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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Swiss gov’t to open kidnapping, extortion case against Libya
June 6, 2011 by
BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss government decided Monday morning 6 June to allow its federal public prosecutor to bring criminal charges against Libya for kidnapping, extortion and blackmail, in relation to the 2008-2010 case of two Swiss businessman nabbed by the Qaddafi regime. Switzerland for a period avoided using the word “kidnapping” to describe the [...]
Qaddafi son paid CHF1.5m by Swiss in summer 2010
March 4, 2011 by
Unclear if money still in German account Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss media reports Friday morning on a payment by Switzerland to Hannibal Qaddafi, son of the Libyan leader, show some confusion over whether or not the Qaddafi clan actually picked up the CHF1.5 million. The payment to the younger son of Qaddafi was agreed [...]
Swiss party just can’t get its poster right
November 2, 2010 by
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Geneva political party MCG just cannot get its poster right for the 28 November popular referendum vote on shipping out foreigners who commit serious crimes. The Tribune de Geneve announced Tuesday 2 November it is billing the party for copyright infringement for using a photo from the newspaper on a [...]
Commissioners named for Qadaffi arbitration
June 25, 2010 by
Bern goes to court over Geneva police leak Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – The Libyan affair continues in Switzerland, even if the businessmen held hostage by Libya have returned home: the Federal Council agreed Thursday to go to court over the leak from Geneva’s police department of a police photo of Hannibal Qadaffi. Hannibal is the [...]
Swiss gov’t put CHF1.5m into German bank for Libya
June 16, 2010 by
Details linked to Swiss-Libyan agreement surfacing Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss Foreign Affairs Department has confirmed to Swiss public radio and television media reports that it has put CHF1.5 million into a bank account in Germany for Libya. The money will be paid to Libya in the case a judicial investigation in Geneva does [...]
Geneva’s judicial hearings over Qadaffi photo turns up little
June 15, 2010 by
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The thief or thieves of a police mug shot of Hannibal Qadaffi, remain unidentified, despite an investigation in Geneva that has lasted nearly a year. Pierre Ruetschi, editor-in-chief of the Tribune de Geneve newspaper, continues to defend his publication’s use of a photo of Hannibal Qadaffi, son of the Libyan leader, [...]
Max Goeldi flies to Switzerland, Swiss thank Germany, Spain (update)
June 14, 2010 by
Update 19:00 [Video] Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Max Goeldi, the Swiss businessman held by Libya for nearly two years on what eventually became charges for visa irregularities, flew home to Switzerland via Tunis late Sunday night, arriving at Zurich Airport at 01:20 for an emotional reunion with his family (TSR, Fre). Monday he gave a [...]
Switzerland, Libya sign agreement, Goeldi flying home (update 3)
June 13, 2010 by
Update 3 / 14 June Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss businessman Max Goeldi, freed from prison in Libya 10 June, is en route home to Switzerland, news agency AFP reports his lawyer as saying Sunday night, possibly via Tunis. Switzerland and Libya signed a “plan of action” Sunday in Tripoli, with Germany and Spain also [...]
