Bern school alert was a 16-year-old’s bad joke
GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland (RSR, Fre) – Police in Bern say that a 16-year-old has admitted to making two anonymous phone calls last week that led to 1,200 students being evacuated and a...
View ArticleWorld arms spending up 45% in 9 years
GenevaLunch News The world is spending 45 percent more on arms than it did in 1999, and military spending rose by 4 percent in 2008 alone, says Sipri (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)....
View ArticleUN votes for toughest-yet sanctions for Iran
GenevaLunch News The UN Security Council voted 12-2 for new and tougher sanctions against Iran in an effort to force it to stop its nuclear programme. Turkey and Brazil voted against sanctions and...
View ArticleLithuania sentences Irishman on arms deal to Real IRA
GenevaLunch News LITHUANIA – A court in Lithuania has sentenced Michael Campbell of Ireland to 12 years in prison for attempting to smuggle arms from that country to the Real IRA, a paramilitary group...
View ArticleSwitzerland sending DR Congo material to safely remove arms stocks
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – UN specialist workers are being given, for work in the Republic of Congo, 300 systems to safely remove arms stockpiles from a distance. The systems are being...
View ArticleSwiss Army cracks down on arms, to cut abusive use
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Some 27,000 former soldiers in the Swiss Army, the national militia, were sent letters in March, the army said 2 May, as part of tougher measures to ensure that...
View ArticleGrowing interest in old military arms at home prompts hotline
GenevaLunch News Phone number and e-mail address: +41 31 324 57 00 and armemilitaire@vtg.admin.ch BERN, SWITZERLAND – The federal government has set up a hotline and an e-mail address to more quickly...
View ArticleJustice records to go to army for potentially dangerous soldiers
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Court records of soldiers who may be potentially dangerous to themselves or others will in future have to be shared by public prosecutors directly with the Swiss...
View ArticleSwiss gov’t bans mercenary companies, refuses US-Saudi arms sale
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss mercenaries are a thing of the past in every sense, with a new ban expected on companies with mercenaries. The Swiss Federal Council sent its proposed law to...
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