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Libya: Tortured maid found inside Hannibal Qadaffi’s compound (video)

Laila Rodriguez — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:58:49 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LIBYA – Hannibal Qadaffi’s name is back in the news after western reporters say to have found evidence of “inhumane treatment” of his staff at his compound. The son of Libya’s leader Muammar Qadaffi, who won his lawsuit for defamation of character brought against the Geneva newspaper La Tribune de Genève and the city of [...]

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Switzerland refunded CHF1.5m, paid by Qaddafi, held by Germany

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:26:40 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland 6 June saw CHF1.5 million returned to it, money that had been put into an account blocked in and overseen by Germany, as the result of an agreement between the Swiss government and the Qaddafi regime in Libya. Switzerland has been holding discussions with Germany for some weeks about returning the [...]

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Qaddafi son paid CHF1.5m by Swiss in summer 2010

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:28:22 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Unclear if money still in German account Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Swiss media reports Friday morning on a payment by Switzerland to Hannibal Qaddafi, son of the Libyan leader, show some confusion over whether or not the Qaddafi clan actually picked up the CHF1.5 million. The payment to the younger son of Qaddafi was agreed [...]

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Canadian will arbitrate Swiss-Libyan Qadaffi dispute

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:00:51 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Canadian Philippe Kirsch from Quebec, an international law expert and former judge on an International Criminal Court, reportedly has been named the arbitrator in an ongoing dispute between Switzerland and Libya. Reuters published the news Tuesday 15 February, based on Libya reports from the foreign ministry office there. Switzerland’s foreign affairs [...]

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Max Goeldi’s family appeals to Qadaffi

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:19:32 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The family of Swiss businessman Max Goeldi, serving a four-month prison sentence in Libya, has appealed to Libyan leader Muammar Qadaffi to release the man. The demand for clemency follows a visit in prison to Goeldi by Hannibal Qadaffi, son of the leader. The visit has given the family some hope [...]

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Qadaffis continue to stay in the news

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:47:43 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland’s woes with Libya continue this week, with Tripoli postponing the trials of two Swiss businessmen. The two are to stand trial for visa and tax irregularities, Libya has said. They were arrested shortly after the arrest in Geneva in July 2008 of Hannibal Qadaffi, son of the country’s leader. Libya [...]

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Switzerland firms tone with Libya

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:00:21 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss government has suspended its 20 August 2009 agreement with Libya designed to improve relations and is restricting visas issued to Libyans. The Federal Council (cabinet) noted in a press release Wednesday 4 November that Tripoli has refused all collaboration and that “the two Swiss citizens, who were taken in [...]

Swiss military plane returns without hostages from Libya

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:00:18 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The “Falcon”, a Swiss military plane used by the Federal Council, flew back from Tripoli, Libya, to Switzerland during the night of 27-28 August, carrying the delegation from the president’s office who flew there to seek the return of two businessmen held hostage for over a year. The two men did [...]

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Switzerland apologizes for Qadaffi arrest

Sean Ecker — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:52:16 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 10:50 Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz signed an agreement yesterday 20 August in a surprise visit to Tripoli, Libya during which Switzerland apologized for the “unjustified and unnecessary” detention of Hannibal, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Qadaffi. This puts an end to the ongoing dispute between the two countries that [...]

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Qadaffi-Swiss relations: the Colonel plays the joker card

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:18:25 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Mouammar Qadaffi, Libya’s leader, is out to “take apart” Switzerland, Swiss public radio and television are reporting today. The result will be to make it far more difficult for a meeting between the leaders of the two countries to take place. Two Swiss men have been detained by Libya for a [...]

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