Kofi Annan seeks Iran’s support on Syria
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – United Nations special envoy Kofi Annan is urging Syrian ally, Iran, to help in an effort to achieve peace, The joint UN and Arab League appointee on Syria met...
View ArticleMajor Afghan refugee conference in Geneva seeks long-term solutions
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – US President Barack Obama’s surprise visit to Afghanistan 1 May has focused world attention on the country itself, but a two-day conference 2-3 May in Geneva is...
View ArticleCartoonists for peace vs heroes (update – correction)
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Cartoonists for Peace have a terrific display of posters along the shores of Lake Geneva, stretching from the Mont Blanc bridge area up to the World Trade...
View ArticleGeneva prepares to host special Syria meeting
GenevaLunch News Clinton, Lavrov among leaders coming for Saturday special session, as fighting worsens in Syria GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A high-level emergency meeting called for Saturday 30 June in...
View ArticleSwitzerland steps up sanctions against Iran
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland is stepping up measures against Iran to bring sanctions mostly into line with European Union ones, the Federal Department of Economic Affairs announced...
View ArticleIran earthquake toll continues to rise
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Mixed reports are surfacing of Iran’s efforts to deliver help to the relatively isolated area in the country’s northwest, not far from the city of Tabriz, with...
View ArticleSwitzerland sends half million francs in aid to Iran earthquake victims
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland has sent two logistics experts with 40 tons of emergency supplies to northwestern Iran, scene of a series of earthquakes earlier in August. A...
View ArticleSwiss criticized for slowness to embrace EU Iran sanctions
GenevaLunch News Vitol subsidiary’s purchase of Iranian oil targeted by Israeli, US critics BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland has been criticized harshly by the Jerusalem Post for what the Israeli...
View ArticleSwiss lead European call to end death penalty
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – A number of major European newspapers ran articles calling for an end to the death penalty, Wednesday 10 October, to mark the 10th annual World Day Against the...
View ArticleN Korea nuclear test provokes widespread outrage
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Few governments have remained quiet about North Korea’s third nuclear explosion Monday 11 February, which was registered in several places as a seismic activity....
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