GenevaLunch » Swiss government http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +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 Right weakened, but same overall mix for Swiss gov’thttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/14/right-weakened-but-same-overall-mix-for-swiss-govt/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/14/right-weakened-but-same-overall-mix-for-swiss-govt/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:59:19 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64680 GenevaLunch.com Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, finance minister, will be president for 2012 Alain Berset, Socialist, replaces Calmy-Rey BERN, SWITZERLAND – Alain Berset, the Swiss senate’s youngest member at age 31, was elected easily with 126 votes in a second round of voting, to Switzerland’s government. The election of the Socialist from Fribourg completes the election of the 7-member [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/14/right-weakened-but-same-overall-mix-for-swiss-govt/feed/ 0 Swiss condemn Israel for measures against Palestinehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/02/swiss-condemn-israel-for-measures-against-palestine/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/02/swiss-condemn-israel-for-measures-against-palestine/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:06:07 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63131 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss government said Wednesday night 2 November that it condemns Israel for two new measures, voted by the Israeli cabinet Tuesday, shortly after Unesco admitted Palestine as a member. Bern stopped short of calling the measures retaliatory, but it notes that the decision by Tel Aviv to “speed up construction of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/02/swiss-condemn-israel-for-measures-against-palestine/feed/ 0 Public transport gets high green marks compared to carshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/public-transport-gets-high-green-marks-compared-to-cars/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/public-transport-gets-high-green-marks-compared-to-cars/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:37:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61429 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss public transport systems do more than simply carry more people for less fuel: they also get relatively high ecology marks for their overall impact on the environment. A study ordered by the federal government, published in German 9 September, shows that while public transport is far ahead of road traffic at [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/public-transport-gets-high-green-marks-compared-to-cars/feed/ 0 Swiss gov’t says it’s ready to intervene, but cautions against short-term reactionhttp://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 New brochure for immigrants lays out the basicshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/19/new-brochure-for-immigrants-lays-out-the-basics/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/19/new-brochure-for-immigrants-lays-out-the-basics/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:04:51 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58952 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Migration Office has published a new brochure for immigrants, in nine languages including English, with basic information about life in Switzerland, tips for settling in and links to official sites to take things to the next step. The brochure appears to be aimed mainly at people who move to Switzerland [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/19/new-brochure-for-immigrants-lays-out-the-basics/feed/ 0 Switzerland refunded CHF1.5m, paid by Qaddafi, held by Germanyhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/08/switzerland-refunded-chf1-5m-paid-by-qaddafi-held-by-germany/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/08/switzerland-refunded-chf1-5m-paid-by-qaddafi-held-by-germany/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:26:40 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58623 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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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/08/switzerland-refunded-chf1-5m-paid-by-qaddafi-held-by-germany/feed/ 0 Duvalier money goes to court after 25 years (update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/02/duvalier-money-goes-to-court-after-25-years-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/02/duvalier-money-goes-to-court-after-25-years-update/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 10:01:13 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57133 GenevaLunch.com Update 12:50  Bern / Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The argument over who gets the Duvalier millions, some CHF5.8 million of them, will finally be heard in court, with the Swiss government 2 May initiating forfeiture proceedings at the Swiss Administrative High Court. The proceedings are the first under a Swiss law that went into effect [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/02/duvalier-money-goes-to-court-after-25-years-update/feed/ 0 Geneva airport given emergency fuel guaranteehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/29/geneva-airport-given-emergency-fuel-guarantee/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/29/geneva-airport-given-emergency-fuel-guarantee/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:54:30 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=49150 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Geneva Airport has been given the right by the Swiss federal government to dip into the country’s strategic petrol supplies  to cover emergency fuel needs until the end of 2010. The airport’s supplies have fallen due to the French strikes of recent weeks. Zurich and Basel airports’ petrol supplies have not [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/29/geneva-airport-given-emergency-fuel-guarantee/feed/ 0 One of three US hikers freed by Iranhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/14/one-of-three-us-hikers-freed-by-iran/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/14/one-of-three-us-hikers-freed-by-iran/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:32:38 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=47015 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Sarah Shourd, 32, one of three hikers who were arrested by Iran in July 2009 for spying after they crossed into Iran from Iraq at an unmarked border, has been seen leaving  prison, and it’s been confirmed on a web site run by the hikers’ family, that she was headed for [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/14/one-of-three-us-hikers-freed-by-iran/feed/ 0 Bern comes in for heavy criticism over UBS casehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/01/bern-comes-in-for-heavy-criticism-over-ubs-case/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/01/bern-comes-in-for-heavy-criticism-over-ubs-case/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 07:04:31 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=42627 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss Federal Council, the country’s seven member executive, comes in for heavy criticism for its handling of the UBS affair with the United States late 2008 and early 2009. The report is published by the parliamentary joint Control Commissions (CC) 30 May. The report documents a crisis of leadership at [...]

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