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PHILIPPINE HONORARY CONSULATES IN ZURICH AND LIECHTENSTEIN INAUGURATED

 

Philippine Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein Leslie J. Baja inaugurated the Philippine Honorary Consulates in Zurich and Liechtenstein on 16 and 18 June 2015, respectively.

 

The Ambassador warmly welcomed to the ranks of Philippine Honorary Consuls Messrs. Urs Lustenberger and Alexander Ospelt as respective heads of the Philippine Consular Offices in Zurich and Liechtenstein.

 

Present during the inauguration were officials from the Philippine Embassy in Berne and the respective officials of Liechtenstein and Zurich as well as Filipino community leaders in the area. 

 

Opening consulate 1

Ambassador Baja (2nd from right) and the Filipino community leaders in Zurich and neighboring cantons look on as Consul a.h. Lustenberger (rightmost) delivers his welcome remarks.

 

 

 

Opening Consulate 2

Ambassador Baja (4th from right) and Team Berne PE join Consul a.h. Ospelt (2nd from right) and family during the inauguration of the Philippine Honorary Consulate in Liechtenstein. 

 

Opening Consulate 3

Ambassador Baja and Consul a.h. Ospelt pose with the Filipinos of Liechtenstein.

 

Beginning July 2015, Filipino applicants for notarials and authentication transactions from the cantons of Zurich, Thurgau, Aargau, St. Gallen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, and Appenzell Innerrhoden may be served by the office of Philippine Honorary Consul Urs Lustenberger in Zurich.  

 

All Filipinos from Liechtenstein may visit the Philippine Honorary Consulate in Bendern for the same transactions also beginning July.

 

Mr. Lustenberger is a practicing lawyer and the founding Partner of the Lustenberger Attorneys at Law based in Zurich, Switzerland.  He is currently the Chairman of the Swiss Asian Chamber of Commerce, and is frequently consulted by Swiss governmental, legal and economic councils. 

 

 

Mr. Ospelt is Chairman of the Board of the Ospelt Group, a food and animal feed company based in Bendern, Liechtenstein established in 1957. Mr. Ospelt’s company is a leading meat processing company in Liechtenstein and Switzerland. 

 

 

Herein below are the addresses, office hours and contact details of the new consulates:

 

CONSULATE OF THE PHILIPPINES IN ZURICH

Dr. URS LUSTENBERGER, Consul a.h. 

Ms. Luana Michels, Assistant

Address:          Wiesenstrasse 10, 8008 Zurich

Postal address:Wiesenstrasse 10, P.O. Box 1073, 8032 Zurich

Office hours:    Mondays to Fridays

                        from 0930H-1130H

Tel. No.:             +41 (0) 44 387 19 34

Fax No.:             +41 (0) 44 387 19 66

Email:              This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

CONSULATE OF THE PHILIPPINES IN LIECHTENSTEIN

Mr. ALEXANDER OSPELT, Consul a.h. 

Ms. Susanne Nachbaur, Assistant

Address:           Schaanerstrasse 79, FL-9487 Bendern

Office hours:     Mondays to Thursdays

                        from 0900H–1200H

Tel. No.:            0041 58 377 1171

Fax No.:           0041 58 377 1179

Email:               This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Website:           www.konsulat-philippinen.li