Swiss cabinet says no to political ads on TV, radio
GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The Swiss Federal Council (cabinet) has told Parliament it does not want the country’s political parties to advertise on television or radio in the...
View ArticleSwiss death penalty proposal dies quick death
GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – In one of the fastest political turnarounds in recent memory, a popular initiative to reinstate the death penalty has died, a day after it was...
View ArticleIrish parties struggle to form coalition government
GenevaLunch News Ireland’s political parties are slowly working through the issues that will face a new coalition government, even as recounts from are underway in some areas, notably Galway West. The...
View ArticleChange was the political word in Geneva, Vaud Sunday
GenevaLunch News Out with the old, in with the new, but no clear leanings surface Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva’s long-reigning political domination by the left has ended, but the city’s...
View ArticleCalmy-Rey leaves cabinet post open in December
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey, 66, confirmed Wednesday that she will not stand for re-election to the Swiss Federal Council in December, ending her nine years...
View ArticleSwiss elections Sunday promise low drama despite goats, growing right
GenevaLunch News Guide to Swiss 23 October parliamentary elections BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss voters are voting Sunday 23 October to elect a new parliament. Headlines, especially outside Switzerland,...
View ArticleNew parties strengthen Swiss centre
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – The slight increase that Swiss political observers were forecasting for the strength of the right during Switzerland’s parliamentary elections failed to materialize...
View ArticleAnti-corruption group says Swiss need political contributions law
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland’s anti-corruption laws are good, but they should be strengthened, the government has been told by The Council of Europe’s Group of States against...
View ArticleGeneva councilor Muller steps down
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Mark Muller, Geneva cantonal councilor, handed in his resignation Monda 27 February, saying that he is tired of being continually harassed in the past year. His...
View ArticleDesignated new PM for Italy gives some hope for stalemate end
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Enrico Letta has one of the world’s most unenviable tasks, getting Italian politicians to work together, and a hopeful sign he might manage it is that criticism...
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