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Agreement reached on Swiss-Italian tax issues

This content was published on Jan 16, 2015 The agreement will facilitate the processing of the Italian voluntary disclosure programme recently adopted by Italy’s parliament and will “considerably increase legal certainty for Italian taxpayers” who have an account in Switzerland, the Swiss foreign ministry said. It is the latest step towards the gradual implementation of global rules on the automatic exchange of tax…

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Democracy is the ‘best of all bad forms of government’

This content was published on Jan 16, 2015 Can Swiss direct democracy handle the complexity of some of society's current problems? swissinfo.ch talks to political scientists Claude Longchamp and Martina Imfeld about the state of direct democracy in Switzerland.

Newspapers condone Swiss National Bank’s decision

This content was published on Jan 16, 2015 Constantly having to weaken the value of the Swiss Franc must have increasingly “robbed the SNB directors of sleep” wrote the Zurich-based daily newspaper the Tages-Anzeiger. But the bank is far from “off the hook”. If yesterday’s extreme increase in the value of the franc doesn’t correct itself, there will be “disastrous consequences” for the…

Swiss National Bank scraps exchange rate ceiling

This content was published on Jan 15, 2015 “This exceptional and temporary measure protected the Swiss economy from serious harm,” the SNB said in a statement on Thursday. “While the Swiss franc is still high, the overvaluation has decreased as a whole since the introduction of the minimum exchange rate. The economy was able to take advantage of this phase to adjust to…

Quick guide to what’s happened to the Swiss franc

This content was published on Jan 15, 2015 The Swiss National Bank took everyone by surprise by scrapping the euro cap on the franc. If you have only a vague idea what that means, read this.

Switzerland’s booming job market

This content was published on Jan 15, 2015 In 2014 approximately 25,000 new full-time vacancies opened up. Experts say that 2015 will see another 20,000 new jobs created. Employment statistics show how numbers of the working population have remained constant throughout the 1990s and increased steadily in the last ten years. The reasons behind this boom can be traced back to the treaties…

Tamoil refinery to stop work in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 14, 2015 Libyan-owned Tamoil's has announced plans to suspend operations at its refinery in south-western Switzerland as a result of heavy financial losses.

Kuoni bows out of tour operating

This content was published on Jan 14, 2015 The company organises and sells trips in Switzerland, Britain and numerous other countries. After a strategic assessment of the situation, Kuoni said a decision was taken to re-position the company and focus on “growth-oriented” aspects of the business, including supplying services to the global travel industry. The company put the sale down to a change…

Short on workers, a Swiss company trains them stateside

This content was published on Jan 13, 2015 A Swiss firm helped launch one of the most successful European-style apprenticeship networks currently operating on US soil.

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