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Swiss Broadcasting Corp. head to retire by 2018

This content was published on Oct 9, 2016 The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation has confirmed that Roger de Weck is expected to leave his post as SBC director general within the next two years.

Swiss finance minister calls for reforms

This content was published on Oct 9, 2016 Swiss finance minister Ueli Maurer called for financial reforms to stimulate the world economy at the annual meeting of the IMF and World Bank.

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Investigating 10 myths about Switzerland

This content was published on Oct 9, 2016 After more than a decade as a journalist in Switzerland, Clare O’Dea explains what motivated her to write a new book on the country.

Boring, crooked bankers? 10 Swiss myths, uncovered

This content was published on Oct 9, 2016

Opinion

Why Colombia’s peace plebiscite failed

This content was published on Oct 8, 2016 Pundits in and out of Colombia never imagined the deal would be voted down, but the outcome was hardly inexplicable. The reason for the outcome was not, as official advertising in favour of the referendum for the peace deal insinuated, that those campaigning for a No “want war.” Nor was there any truth to the…

Who is speculating in Swiss central bank shares?

This content was published on Oct 7, 2016 A mystery buyer is stockpiling large amounts of stock in the Swiss National Bank, driving up the price of a single share to nearly twice its value.

Malkovich wins libel suit against French newspaper

This content was published on Oct 7, 2016 The newspaper and two of its reporters were ordered by a French court to pay thousands of Euros in damages to Malkovich, according to Reuters and AFP. The newspaper article in question, which ran in February 2015 as part of the so-called “SwissLeaks” global journalism investigation, claimed that Malkovich and a list of other celebrities…

Sion Airport gets a makeover

This content was published on Oct 7, 2016 In total, CHF13million ($13.2 million) will be invested until 2019 to adapt the runway and other facilities at the airport External linkin the heart of canton Valais, close to resorts such as Crans Montana, Verbier and Zermatt. A new 16,000 square metre (172,000 square foot) tarmac runway will be laid and the control tower will…

Madrid requests Spanish citizens’ UBS data from Switzerland

This content was published on Oct 7, 2016 “Spanish tax authorities have filed a request for international administrative assistance in tax matters with the Swiss Federal Tax Administration,” UBS said in a short statementExternal link on its website for the bank’s Spanish business. Switzerland’s largest bank has set up a helpline number for affected clients. The Spanish request to Switzerland’s tax agency follows…

Munching maggots solve waste problems

This content was published on Oct 7, 2016 Scientists from the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) in Frick, canton Aargau, are working with colleagues in the Ghanaian capital Accra to develop innovative compost techniques using black soldier fly larvae, which feed on rotting organic material. “They can reduce most of just about any type of organic waste in a short space of…

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