Wednesday night football, 2 big friendlies
GenevaLunch News Home friendly for Switzerland with Argentina Two big ones are England vs The Netherlands and Germany vs France GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Football fans who are not heading to Bern for the...
View ArticleSports,football: Messi magic sinks Swiss (update)
GenevaLunch News Dutch ride over England Update 23:00 BERN, SWITZERLAND – Three goals from Lionel Messi gave Argentina a 1-3 win over Switzerland in their friendly match, 29 February. The game was...
View ArticleFalklands/Malvinas anniversary observed with some tension
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Thirty years ago today, 2 April 1982, the Falklands War began, when the UK sent troops to rebuff what the British refer to as an invasion of the island they have...
View ArticleBolivia seizes Spanish power company
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Bolivian president Evo Morales announced the expropriation of Spanish power firm Red Eléctrica Española’s shares in that country during a televised celebration...
View ArticleArgentinian Dirty War victim identified after 36 years
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The body of a man who had dissappeared 36 years ago during Argentina’s “dirty wars” was identified, bringing closure to a daughter brought up by military parents....
View ArticleProtests against Swiss mining giant Xstrata kill 2 in Peru
GenevaLunch News Scores injured at Tintaya copper mine ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – A week-long protest that blocked access to Tintaya, a copper mine owned by Swiss mining company Xstrata, turned violent...
View ArticleUK rejects Argentina’s bid for Falklands talks
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Britain rejected Argentina’s request Thursday 14 June to resolve the conflict over the Falkland Islands through negotiations. British Prime Minister David Cameron...
View ArticleArgentina responds to IMF pressure at UN
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner rejected criticism by the International Monetary Fund of her government’s presentation of economic...
View ArticleArgentinian cardinal chosen as new pope
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was chosen Wednesday evening 13 March to become the new pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, taking...
View ArticleFloods: Mauritius recovering, Argentina hit – 54 deaths (update)
GenevaLunch News Update 23:55 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – News is coming in Wednesday evening that 46 people have died from floods in the town of La Plata, Argentina, near the capital. Heavy rains and...
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