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Britain recoups millions from Swiss bank list

This content was published on Jul 17, 2014 “So far we have a yield of £135 million, but we are not finished,” the head of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Lin Homer told a parliamentary hearing on Wednesday. She added that one person had been prosecuted and fined £830,000 from a list of HSBC Private Bank Suisse clients leaked by Falciani, a disgruntled…

Italian EU presidency unlikely to favour Swiss

This content was published on Jul 17, 2014 “For its presidency of the EU, the Italian government proposes accelerating political cohesion in Europe, addressing the host of asylum problems and promoting an economic policy that can strengthen growth and employment,” said Claudio Micheloni, an Italian Senator who lives in Switzerland representing the interests of Italians living abroad. As a non-member of the EU,…

Reaction to the Google-Novartis contact lens deal

This content was published on Jul 16, 2014 Will Google and Swiss drugmaker Novartis’ new “smart” contact lenses make medical history? The jury’s still out. The Google-Novartis venture is the first such deal between Big Tech and Big Pharma. First revealed as a Google prototype in JanuaryExternal link, the announcement that the two giants are teaming up is a major step forward for…

Smallest Swiss cross in the world made in Basel

This content was published on Jul 15, 2014 The international team in the university’s physics department used the tip of an atomic force microscope, which is extremely tiny and used in nanotechnology, to place the bromine atoms on an insulating surface. The Swiss cross they constructed measures only 5.6 nanometres square. Physicists have been able to move around and reposition single atoms since…

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The dark side of growth

This content was published on Jul 15, 2014 As Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party take over India with the promise of accelerated growth, economist R. Vaidyanathan argues that corruption and illicit wealth still afflict India’s present economy.

Swiss face tough US-EU trade deal decisions

This content was published on Jul 14, 2014 A free trade deal between the EU and the US could shave billions off the Swiss economy unless Switzerland acts.

New rescue mission for the legendary St Bernard

This content was published on Jul 14, 2014 (SRF, swissinfo.ch)

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One in four attempts to buy alcohol underage succeeds

This content was published on Jul 14, 2014 The Federal Alcohol Board said the 5,500 tests carried out across the country last year revealed that, on average, youngsters in about 25% of cases could purchase alcohol, notably at parties and events late at night. The figure is 3% down on the previous year and a clear improvement over the year 2000 when the…

A Chinese theme park attraction based on Interlaken

The Interlaken of China

This content was published on Jul 12, 2014 The Chinese imagine the Swiss as people who like watches, geraniums and bears and enjoy eating chocolate as well as travelling on steam trains. That's the caricature presented by the Bernese Oberland tourist destination of Interlaken. And that destination has been re-created in a section of a Chinese theme park near the booming city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province, which lies just across the river from Hong Kong. The "miniature Interlaken" was opened in 2007 and consists of several streets with stores, a train station and a replica of the Hotel Victoria Jungfrau. The houses are a mix of styles from the Tirol, Engadin and Schwarzwald regions, and watches or bears bearing the Chinese, Swiss or Bernese flags are ubiquitous. Chinese tourists can have their pictures taken on the "Interlaken bridge," a copy of the famous Kappelbrücke in Lucerne. Bagpipers appear, along with a clown that performs to the tunes of Swiss pop star DJ Bobo. The Interlaken replica is also good advertising for the real place in the Bernese Oberland and a good alternative to expensive trips abroad for the Chinese. (Photos: Simon Tanner, Keystone)

Youth wings carry politicians to greater heights

This content was published on Jul 11, 2014 Lukas Reimann and Cédric Wermuth could have simply made an annual contribution to their political party. But they wanted much more – to participate and to be able to make their views known right away. “Something was missing,” said 32-year-old Reimann. The rightwing Swiss People’s Party parliamentarian started attending party meetings at the age of 15, surrounded…

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