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Alternative approach makes housing affordable

This content was published on Mar 14, 2014

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Communities fight the property bubble effect

This content was published on Mar 14, 2014 Johannes Wartenweiler, a long-term resident of the Lorraine area of Bern is worried about the future of his neighbourhood, where individual buy-to-sell investors can “demand up to CHF2 million ($2.2 million) for seven rooms”, and the effect this influx of money will have on rents. He formed a co-operative in this much talked about area…

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Prison sentence for FC Bayern Munich president

This content was published on Mar 14, 2014 The judge ruled Hoeness’ voluntarily disclosure in January 2013 – that he had failed to pay taxes – was incomplete and did not meet a requirement needed for amnesty. “The voluntary disclosure is not valid with documents that were presented alone,” he said. On Friday, Hoeness said he would not appeal the ruling and would…

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Asbestos victims achieve victory at European court

This content was published on Mar 11, 2014 Swiss courts had previously turned down claims from victims on the grounds that they had filed their lawsuits much more than 10 years from their last contact with the fibrous mineral, and were thus outside the country’s statute of limitations. Hans Moor, who inhaled asbestos dust during his work at an engineering factory in the…

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Dealing with hazardous waste (Part 1)

This content was published on Mar 11, 2014

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Swiss block further Ukrainian bank accounts

This content was published on Mar 10, 2014 They had already frozen all assets of Yanukovych, his son Alexander – both of whom are subjects of a Swiss money-laundering investigation – and about 20 more people. On Monday, the asset freeze was extended to Yanukovych’s second son, also called Viktor, and Alexey Azarov, son of the former Ukrainian prime minister, Mykola Azarov. Also…

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Swiss tourists involved in fatal coach crash

This content was published on Mar 10, 2014 A spokesperson for the police in Madrid confirmed the numbers affected, adding that four further people suffered light injuries. Sixteen tourists and a tour guide, all Swiss, and a Spanish driver were on board the minibus, run by Lucerne-based travel operator Baumeler Reisen. The injured have been taken to two hospitals in the city of…

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Swiss account threatens to sideline German icon

This content was published on Mar 10, 2014 Hoeness, who as a player won the World Cup with West Germany in 1974 and has been credited with turning Bayern Munich into one of the world’s most respected clubs, told tax authorities about his secret account and undeclared income of his own accord in January 2013. Bavarian prosecutors filed charges against Hoeness last year…

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Victims of $7bn Ponzi scheme compensated

This content was published on Mar 10, 2014 The company Stanford Group (Suisse) in Liquidation has been fined CHF1 million ($1.14 million) for aggravated money laundering and sentenced to pay compensatory claims of CHF6-9 million, as well as to bear the costs of the proceedings. Both the fine and the compensatory claims will go to the victims of the investment fraud. The Swiss…

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