GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss government announced tighter sanctions against the Syrian government Wednesday 19 December, in alignment with measures taken by the European Union. A communiqué issued by the Federal Council listed the new measures, which include the ban of all sales and purchases of military equipment to and from Syria, an embargo on concluding [...]
Arab League votes immediate sanctions against Syria
November 27, 2011 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Nineteen of the 22 members of the Arab League voted Sunday 27 November for sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, effective immediately. The sanctions include travel bans, freezing government assets and end to Arab investments and dealings with Syria’s central bank. The sanctions come as the number of deaths [...]
Seco confirms CHF27m in Syrian assets frozen
July 3, 2011 by
BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs confirmed to ATS and AP news agencies Sunday that the government has blocked more than CHF27 million in Syrian assets, although it has not confirmed if they belong to Bachar al-Assad, president. He and his brother are on a list of 23 persons whose assets were [...]
Swiss toughen sanctions against Iran
January 19, 2011 by
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss government is increasing sanctions against Iran to the same level as those put in place by its main commercial partners, the government said Wednesday morning 19 January. The tougher measures were taken to ensure that Switzerland is not used by Iran to get around the stricter sanctions put in [...]
