Burmese government breaks own law
GenevaLunch News A UN body has ruled that the detention of Myanmar democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi is illegal under Burmese domestic law. Suu Kyi has spent more than 13 years confined by house...
View ArticleVaud and Geneva put conditions on RSR, TSR merger
GenevaLunch News Geneva / Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The merger of TSR, public television in French-speaking Switzerland, and RSR, public radio, is meeting some resistance from cantonal...
View ArticleCornavin looks north to handle boom in train travel
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss travelers increased their use of trains by 27 percent from 2005 to 2010 and one of the fastest-growing train routes, in terms of passenger numbers, is the...
View ArticleIsrael fires missile into Syria, first since 1973
GenevaLunch News Breaking news: Syrian opposition groups sign on to a coalition GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Israel filed three complaints with the UN in 10 days about Syrian fighting spilling across the...
View ArticleObama’s gun control plan unveiled
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – US President Barack Obama’s gun control programme, the source of much speculation in the past few days, was unveiled Wednesday 16 January, a month after a mass...
View ArticleSyrian rebels given Geneva Conventions training in Alps
GenevaLunch News Rebels accused by human rights group of destroying religious buildings GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A group of 15 Syrian rebel leaders were brought to Switzerland by the Foreign Affairs...
View ArticleTunisian opposition leader shot, riots in streets
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid was shot to death outside his home in Tunis Wednesday and thousands of protesters took to the streets throughout the...
View ArticleSwiss military conscription must remain, says parliament
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss citizens will have a chance to vote on keeping the country’s obligatory military service for men, but there is no support for a change from the political...
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