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Doing business in Switzerland got easier

This content was published on Oct 29, 2014 Switzerland has moved into the top 20 in the World Bank’s annual ranking of countries in terms of the ease of doing business.

Switzerland joins new corporate tax landscape

This content was published on Oct 29, 2014 From 2017, multinationals will have to pay taxes in the countries where they actually operate and will not be able to resort to sleight-of-hand to avoid paying tax. That’s the goal of Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), a project of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) supported by the G20 group of…

Swiss observer: Tunisia vote of ʻextraordinary qualityʼ

This content was published on Oct 28, 2014 The head of the Council of Europe election monitoring mission to Tunisia, Andreas Gross, has praised the recent electoral process. The Swiss parliamentarian said the vote “ends a crucial stage in the post-revolution transition”.

Switzerland applauds India’s subsidies for farmers

This content was published on Oct 28, 2014 A move to guarantee food sovereignty in Switzerland comes as the question of India’s subsidy programme for its poor farmers threatens to sink the WTO deeper into crisis.

“A country with too much opposition is no longer governable”

This content was published on Oct 27, 2014 Excerpts from Claude Longchamp’s talk on direct democracy in Switzerland to the Armenian OSCE delegation.

Voices of the Armenian OSCE delegation

This content was published on Oct 27, 2014 Ashassi Yesayan, director of the independent centre for direct democracy in Yerevan and initiator of the visit: “Our voting law does not function because the government has too much power. In a report to the government, I made suggestions for improvement.” In addition to directing the centre, Yesayan is an advisor to the Ministries of…

Armenians get insights into direct democracy

This content was published on Oct 27, 2014 “Urir Jorowrtawarutiun", "Chorherdaran", "Federal Tun" - wrapping my ears around the Caucasian storm of consonants, sibilants and throaty noises that interpreter Lusine Shahraymanyan is dictating to me syllable by syllable is proving quite a challenge. In Armenian, these are the terms for direct democracy, parliament and parliament building.

Bringing skilled workers home

This content was published on Oct 27, 2014

Saffron, the ‘red gold’ from the mountains of Valais

This content was published on Oct 25, 2014 For just three weeks in October, Crocus sativus is in bloom near the Matterhorn in Switzerland. The plant’s flowers produce the spice saffron.

Little support for population control Ecopop initiative

This content was published on Oct 24, 2014 Only one in three (35%) people surveyed said they would vote yes on November 30. The poll by the leading GfS Bern research institute found 58% against, with 7% undecided. Ecopop – launched by a committee of ecologists – wants to limit net immigration to 0.2% of population growth – about 16,000 people annually. The…

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