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‘Asylum law revision heads in wrong direction’

This content was published on May 14, 2016 Switzerland needs more systematic border controls as well as an improved system to repatriate illegal immigrants, she argues. True refugees, who have to fear for their lives and limbs, should certainly receive aid and protection – there is no question about that. It corresponds to Switzerland’s long-standing humanitarian asylum tradition, which we certainly want to…

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‘We need to solve problems in our asylum system, not create them’

This content was published on May 14, 2016 In the face of the humanitarian refugee crisis, we need to solve the problems in our asylum system – not create them. But by launching yet another referendum, this is exactly what the Swiss People’s Party is trying to do, Glättli argues. For decades, Switzerland’s asylum policy has been faced with significant symbolic disputes. On…

‘No dirty money in Panama’, minister claims

This content was published on May 13, 2016 Panama has come under fire in recent weeks following leak of data from law firm Mossack Fonseca by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The so-called Panama Papers scandal has shone light on the creation of secretive shell companies around the world. Speaking at the St Gallen Symposium on Friday, Eyda Varela de Chinchilla…

Regulators tipped off about bank years before fraud exposed

This content was published on May 12, 2016 The Financial Services Authority, as it was then known, and HM Revenue & Customs, the tax authority, told the informant at the London office of Lugano-based BSI that they would follow up on the 2008 warning, correspondence seen by the FT shows. But they took no public action over the financial secrecy services that the…

Swiss court digs in heels over red-soled Louboutins

This content was published on May 12, 2016 In a court ruling from April 27 published on Thursday, the St Gallen court said customers mainly consider the famous red lacquered sole as a “decorative element” and not a brand. In Switzerland, these soles belong to the public domain, the court ruled. It added that a previous court ruling had demonstrated that various shoe…

Swiss scientists share Brexit concerns

This content was published on May 12, 2016 The stakes are high as the UK prepares to hold a so-called Brexit referendum on June 23 on whether to stay or leave the European Union. The two sides remain divided. In the leave camp Scientists for Britain argue that the UK could gain all the scientific benefits of EU membership from outside the bloc.…

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The waves created by electing a Muslim mayor for London

This content was published on May 10, 2016 The event has been considered “a piece of history” with Khan being regarded as the first and most powerful Muslim politician in Europe. Historically speaking, the novelty of the event is a construct that reinforces the view that Europe holds a united identity because it has historically been Christian (and additionally, implicitly white). This supposedly…

Swiss man sentenced over anti-HIV drugs scam

This content was published on May 10, 2016 According to an article External linkpublished in the Beobachter magazine on Tuesday, the fraud was discovered in 2009 when a patient in Germany reported that a box was incomplete. The manufacturer then investigated the issue, bringing the scam to light. Between 2007 and 2009, the Swiss man behind the operation used intermediaries in South Africa…

Mapping the Panama Papers middlemen

This content was published on May 10, 2016 We have mapped here all intermediaries worldwide linked to the Panama Papers. While the use of offshore entities is not in itself illegal, the revelations from the Panama Papers have already resulted in a raid by Swiss prosecutors on European football’s governing body UEFA and an official investigation by the authorities in Geneva. On Monday,…

Basic income: A 500-year-old idea whose time has come?

This content was published on May 10, 2016 Exactly half a millennium after the idea first surfaced, Switzerland will hold the world’s first nationwide vote on an unconditional income for all.

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