen-swiss-centre/feed/ 0 Swiss elections Sunday promise low drama despite goats, growing right http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/23/swiss-elections-sunday-promise-low-drama-despite-goats-growing-right/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/23/swiss-elections-sunday-promise-low-drama-despite-goats-growing-right/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:28:02 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62657 GenevaLunch.com Guide to Swiss 23 October parliamentary elections BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss voters are voting Sunday 23 October to elect a new parliament. Headlines, especially outside Switzerland, have tried to build high drama into the voting session, where turnout is expected to be only around 40 to 45 percent, largely because the real drama comes in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/23/swiss-elections-sunday-promise-low-drama-despite-goats-growing-right/feed/ 0 Swiss gov’t says it’s ready to intervene, but cautions against short-term reaction http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/09/swiss-govt-says-its-ready-to-intervene-but-cautions-against-short-term-reaction/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/09/swiss-govt-says-its-ready-to-intervene-but-cautions-against-short-term-reaction/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:28:32 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60510 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Federal Council says it is closely watching the record high Swiss franc situation, studying options and is ready to act if necessary, but it cautions against knee-jerk reactions that provide only short-term solutions. It issued a cautious statement Tuesday morning 9 August about the extraordinary meeting held by the governing [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/09/swiss-govt-says-its-ready-to-intervene-but-cautions-against-short-term-reaction/feed/ 1 Anti-nuclear march pulls 20,000: gov’t put on notice http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/23/anti-nuclear-march-pulls-20000-govt-put-on-notice/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/23/anti-nuclear-march-pulls-20000-govt-put-on-notice/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 11:30:42 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58038 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND  – Swiss media have widely covered the weekend anti-nuclear march in canton Argau, near the Beznau nuclear power plant, with what appears to be a consensus that the large turnout for the  protest has put the government on notice. The march was the largest anti-nuclear show in 25 years. The Federal Council Wednesday [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/23/anti-nuclear-march-pulls-20000-govt-put-on-notice/feed/ 0 Parliamentary commission: yes to Swiss big bank capital hike http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/19/parliamentary-commission-yes-to-swiss-big-bank-capital-hike/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/19/parliamentary-commission-yes-to-swiss-big-bank-capital-hike/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 10:00:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57889 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The finance commission of the Swiss parliament’s lower house has given its approval to new rules that would require Switzerland’s two largest banks, UBS and Credit Suisse, to increase their capital bases substantially above the amount required by Basel III global requirements. Basel III rules were established by the Basel Committee on [...]

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