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Arab League votes immediate sanctions against Syria

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:46:42 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Nineteen of the 22 members of the Arab League voted Sunday 27 November for sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, effective immediately. The sanctions include travel bans, freezing government assets and end to Arab investments and dealings with Syria’s central bank. The sanctions come as the number of deaths [...]

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Mugabe threatens Swiss interests, Nestlé, in Zimbabwe

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:42:04 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Robert Mugabe, 87-year-old leader of Zimbabwe, prime minister for 30 years, stepped up his criticism of Switzerland, in comments made 30 October, Sunday, to media at the airport in Harare. Mugabe, miffed over what he is calling Switzerland’s refusal to issue visas for his entourage, told reporters that his government “is not [...]

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China, Russia veto UN resolution on Syria

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:24:36 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – China and Russia used their vetoes in the UN Security Council late Tuesday to stop a United Nations draft resolution that threatened sanctions against Syria. It would have been the first such UN decision since March, when President Bashar Assad’s military regime began using tanks and soldiers to crack down on protester. [...]

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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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Iran says it will sue Swiss over oil companies’ refueling ban

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 24 May 2011 09:01:17 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Iranian officials said Tuesday 24 May that the country will take Switzerland to court at the United Nations over what the officials say is a recent decision not to allow Iranian aircraft to refuel in Geneva. The Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Foca) told GenevaLunch that the Swiss government has not [...]

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Syrian military take over second city

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 04 May 2011 07:55:03 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Troops in Syria reportedly gained control of the city of Banias, on the coast, Tuesday 3 May, as the Syrian government clampdown on protesters continues. The National Organization of Human Rights in Syria says a new wave of arrests has involved 1,000 people, with Banias mostly sealed off by the army and security forces. Government [...]

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EU removes 35 from Zimbabwe sanctions list

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:46:03 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The European Union has removed 35 people from the list of more than 160 in Zimbabwe who are sanctioned: they are not permitted to travel to the EU and any assets they might have are frozen. The move came without explanation, although as allAfrica points out three of them have died and the others are [...]

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Swiss toughen sanctions against Iran

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:52:45 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss government is increasing sanctions against Iran to the same level as those put in place by its main commercial partners, the government said Wednesday morning 19 January. The tougher measures were taken to ensure that Switzerland is not used by Iran to get around the stricter sanctions put in [...]

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UBS fined CHF100,000 for slowness over 2007 losses

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:46:34 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Bank UBS took too long to in July to give shareholders information about looming losses in 2007, the Swiss Stock Exchange sanctions commission has ruled. Friday 14 January it handed the bank a CHF100,000 fine, the end of a three-year investigation. The bank was bailed out by the Swiss government when [...]

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Swiss update Al Qaeda blacklist

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 26 May 2010 07:45:52 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Four new names have been added and as many deleted from the Swiss federal government’s black list for people with suspected Al Qaeda links. Assets belonging to anyone on the list are frozen and people with any knowledge of fiinancial transactions linked to those on the blacklist must by law report [...]