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Are popular votes the answer to Italy’s problems?

This content was published on Apr 14, 2016 Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is not known for a particular fondness of his much older predecessors. Yet the 41-year old former mayor of Florence sometimes sounds just like some of them. ”Now Italy is the most stable country in Europe. People power has won,” he commented on the approval of a new constitution by…

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Swiss vote again on genetic screening

This content was published on Apr 14, 2016 One year after the Swiss electorate accepted a constitutional amendment allowing preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), the question is again being put to the vote. Pro-life groups are attacking the federal law implementing the amendment via a referendum, but they are not the only ones going into battle – parliamentarians across the political spectrum also believe the new text goes too far.

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Swiss look to tackle multinational tax avoidance

This content was published on Apr 13, 2016 If the proposal becomes law, firms would have to report their business activities and tax payments in each country. This is designed to stop companies funnelling taxable profits from high tax countries to those that demand lower levies. The common practice has been heavily criticised for artificially draining tax revenues from both advanced and developing…

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Urban moths learn to head away from the light

This content was published on Apr 13, 2016 Nocturnal insects are particularly affected by globally increasing light pollution, since their attraction to artificial light sources generally ends fatally: either they die through direct burning or through increased exposure to predators. What’s more, artificial light affects the ecosystem of insects by interfering with their natural day-night cycle and influencing behaviour patterns such as feeding…

A married woman fills in details as to income made domestically and internationally in a Swiss tax return

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Swiss tax burden among lowest in world

This content was published on Apr 13, 2016 People living in Switzerland shoulder one of the lowest tax burdens in the world, according to the latest OECD research.

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Duo fined for revealing ex-SNB chief’s bank details

This content was published on Apr 13, 2016 A politician and a former bank IT worker have been given suspended fines for revealing the private bank details of ex-SNB boss Philipp Hildebrand.

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What are the richest regions in Switzerland?

This content was published on Apr 12, 2016 Switzerland is known as one of the richest countries in the world with the highest household wealth per capita – $567,100 – according to the Credit Suisse Wealth Report 2015. But large disparities exist in purchasing power between the 8.2 million inhabitants of its 26 cantons. A new study by the GfK German market research…

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Steady erosion of Swiss print media continues

This content was published on Apr 12, 2016 The two most popular Swiss tabloids experienced a substantial drop in sales. The Le Matin newspaper in the French-speaking region has lost 21,000 readers since last October and now has a circulation of 275,000. In the German-speaking region, Blick lost 38,000 readers and now sells 617,000 every day. Most Sunday papers have also seen a…

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Employers seek to keep older workers busy

This content was published on Apr 12, 2016 “The aging population and the popular decision to limit immigration has set the Swiss economy a Herculean task,” said association president Valentin Vogt on Tuesday. He was speaking at a press conference held in conjunction with the think-tank Avenir Suisse and Swissmem, the umbrella organisation for 1,000 companies in the machine industry. “The baby boomers…

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Duo fined for revealing ex-SNB chief’s bank details

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