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Illegal money
Cabinet drafts unique law on dictators’ assets
Cabinet has presented a draft bill setting the rules for the freezing and restoring of assets obtained illegally by foreign dictators and deposited in Switzerland. If approved by parliament, it will be the first law of its kind in the world. [...]
Construction halted
Court ruling on holiday homes sparks controversy
Crash report
Driver error likely cause of fatal bus crash
New deal
Switzerland is first European stop for Chinese PM
The new Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has chosen to make Switzerland his first European destination, emphasising the historically good relationship between the two countries, which earlier this month agreed on a free trade pact. [...]
Human rights report
Amnesty flags Swiss asylum law
Syrian refugee crisis
Refugees struggle to survive in new Lebanese homes
Swiss banking woes
Minister says end to US tax dispute in sight
Swiss Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf says a resolution may be not far off to end a long-running dispute with the United States over Swiss banks accused of helping wealthy Americans evade billions of dollars of taxes. [...]
Changes at the top
Surprise shake-up marks Glencore Xstrata meeting
Formula for success
Chinese parents drive baby milk powder boom
Basel’s Schola Cantorum
Old music becomes new art
On a sunny day in Basel, delicate tunes waft through the windows of the Schola Cantorum, the world’s oldest institution for the study of “old music”. Eighty years on, that term - and the school’s role - is constantly being re-defined. [...]
Medical advances
Gender testing to help avoid genetic diseases
A new test called Microsort will allow couples with certain serious hereditary disorders to choose the sex of their baby in order to reduce the chance of passing on an active form of their disease. [...]
Aerial mapping
Successful takeoff for Swiss commercial drones
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In depth
Olympic venues
Building for the Winter Olympics
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Switzerland has hosted the Winter Olympics twice, in 1928 and 1948 in the eastern ski resort of St Moritz. The Games could be held in the canton of Graubünden yet again in 2022, if supporters of an Olympic bid get their way.
On March 3, voters in the canton will decide whether to put forward a bid, which would commit Switzerland to a huge investment in infrastructure to host the games. swissinfo.ch takes a look back at the early Olympics in St Moritz and examines what facilities are needed today for a winter sporting event on this scale.
(SFR/swissinfo.ch)
Number crunching
Olympic bid: financial fairytale or nightmare?
Early estimates of how much it would cost to stage the Winter Olympics in Switzerland, and the potential economic benefits they would bring, are being carefully scrutinised - but not everyone is convinced that the figures will prove accurate. [...]
At the ballot box
Boost for the future or an idea from the past?
Graubünden’s proposed candidacy for the 2022 Winter Olympics has polarised voters who will decide on March 3 whether their canton should put aside CHF300 million ($326 million) so as to be able to host the prestigious event. [...]
