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Swiss-Indian trade shows “fulgarant” growth, says Bern

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:49:42 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Trade between India and Switzerland, currently negotiating a bilateral free trade treaty, has grown at a “fulgerant” rate in the past 20 years, the Swiss Customs Office says. Exports from Switzerland to India grew by 18 percent in the first nine months of 2011 and have now crossed the threshold of CHF3 [...]

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India, Switzerland strengthen ties, sign fiscal agreement

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:16:14 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil’s two-day visit to Switzerland that began Monday has already resulted in a number of initiatives, including a request by India for Switzerland’s support for an Indian seat on the UN Security Council as well as a fiscal agreement, and 11 new joint scientific research programmes. Switzerland is [...]

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Tuvalu signs Ottawa Convention on de-mining, 1st nation since 2007

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:27:15 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The island nation of Tuvalu 13 September became the 157th nation to sign the Ottawa Convention, also known as the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. It is the first new country to adhere to the convention since 2007, and its accession brings “near universal acceptance of this landmark treaty in the Pacific,” the [...]

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Swiss Senate body says US must respect Swiss law, treaty redux not an option

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:06:51 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Swiss upper house Monday 5 September rejected a new tax assistance treaty with the US, saying that it has been kept informed by Federal Councillor and Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf of discussions with the US over possible Swiss bank involvement in tax fraud cases. The committee [...]

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Swiss Bankers’ Odier says new US tax money treaty unlikely (update)

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:19:07 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Odier praises recent agreements with UK, Germany and says US must respect existing Swiss law ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Patrick Odier, president of the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA), says that a new Swiss treaty with the US, similar to the one negotiated for the transfer of banking data from UBS to the US but covering additional [...]

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Swiss gov’t cluster munitions treaty to Parliament for ratification

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:04:06 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss government Monday 6 June agreed, as expected, to ratify the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). It signed the treaty in Dublin in 2008, along with 106 other countries, but needed to take the convention through several stages before ratification. A key step was the revision of Switzerland’s war material [...]

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Geneva to host Start implementation meetings

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:58:35 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – US President Barack Obama Wednesday 2 February signed the Start treaty with Russia, following approval by Congress. Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev initialled the treaty in Prague in April 2010, but it required US Senate ratification. The treaty will come into force 5 February when the two countries’ heads of [...]

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Nicaragua’s last landmines go: Central America landmine-free

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:26:32 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Central America has become landmine-free, thanks to the elimination of all known landmines in Nicaragua, two representatives of its government told a working session of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention Tuesday 22 June. “After two decades of work, Nicaragua is proud to announce that we have completed clearance of all known [...]

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Swiss-US treaty hits new snag over referendum

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:14:49 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lower house of Parliament insists on referendum, motion now goes to commission Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The lower house of the Swiss parliament Wednesday afternoon repeated its earlier vote in favour of a popular referendum on the Swiss-US treaty covering possibly fraudulent use of some UBS bank accounts. The upper house earlier in the day [...]

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US-Swiss treaty passes Parliament – but with a hitch

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:33:07 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Cliff-hanger continues over treaty as lower house says yes – but with option to put vote to national referendum Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The right-wing UDC party held to its promise and supported the US-Swiss treaty covering a US request for judicial assistance for 4,450 UBS bank accounts. The treaty passed, 81 in favour, 61 [...]

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