In 2018, European football’s governing body, UEFA, banned KS Skenderbeu from competing in top European tournaments for 10 years after finding the club was involved in match fixing for a large-scale betting scam. An appeal was rejected by the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
A report from UEFA on the club painted a picture of rampant fraud and criminal activity. A former coach and a sponsor of the football club jointly sued officials at the Swiss-based UEFA, complaining that their names had been linked to the corruption.
They won an initial case in canton Vaud but the verdict was quashed on appeal last year. On Friday, the Supreme Court released details of its final verdict on the case, which sided against the two complainants.
Judges ruled that the report did not name the complainants as criminals but rather that they had links to the betting ring and corrupt officials.
The court was also satisfied that the report was published in good faith and did not intend to harm the complainants.
Young undocumented migrants gain easier access to vocational training
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Rejected asylum-seekers and young undocumented migrants in Switzerland will have easier access to basic vocational training from June 1.
Migration: Swiss government wants to shorten reunification period for families
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Family members of people temporarily admitted to Switzerland should in future be able to join them after two years instead of three.
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2023 was a record year for the Rhaetian Railway in several respects. Never before has the narrow-gauge railway in Graubünden, eastern Switzerland, transported so many passengers and cars.
Swiss CFOs much more optimistic despite global uncertainty
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Record organ donation in Switzerland despite high rejection rates
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Seven years after the death of record-breaking Swiss mountain climber Ueli Steck, his estate is going to the Alpine Museum of Switzerland in Bern.
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Prosecutors mull Blatter and Platini acquittal appeal
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Swiss federal prosecutors start an appeal process against a court decision to acquit former football bosses Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini of corruption.
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The 45 international sporting associations that have their headquarters in Switzerland, such as FIFA and the IOC, contribute CHF1.07 billion ($1.11 billion) to the Swiss economy annually, according to a Lausanne-based sports education body. Just under half of the economic effect of hosting global sporting bodies (CHF550 million) is focused on canton Vaud that hosts…
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