GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss media today are featuring stories on: Tribune de Geneve reacts angrily to US-based intellectual property group 8 February telling Congress to place Switzerland on its watch list for Internet piracy. (Original 2013 report on Switzerland from IIPA and 2013 IIPA cover letter on its annual international review, both released 8 February). Canada, Spain [...]
Stanford gets 111 years, slightly fewer than Madoff
June 15, 2012 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Big spender Texan Allen Stanford had his day in court, and it wasn’t a good one for him. But the middle income clients who say he fleeced them of their limited wealth appeared happy with the judge’s sentence: 110 years in prison for fraud, without the possibility of parole. Stanford, who led [...]
Charles Taylor convicted of 11 war crimes
April 26, 2012 by
Former president of Liberia first head of state indicted, tried and convicted in an int’l court GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia, was convicted in The Hague Thursday 26 April on 11 counts of war crimes by the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The court’s statement noted that the 11-count indictment alleged [...]
Avalanche search at Diablerets called off
March 1, 2012 by
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The search for victims of an avalanche at Les Diablerets in canton Vaud has been called off, after 150 rescue workers combed the area and ran tests for evidence of victims Wednesday evening 29 February that showed no evidence anyone was caught by it. A team is back on the slopes Thursday [...]
Survivors cheer Turkey, but snow hampers rescue work
October 28, 2011 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Work continues to find survivors and clear rubble five days after the area around the town of Ercis was struck 23 October by a 7.5 earthquake, but snow and freezing rain are hampering the effort and causing major problems for victims, many of whom are still reportedly without shelter. Survivors have been [...]
Genocide victims’ bones found at Rwanda Hotel
July 20, 2011 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The badly decomposed remains of 15 victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi population in Rwanda have been found at the Hotel Tech in the district of Remere in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. Authorities were told of the bodies in May and the process of exhuming them began in mid-July. [...]
Migration Organization launches new Pakistan flood appeal: $141m
September 20, 2010 by
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The International Migration Organization in Geneva Monday 20 September launched a new, second major appeal to international donors, for help aiding victims of Pakistan’s ongoing flood crisis. The IOM is asking for $114 million in new funds to help the 20 million people affected by the country’s worst-ever flooding. It follows [...]
Missing your jewels? Lausanne might have them
July 14, 2010 by
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – If you have jewelry that went missing in 2009 or early 2010, you would do well to contact the city of Lausanne, which is working with city police to identify the owners of a spectacular haul of jewels made in February. Lausanne police seized 900 items of gold jewelry at the [...]
Area of Paris-Rio flight black box pinpointed
May 6, 2010 by
Paris, France (GenevaLunch) – An area 5km by 5km has been pinpointed, say French authorities, where the black box from the Rio to Paris Air France flight AF447 disappeared inexplicably 1 June 2009. New technology has made it possible to get a more precise location, and the French government has requested that the search continue. [...]
Brig police ex-boss sentenced, child sex charges
April 2, 2010 by
Sion, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The former second in command of the police in canton Valais was fined CHF16,500 and handed a suspended sentence of 100 days of community service 1 April in a case of child sexual abuse. He was charged with sexual acts involving a 13-year-old girl. The case underscores some of the difficulties [...]
