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Swiss financial centre reforms are a work in progress

This content was published on Jan 13, 2015 The Swiss government, the majority of parliament and the Swiss Bankers Association all have the objective of tax conformity. They have come to recognise that the financial centre must be clean to achieve international acceptance and remain competitive on the world stage. The next hurdle will be to pass examination by the Global Forum of…

Cross-border pizza trade cut into pieces

This content was published on Jan 12, 2015 Pizzas delivered from Germany must pass full customs inspections, Swiss customs authorities have decided, drawing ire from German business representatives. The regional chamber of commerce for the Swiss-German border region in Germany‘s Baden-Württemberg state last week announced that talks with Swiss authorities on finding an unbureaucratic solution to this problem had failed. The previous system…

SNB may consider changing exchange rate ceiling

This content was published on Jan 12, 2015 Baltensperger said in an interview with NZZ am Sonntag that fixing the Swiss franc at 1.20 euros is too rigid and that the SNB should adapt its policy so that it may react more flexibly. Since fixing the Swiss currency in September 2011, the central bank was forced to buy euros to keep the franc…

No quotas, say business leaders

This content was published on Jan 8, 2015 Switzerland’s leading business groups say that strict quotas are not the way to handle last February’s vote to limit immigration.

Domestic banks reject EU finance fusion

This content was published on Jan 8, 2015 A consortium of domestically-focused banks has warned against a financial services agreement between Switzerland and the European Union, as advocated by the recent Brunetti Report into the Swiss financial centre.

New flight plans outlined for WEF’s top guns

This content was published on Jan 8, 2015 For the first time, VIPs attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) will land their private jets at the military airport in Dübendorf near Zurich.

Working at home to be replaced by machines

This content was published on Jan 8, 2015

Underground labyrinth attracts scientists and tourists

This content was published on Jan 7, 2015

Solar Impulse arrives at starting gate

This content was published on Jan 6, 2015 The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft has arrived in Abu Dhabi. From there it will start its five-month-long world tour in March 2015.

North Korea attempts to attract tourists at Bern fair

This content was published on Jan 6, 2015 The organisers of the tourism fair discussed at length whether to offer North Korea a platform, said the fair’s spokesperson, Adrian Hault, in an interview with Swiss public television, SRF, on Tuesday. “We concluded that every country should have the opportunity to use this platform. We assume that visitors are mature enough to decide if…

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