Internet Hall of Fame Inductees Honored at Historic First Annual Awards Ceremony in Geneva
Region: Switzerland
Switzerland, Geneva, April 24, 2012: Honoring the achievement of the people in making the internet, the Internet Society (ISOC) celebrated its inductees’ landmark achievements at Global INET 2012 honoring the names of the Internet pioneers, Innovators, and luminaries in its new website Internet Hall of Fame, www.internethalloffame.org. The Internet Hall of Fame is an annual awards program that has been esta... more
Views: 1086Rising concern over human rights violations in Pakistani Kashmir
Region: SwitzerlandGeneva, Switzerland Participants of a seminar held during 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council at United Nations headquarters have urged Pakistan to stop human rights violations in its administrated Kashmir and Gilgit Balitistan regions. The seminar on the human rights situation and constitutional impasse in Pakistan administered Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan was organized by Center for ... more
Views: 1387US Justice and State Departments have Vanquished Swiss Banking Secrecy Laws
Region: Switzerland
In what can be seen, in retrospect, as a monumental and culminating moment that was preceded with months of threats and subtle pressure, the US Government has just about erased any semblance of the ill reputed Swiss Banking Secrecy Law that has been around for over 75 years. The Swiss economy has been, at the best of times, dependent on its financial services for a little over 10% of GDP output. With the ... more
Views: 901The Tuesday Deadline Gives the Swiss Goverment no Choice but to Provide Bank Details
Region: Switzerland
Estimates range from anything between 20 to 30 Billion USD stashed away in Swiss banks, kept away from the prying eyes of the IRS. The Swiss have little choice but to kowtow to the growing pressure that has been building up worldwide to active transnational tax fraud. In this case actively pursued and abetted by Swiss financial intermediaries and banks. It truly appears to be the end of the road for the hallowed and, i... more
Views: 1542Politics Depicts Your Average John Doe OR Your Fears Find Succour With Your Favourite Politician
Region: Switzerland
"Government of the people by the people shall not perish from the Earth" were the words of Abraham Lincoln. School children are made to ponder on this quote and many a school assignment has been garnished with a debate on this Gettysburg Address. 150 years since, democracies hold true to the essential truth that we the people get the government we deserve. And this applies to all free and pluralistic democracies, irres... more
Views: 1431OECD Questions Switzerland's Business Ownership Practices
Region: Switzerland
Switzerland's cloaking practices as a tax haven are well known, but there appear to be a couple of practices that the OECD still finds anathema to an open and transparent business environment. Both practices in themselves may not be considered as illegal, but could in practice be used to cloak activities with a nefarious purpose. One is the practice of issuing bearer shares that bestow upon the shareholder all rights a... more
Views: 1269The Onslaught on Swiss Banks II
Region: SwitzerlandGeneral Carl von Clausewitz called tactics as the theory of the use of military forces in combat and strategy as the theory of the use of combat for the object of the war. In the war of financial interests, the Swiss Government appears to follow strategic goals in protecting their Financial Industry interests by agreeing to hand over the data of 4’000 US American Swiss bank customers to the US Government. ... more
Views: 1756Switzerland's Tell is no match for the Libyan Colonel
Region: Switzerland
Nations have their own heroes who have played a decisive role in the mythology of a country’s history. Be it a Thomas Jefferson or a William Tell. Switzerland calls upon the latter as one of the Founding Fathers in the fight against tyranny. Faced with a modern day equivalent in the form of the Gadhafi clan, Switzerland is at its wits’ end. Having arraigned Hannibal Gadhafi in 2008 for aggravated assault a... more
Views: 1089The Onslaught on Swiss Banks
Region: Switzerland
Switzerland has lately been given the once over from a few countries for its history of a no questions asked safe vault for money from around the world. Rapped on the knuckles by the OECD, it has made attempts to cleanse its banking to some extent, and upbraided for its silence on Jewish monies that have lain unclaimed over years, it was compelled to find a solution. Nevertheless, the question arises, keeping asi... more
Views: 1570Attack on WFP unjustifiable: UN Secretary-General
Region: Switzerland
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today most strongly condemned the suicidal attack on the World Food Offices in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital. According to UN sources, a few have been confirmed dead while the critically injured are being treated in hospital. But the Pakistani newspaper Dawn says that at least five have been killed in the attack. The newspaper quotes Pakistani Interior Minist... more
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