Libya arrests two Swiss businessmen
The two Swiss businessmen held in Libya for more than a year were arrested by Libyan authorities one week ago, Switzerland's foreign ministry confirmed on Friday. They were taken into custody on September 18 after they were summoned for a "medical examination", the Libyan foreign ministry said in...
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- News Source: SwissInfo | about 1 month agoThe two Swiss businessmen held in Libya for more than a year were arrested by Libyan authorities one week ago, Switzerland's foreign ministry confirmed on Friday. They were taken into custody on September 18 after they were summoned for a "medical...
- News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal | about 1 month agoThe Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development removed Switzerland from its so-called gray list of uncooperative tax havens Friday, lifting some political pressure on the world's largest offshore banking center...But in order to be removed...
- News Source: SwissInfo | about 1 month agoSwiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz says he is "proud" that the country is off an international list of tax havens but has warned that Switzerland is not in the clear. Switzerland had been officially removed from the so-called "grey list" of tax havens.
- News Source: GMA News | about 1 month agoThe leaders of Switzerland and Libya sought to defuse tensions between the two nations at a meeting on the sidelines of the U.N...The ministry in Bern said that Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz met with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to discuss "...
- News Source: Uinta County News | about 1 month agoMerz, who is this year's Swiss president, was speaking in New York at the 64th General Assembly of the United Nations. While repeating the Swiss view that the UN itself has to reform, he said that the "exchange between the UN and other fora such as...
- News Source: Press TV | about 1 month agoThe Swiss finance ministry said on Thursday that Merz had received an assurance over the freedom of two Swiss men detained in Libya last year over alleged visa violations. The meeting in New York on Wednesday evening "focused on the normalization of...
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- Blog Source: al-darb.blogspot.comGadhafi meets Swiss leader in NY amid tensions. Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi has reportedly met with Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz on the sidelines of the annual UN General Assembly meeting, amid rising tensions. ...
- Blog Source: www.opalesque.comThe Swiss branch of the Libyan African Portfolio, which manages over five billion dollars ($5 billion) in assets, “is looking to leave Geneva before year end due to current tensions” between Switzerland and Libya, said the October ...
- Blog Source: genevalunch.comThis development must not take place at the expense of other nations or global institutions such as the UN.” Libya and Switzerland's removal from the OECD gray list also made headlines in Switzerland and elsewhere. ...
- Blog Source: blog.taragana.comThe symbolic step came as Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Libyan leader Gadhafi chastises UN for failing to prevent wars, inequality among nations ...
- Blog Source: therearenosunglasses.wordpress.comResponding to his statement, Christa Markwaler, a Swiss parliamentarian said: “We are concerned that Libya will attempt to use its year-long presidency of the UN General Assembly to damage Switzerland's reputation.” ...
- Blog Source: genevalunch.comBern, Switzerland/New York, NY, USA (GenevaLunch) - Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz and Libyan leader Muammar Qadaffi met in New York on the fringes of the UN General Assembly, to discuss the fate of the two Swiss businessmen who have ...
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