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Secret service reforms: ‘essential to combat modern threats’

This content was published on Sep 14, 2016 The proposed reforms to the Swiss secret service are urgently needed in order to give the agency effective tools to counter threats like terrorism.

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Secret service reforms: ‘a problematic shifting of responsibility’

This content was published on Sep 14, 2016 The new intelligence law (see infobox) leads to a problematic fusion of competences of criminal prosecutors and the security services and puts at risk proven principles of our constitutional state. In a constitutional state, the authority for investigation and surveillance lies with the civil investigating authorities and not with the secret service. As a result,…

Poll shows waning support for green economy initiative

This content was published on Sep 14, 2016 “There is a clear trend towards a No majority,” says political scientist Martina Mousson of the GfS Bern polling and research institute, which carried out the poll. The initiative lost 10% of its backing among respondents compared with a previous survey four weeks ago. At the same time, opponents of the initiative put forward by…

Europe’s youngest entrepreneurs compete

This content was published on Sep 14, 2016

Swiss deepen IMF partnership for developing countries

This content was published on Sep 13, 2016 On Tuesday Carla Grasso, deputy managing director of the IMF, met representatives from SECO and the State Secretariat for International Financial Matters (SIF). At the heart of the discussion was Switzerland’s close cooperation with the IMF, including in the area of capacity development in developing countries, SECO said in a statement. During the meeting, Grasso…

Expanding Swiss chew over junk food tax

This content was published on Sep 13, 2016 Some 23% of Swiss people say a new tax should be imposed on food with high sugar, salt or fat content, up from 19% last year, according to a new survey by the gfs.bern institute published on Tuesday. Of those questioned, 72% want a ban on the advertising of junk food targeting children, up from…

The Swiss and negative rates: how is the experiment going?

This content was published on Sep 13, 2016 To deter investor inflows after "Frankenschock" on January 15, 2015, the Swiss central bank pushed its main policy interest rate to minus 0.75%.

Geneva mounts e-voting charm offensive

This content was published on Sep 13, 2016 Currently, only six of Switzerland’s 26 cantons offer remote online voting to a limited number of their citizens. The long-term trials with e-voting suffered a severe setback last year after the Swiss government stopped the use of an American system on security grounds. Since then, there has been a head-to-head contest between two technologies licensed…

Swiss stock exchange looks to Germany for future EU access

This content was published on Sep 13, 2016 The Zurich-based SIX Swiss ExchangeExternal link confirmed to swissinfo.ch that it had been in talks with Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and a number of other national authorities following the UK’s June referendum to leave the EU. “We are approaching the regulators in order to guarantee equivalence for our business,” said Stephan Meier, head…

Swiss noose tightens around suspected Dutch tax evaders

This content was published on Sep 12, 2016 The judges on Monday overturned a decision by the Federal Administrative Court in St Gallen, thus clearing the way for group requests in the investigation of tax crimes. The requests involve clients whose accounts have been terminated by Swiss banks. Until recently the administrative court had rejected these requests because no names of potential tax…

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