If you haven’t yet realized what happened to our world news, look a little further down the page and you’ll find we now carry feeds from news agencies from several countries, with sound journalism such as this news article from Aljazeera on the Myanmar boat tragedy that killed some 200 people.
Swiss-Chinese agree on free trade terms
May 13, 2013 by
BERN, SWITZERLAND – China and Switzerland concluded free trade negotiations over the weekend and are now preparing the agreement for signing, the Foreign Affairs Department said Monday 13 May. The two countries agreed, during a 9th and final round of talks, on final technical terms. The Swiss Federal Council will review the proposal Wednesday, while [...]
Celebrity watches, jewels boost Geneva auctions
May 13, 2013 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Gina Lollobrigida was in town and so was Leo Messi’s watch, for auctions at Sotheby’s. Messi’s watch, described by the auction house as a “Audemars Piguet’s limited edition watch made in honour of the World’s Best Footballer”, was bought 11 May by a private collector in the US who also won the [...]
Helvetic Air’s first Airbus now in Zurich
May 10, 2013 by
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The first Airbus 319 for airline Helvetic has landed in Zurich. It joins the fleet of six Fokker 100 planes and will be used for regular flight operations in Europe and Africa from Geneva, Berne and Zurich. The plane will fly to the following destinations, among others, for Kuoni Reisen: Fuerteventura/Arecife, Rhodes, [...]
ABB leader’s departure a surprise
May 10, 2013 by
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Joe Hogan, 56, will be leaving his job as chief executive of ABB, the company said Friday 10 May in a surprise announcement. A spokesperson says that his departure is for personal reasons but is not health-related nor has there been any disagreement between the company and its head. Hogan will gradually [...]
Belgian heist diamonds found in Geneva
May 8, 2013 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Scores of people have been arrested, eight of them in Geneva, after “a very large quantity of diamonds was seized, which come from the spectacular heist at Brussels Airport last February”, Geneva’s cantonal justice officials said Wednesday 8 May. The theft was one of the largest ever hauls of stolen diamonds. Police [...]
Bern hearing on GVA airport extension
May 8, 2013 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The federal government Wednesday 8 May opened its public hearing into Geneva airport‘s plans to extend the east wing of the airport, which Bern calls “very important” for the future of Geneva’s international airport. It will affect mainly long-haul large planes. The airport was the scene Tuesday of the inauguration of the [...]
WTO opts for Brazil’s Azevedo
May 7, 2013 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The World Trade Organization late Tuesday 7 May selected Robert Azevedo as its next director-general, Swiss public broadcaster RTS announced during the evening. RTS bases its report on diplomatic sources and says the official announcement will be made by the WTO Wednesday; its sources say the race between Azevedo and Mexican Herminio [...]
Would this work in the US?
May 7, 2013 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / EDITOR’S NOTEPAD – This just in the door, about Riadh Ben Aissa, former SNC Lavalin executive, filing charges against Swiss Federal Prosecutor Michael Lauber. Tunisian-Canadian Ben Aissa was arrested in Switzerland in April 2012 amid a scandal involving millions missing from the Canadian company’s coffers. This was no ordinary scandal with accusations [...]
Switzerland not being abandoned by multi-millionaires
May 7, 2013 by
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – If you want to meet rich people go to Tokyo, but if you want to meet really rich people, London is the place to be. Zurich and Geneva aren’t bad for the super-rich, either, it seems. A new list of the top 20 cities with millionaires doesn’t include any Swiss cities, but [...]
