Switzerland

Date: May 28th, 2003 |

Switzerland has stiffened its border controls as a security precaution for the G8 summit in Evian, near Geneva, systematically checking vehicles and luggage, so travel in the area around Geneva could be disrupted. Authorities in Geneva have banned masked demonstrators from rallies and intend to hold organizers responsible for any disturbances. About 100,000 protesters are [read more]

Switzerland

Date: March 5th, 2003 |

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The U.S. consulates in Geneva and Zurich were temporarily closed as a security precaution twice in the past couple of weeks, Feb. 26-28 and March 3-4, because the U.S. Embassy in Bern received information of a threat to American property or buildings in Switzerland. The embassy remained open. Check the following web site for updates [read more]

Switzerland

Date: October 30th, 2001 |

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North-south traffic through the Alps may be significantly hindered following a head-on collision that produced a raging fire that killed at least 11 people in the Gotthard tunnel. The tunnel may be closed for months, reducing the capacity of an already diminished alpine highway system which has yet to recover from a similar fire in [read more]

Switzerland

Date: April 29th, 2003 |

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The 2003 G8 meeting is scheduled for June 1-3 in the resort of Evian, France on Lake Geneva, and some 12,000 security personnel, half from France, half from Switzerland, are planning to seal off the area and keep protesters several miles away from the resort. The Swiss government has announced that it will ban aircraft [read more]

Switzerland

Date: December 30th, 2002 |

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The World Economic Forum will meet in Davos Jan. 23-28, and Swiss authorities are confident they can maintain order by permitting peaceful demonstrations and guarding against agitators interested in prompting violence. For the meeting two years ago demonstrations were prohibited, access to the center city was blocked, and even train schedules were changed to prevent [read more]

Switzerland

Date: May 30th, 2001 |

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The World Economic Forum takes place in Davos January 25-31, and like similar conferences held by international organizations, the WTO in Seattle, IMF in Washington, D.C., and IMF/World Bank in Prague, may be plagued by demonstrations. Several groups have vowed to disrupt the meetings with protests in Davos and surrounding areas. The rest of Switzerland [read more]

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