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Carlo Chatrian to head Locarno Film Festival

This content was published on Sep 4, 2012 Born in Turin, Italy, in 1971, Chatrian has worked as a film critic for magazines such as Filmcritica, Duellanti and Cineforum since the early 1990s. He is the director of the magazine Panoramiques. Chatrian has run film courses at various schools and institutions. He first worked with the Locarno Film Festival in 2002, and served…

Swiss GDP shrinks in last quarter

This content was published on Sep 4, 2012 Exports of goods and services including tourism declined 0.8 per cent from the previous quarter, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) reported on Tuesday. Exports of services fell 0.9 per cent, and goods excluding foreign trade with precious metals, jewellery, art and antiques dropped 0.7 per cent. Positive growth came from the export of…

An bester Adresse (Nationalbank ORIGINAL)

This content was published on Sep 4, 2012 1912 wurde der rechtlich-administrative Berner Sitz der Nationalbank in Bern eröffnet. Das dreiköpfige Direktorium selbst arbeitet hingegen am Zürcher Sitz. Die reich illustrierte Chronik “Die Schweizerische Nationalbank in Bern” erlaubt ungewohnte Einblicke in die Institution und zeichnet ihre Geschichte nach.

Ex-UBS executives found guilty of fraud

This content was published on Sep 1, 2012 While employed at UBS, the three men participated in separate fraud conspiracies and schemes with various financial institutions between 2001 and 2006, the United States Department of Justice said. Evidence at the trial established that the fraud cost municipalities and the US Treasury millions of dollars. Friday’s conviction brings to 19 the number of people…

Bank fees “not unfair” to Swiss abroad

This content was published on Sep 1, 2012 The price watchdog office investigated several complaints about “unfair” banking fees from Swiss citizens living in other countries, but found that the levies were so varied that clients could shop around to avoid them. A survey of 32 banks found that half did not charge extra fees to overseas clients and that of those that…

Industrial Switzerland: a glimpse into the past

This content was published on Aug 31, 2012 In Switzerland, land not suitable for agricultural purposes was used to practise trades and crafts, from which many industries emerged. Swiss industrialisation benefited from the country’s central position in Europe and from the absence of an aristocracy, which curbed private enterprise in other countries. Until 1860, Switzerland was even self-sufficient, making use of the raw…

Swiss researchers uncover clues to moon’s origins

This content was published on Aug 30, 2012 It is widely accepted that the Earth’s moon formed 4.5 billion years ago from an impact between the Earth and a celestial object the size of Mars called Theia. While simulations of the collision done over past decades suggested that the moon would have mostly been formed by material from Theia, the oxygen isotopes found…

Should Switzerland give up banking secrecy?

This content was published on Aug 30, 2012 The Swiss bank secrecy law, in force since 1934, concerns the protection of bank customers’ private information. Swiss banks have profited from the law reaping billions in foreign un-taxed assets. In recent years, those profits became problems for the Swiss banking sector as the United States and several European countries lined up to protest and…

Ex-SNB chief warns of tax transparency changes

This content was published on Aug 29, 2012 “Switzerland and its banking system should assume that in five to ten years when a foreign client comes and opens a Swiss bank account, his name, the date he opens the account and the bank’s name will be automatically transferred to his country’s treasury,” said Hildebrand. “The Swiss fiscal refuge is over.” Hildebrand, who resigned…

GM plants represent low risk, say scientists

This content was published on Aug 28, 2012 The government requested a national research programme on the risks and benefits of GM plants after the Swiss voted for a five-year moratorium on their use in 2005. The moratorium was extended for another three years by parliament. Between 2007 and 2011, 30 projects were launched as part of the programme at a total cost…

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