Cluster: Swiss Identity

UBS faces criminal complaint over Malaysia ties

This content was published on Jun 12, 2012 BMF accuses UBS of having breached its due diligence duties and calls on the Swiss authorities to take criminal action against the bank and those responsible for its relationship with the chief minister of Sabah, Musa Aman. UBS has declined to comment on the accusations. UBS spokesman Yves Kaufmann said the bank complied with the…

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Geneva diplomats warn over local security

This content was published on Jun 12, 2012 Geneva is regularly ranked in the top ten of quality-of-living listings and viewed as one of the safest cities in the world. But it continues to hold the top spot as the Swiss city with the highest number of reported crimes per inhabitant – 217 per thousand in 2011. Last year local crime rose 18 per cent…

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Blocher faces probe over banking secrecy breach

This content was published on Jun 11, 2012 Ending a procedural tug-of-war between two parliamentary panels, the legal committee of the Senate on Monday insisted that Blocher’s parliamentary immunity be lifted altogether, according to committee speaker Anne Seydoux. Blocher is member of the House of Representative and former justice minister. He and his party are ardent defenders of Swiss banking secrecy. They have…

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Tunisian migration to Switzerland

This content was published on Jun 11, 2012 Tunisian migration to Switzerland

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Source of life, source of danger

This content was published on Jun 11, 2012 (Images: swissinfo.ch/Keystone)

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Swiss prosecutor takes Tamil investigation abroad

This content was published on Jun 10, 2012 The NZZ am Sonntag newspaper reported that in the Netherlands, Swiss prosecutors planned to interview the LTTE finace head who is imprisoned there. In Sri Lanka, prosecutors will question some 25 people from senior ranks of the Tamil Tigers, some of whom are currently imprisoned. Jeannette Balmer, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office, told the paper…

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Fossuk focuses on communication to unite clubs

This content was published on Jun 10, 2012 During a packed day of activities and presentations at the Swiss Church in London on Saturday, Fossuk launched a new interactive and user-friendly website. A morning workshop demonstrated the benefits of the social media platform, SwissCommunity and participants were given an insight into how expats living in France actively and successfully come together to share…

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Being Swiss gives contemporary artists a leg-up

This content was published on Jun 10, 2012 “Switzerland is reaping the benefit of an extraordinary coincidence of several factors,” says Laura Arici, lecturer in Fine Art at Zurich University for the Arts. She points to the rise of Zurich as an international art centre, starting back in the 1980s with the Halle fur Neue Kunst in Schaffhausen and the founding of Parkett…

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Pipilotti Rist show seeks to widen perspectives

This content was published on Jun 10, 2012 Rist is reckoned to be amongst the ten most important contemporary artists in the world, according to the respected Kunstkompass 2011 artist ranking compiled by the German magazine Manager. The most prestigious museums in the world, including New York’s MoMA, have commissioned her work. Now she has taken over the Kunstmuseum with nearly 20 works…

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Portraits of wild men

This content was published on Jun 9, 2012 The transformation of human to beast is a central aspect in pagan rituals that celebrate the turn of the seasons, fertility, life and death. Passed down the centuries, some are still alive today in carnival or Advent traditions. The costumes often represent the devil, billy goats, wild boars or the grim reaper and they make…

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