GenevaLunch » vote 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 Swiss gov’t recommends “no” vote on abortion pay cutshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/09/swiss-govt-recommends-no-vote-on-abortion-pay-cuts/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/09/swiss-govt-recommends-no-vote-on-abortion-pay-cuts/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 17:52:43 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70080 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss government recommended Wednesday 9 May that citizens vote against an upcoming popular initiative that would end reimbursement for abortions under the mandatory health insurance system. The cabinet said, after studying the proposal that will go to voters, that economic considerations should not come into play when a woman is weighting [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/09/swiss-govt-recommends-no-vote-on-abortion-pay-cuts/feed/ 0 Swiss voters will decide immigration cap questionhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/21/swiss-voters-will-decide-immigration-cap-question/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/21/swiss-voters-will-decide-immigration-cap-question/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:56:29 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68121 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Federal Chancellery said late Wednesday that enough signatures have been verified to put the UDC-sponsored popular initiative “Against mass immigration” on the ballot. More than 135,000 signatures were gathered; 100,000 are needed to put an initiative to voters. Text of the popular initiative, Fre

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/21/swiss-voters-will-decide-immigration-cap-question/feed/ 0 Fight over new law on second residences heats uphttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/21/fight-over-new-law-on-second-residences-heats-up/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/21/fight-over-new-law-on-second-residences-heats-up/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:53:30 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68064 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss voted to clamp down on second homes earlier in March, but the new law is leading to a debate as heated as the pre-vote one. At issue: when precisely the law goes into effect and what exactly constitutes a second home. Canton Valais, which voted overwhelmingly against the new law [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/21/fight-over-new-law-on-second-residences-heats-up/feed/ 0 Parliament votes for Swiss-US tax treaty amendmenthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/05/parliament-votes-for-swiss-us-tax-treaty-amendment/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/05/parliament-votes-for-swiss-us-tax-treaty-amendment/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:45:45 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67305 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The lower house of the Swiss parliament Monday 5 March voted strongly in favour of an amended US-Swiss tax treaty, 116-52, thus backing a vote by the upper house in December 2011. Some foreign media coverage of the vote implies that the treaty is designed to help out 11 Swiss banks under [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/05/parliament-votes-for-swiss-us-tax-treaty-amendment/feed/ 0 US House of Reps reaffirms US trust in Godhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/02/us-house-of-reps-reaffirms-us-trust-in-god/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/02/us-house-of-reps-reaffirms-us-trust-in-god/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:09:05 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63122 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The US lower house of Congress, the House of Representatives, voted overwhelmingly Wednesday 2 November in favour of a resolution reconfirming the country’s motto, “In God we trust”. The motion is non-binding, reports CNS news. “The resolution approved Tuesday not only reaffirms the national motto, it also supports and encourages its public [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/02/us-house-of-reps-reaffirms-us-trust-in-god/feed/ 1 Europe reacts strongly to Greek bailout vote proposalhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/europe-reacts-strongly-to-greek-bailout-vote-proposal/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/europe-reacts-strongly-to-greek-bailout-vote-proposal/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:18:15 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63097 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Europe’s politicians reacted with surprise and anger during the day Tuesday to the surprise announcement by Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou that he wants a referendum that will allow Greeks to vote on an EU bailout package. In Greece, there were calls Tuesday evening for the prime minister to resign. The package [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/europe-reacts-strongly-to-greek-bailout-vote-proposal/feed/ 0 Unesco gives Palestine the vote despite US budget threathttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/unesco-gives-palestine-the-vote-despite-us-budget-threat/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/unesco-gives-palestine-the-vote-despite-us-budget-threat/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:02:08 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63034 GenevaLunch.com PARIS, FRANCE – Unesco Monday voted to give Palestine full membership, despite an appeal and financial threat from the United States to withhold $80 million in funding. It called the move premature. The vote was 107 in favour, 14 against, with 52 nations abstaining. VOA reports that “The Palestinian success in Paris could be costly [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/unesco-gives-palestine-the-vote-despite-us-budget-threat/feed/ 0 China, Russia veto UN resolution on Syriahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/05/china-russia-veto-un-resolution-on-syria/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/05/china-russia-veto-un-resolution-on-syria/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:24:36 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62097 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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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/05/china-russia-veto-un-resolution-on-syria/feed/ 0 European Court finds minarets case “inadmissable”http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/08/european-court-finds-minarets-case-inadmissable/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/08/european-court-finds-minarets-case-inadmissable/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:29:30 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59549 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The European Court of Human Rights Friday 8 July ruled that two cases brought against Switzerland are “inadmissable”: the Swiss popular vote against the construction of new minarets does not directly violate the rights of those who filed complaints with the court in December 2009. Switzerland voted against the construction of new [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/08/european-court-finds-minarets-case-inadmissable/feed/ 0 Wednesday likely to become school day in Genevahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/27/wednesday-likely-to-become-school-day-in-geneva/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/27/wednesday-likely-to-become-school-day-in-geneva/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 08:33:22 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58215 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva is the only canton where children up to age 12 don’t attend school on Wednesday morning, but this is likely to change in 2013. The cantonal government Thursday evening 26 May voted 56 to 22, with 4 abstaining, in favour of having school Wednesday morning, in part to bring the canton [...]

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