Moritz Leuenberger

Minister calls for tough line on road safety

GenevaLunch (Free subscription) | yesterday

Bern, Switzerland ( 20 Minutes , Fre) - Refresher driving courses every 10 years, taking away the license but also confiscating the car of an irresponsible driver who causes a serious accident, zero alcohol tolerated for new as well as professional drivers: these are some of the 60 measures that are part of Via sicura, a proposed federal road safety programme. Federal Council Moritz Leuenberger's...

CFF rail company could open to investors

GenevaLunch (Free subscription) | yesterday

Bern, Switzerland (Le Temps, Fre) - Swiss cabinet minister Moritz Leuenberger says expanding the rail system will be impossible without...

Tax evasion, bank secrecy themes as Merkel visits Switzerland

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008

Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is likely to raise the contentious issue of tax evasion and Swiss bank secrecy when she visits Berne this week, the official government spokesman said Monday. Merkel would discuss a range of bilateral, European and international issues in meetings Tuesday with President Pascal Couchepin, Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger, Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf...

Wednesday's appeal came as parliament spent the afternoon debating the restructuring of the money-losing cargo division of Swiss Federal Railways.

Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News (Free subscription) | 03/19/2008

Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger has called on striking railway workers to return to their jobs and indicated some proposed layoffs might be off the table.

Cargo workers continue action over job cuts

Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008

Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger says the cutbacks at the cargo division of the Swiss Federal Railways are unpleasant for workers but inevitable. Strikers at the

The Global Warming Protesters Of Bali

Sweetness & Light (Free subscription) | 12/16/2007

... of the Climate Change conference in Nusa Dua, Bali December 14, 2007. Swiss Environment Minister Moritz Leuenberger prepares to blow a balloon during a demonstration at the venue of the UN Climate Change Conference 2007 in Nusa Dua on Bali island, 14 December 2007. Environmental activists and supporters dressed up as polar bears shout slogans in Nusa Dua on Bali island. A Greenpeace...

Swiss nationalist ousted from Cabinet

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 12/12/2007

... by last minute candidate Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf. Blocher is flanked by Federal Councillors Moritz Leuenberger, top, and Doris Leuthard, bottom.

• Swiss nationalist ousted from Cabinet - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The winners of the Eugen Swiss Media Award 2007

Lunch over IP (Free subscription) | 11/12/2007

... brilliantly on political blogging, including that of the Swiss Minister of Telecommunications Moritz Leuenberger -- who, she said (and I agree), "understands the spirit of blogging quite well". The Eugen jury is chaired by prof. Louis Bosshart of the Department of Sociology and Media of the University of Fribourg. The annual (since 1992) prize, which is sponsored by IT firm Bedag...

ComDays07: A minister blogger

Lunch over IP (Free subscription) | 10/25/2007

(Running notes from the 6th Communication Days conference in Bienne, Switzerland) After a short intro by the conference's host (and head of the Swiss Federal Communication Commission) Marc Furrer, the Swiss Telecommunication minister Moritz Leuenberger (he's also an active blogger)...

Lausanne train station too small, lacks funds to enlarge

GenevaLunch (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

Lausanne, Switzerland ( 24 Heures , Fre) - The Lausanne train station is reaching its limits but no funds are likely to be available to enlarge it under current rail improvement budgets. The issue is raised by 24 Heures in the wake of media presentations ( RSR radio Monday night ) about Moritz Leuenberger, minister for transport, suggesting that private equity could provide money for...