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Increasingly fewer quiet oases in Switzerland

This content was published on Apr 21, 2013 An estimated one in six Swiss residents is exposed to harmful levels of noise in their daily life, a rate in line with the European average. Progress has been made in noise reduction but it still remains one of the most serious and underestimated environmental problems of our age. Around 1.3 million of Switzerland’s…

Oiled table-dancer draws crowds

This content was published on Apr 20, 2013

Team in search of a nation

This content was published on Apr 20, 2013 The team of Diyar Bethlehem comprises Christians and Muslims. While Christians are a small minority in the West Bank, their percentage in Bethlehem, the birth place of Jesus, is 35-40 per cent, although their number is decreasing. Despite tensions between Christians and Muslims in general, this does not seem to be the case for the…

Fresh US tax cheat charges hit banking sector

This content was published on Apr 17, 2013 The New York attorney’s office issued the indictments against the duo on Tuesday – the latest in a string of legal charges against Swiss-based bankers and lawyers. In the meantime, the Swiss government is trying to negotiate a settlement with the US to put an end to investigations into several Swiss banks. The indictment, filed…

Reconciling majority and minority interests – or not

This content was published on Apr 17, 2013 In the most recent example on March 3, a law to help parents wishing to combine work and family – for example by supporting the provision of child-care facilities – was accepted by over 54 per cent of those who turned out to vote. It had already got the blessing of the cabinet, and sailed…

Germans buy another tax CD

This content was published on Apr 16, 2013 It did not say who had sold the information, nor where the accounts were held. However, the Spiegel news magazine reported that it related to more than 10,000 Germans with accounts in Switzerland. A spokesman for the Swiss finance ministry told the Reuters news agency that it would not have been necessary to purchase the…

Author “sets the story straight” with new book

This content was published on Apr 13, 2013 The book, which has the subtitle “The untold story behind Switzerland’s success”, outlines how numerous global giants were created within this small landlocked country. Yes, the Swiss produce plenty of milk chocolate but they also dominate a wide range of industries from pharmaceuticals and electrical engineering to hearing aids and cement. Fifteen of the 500…

Swiss dig in heels

This content was published on Apr 13, 2013 In an interview with Le Temps newspaper on Saturday, Widmer-Schlumpf pointed out that the US and many countries in Asia were also resistent to the idea. Instead, Switzerland has set up a working group to grind out the fine details of how to implement its “weissgeld” – or “clean money” – strategy, designed to weed…

Minimum wages – a European snapshot

This content was published on Apr 12, 2013

Weighing up the consequences of a minimum wage

This content was published on Apr 12, 2013 Parliament will take up the issue in the near future and the Swiss are expected to vote on it next year at the earliest. But the people’s initiative on minimum wages, “For the Protection of Fair Salaries,” is already spurring much debate. The initiative calls for the introduction of a minimum legal wage of CHF22…

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