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This content was published on Feb 2, 2010 There is agreement among experts about the legal principles on human research but opinions differ over involving people who cannot give their consent to tests, including children and the mentally handicapped. The amendment sets the basis for more detailed legislation the 26 largely autonomous cantonal authorities will have to apply if the vote goes through…

Germany “to buy stolen bank data”

This content was published on Feb 2, 2010 “In principle, the decision has been made,” Schäuble is quoted as telling Germany’s Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper. A German newspaper last Friday reported that an informant offered to sell data on 1,500 possible tax evaders to the German government for €2.5 million (SFr3.68 million). In his comments, Schäuble said the case was similar to data on…

Fewer fraud cases tried but higher stakes in 2009

This content was published on Feb 2, 2010 Although the total number of cases fell by almost a quarter, the total value involved increased by 54 per cent, swollen by the largest-ever organised crime and money-laundering trial to come before the Federal Criminal Court (see related cigarette smuggling story). The audit specialists described the average perpetrator as “men who have been with the…

Consumer confidence improves

This content was published on Feb 2, 2010 The quarterly survey index – in which 1,100 households are asked for their evaluation of the economic situation, their own financial situation, inflation, job security and so on – reached a level of -7 points in January, compared with -14 points in October 2009. Based on the January survey, consumers expect unemployment to rise more…

Germany tempted by stolen bank data

This content was published on Feb 1, 2010 Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday Germany should do everything in its power to obtain data to fight tax evasion, adding that every reasonable person knows that tax evasion needs to be investigated. “If the data is relevant, we must get possession of it.” However, she said that the first thing to do was to…

Germany interested in buying stolen data

This content was published on Feb 1, 2010 A spokesman for the German finance ministry said on Monday that the government would “do everything it can to stop tax evasion”. He said the authorities were currently seeking to clarify legal issues surrounding the case. German Chancellor Angela Merkel also said that Germany should do everything possible to obtain data on tax cheats. The…

Report spotlights “invisible” foreign minors

This content was published on Feb 1, 2010 The Lausanne-based agency has presented a report on this “hidden problem” following an in-depth investigation in 2008-2009 in Switzerland, France, Belgium and Spain. “The most shocking thing is that nobody talks about this issue,” Sofia Hedjam, main author of the Terre des hommes study, told swissinfo.ch. “This is not a marginal phenomenon; it’s a social…

Experts send out warning over alcohol ads

This content was published on Feb 1, 2010 The move to allow beer and wine commercials to air nationally in Switzerland brings the country in line with European Union regulations. It was approved by government last year. The group, which includes the Swiss Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug problems, said that it wanted send out a reminder that the law…

An ice highway draws tourists and scientists

This content was published on Feb 1, 2010 At some 23 kilometres in length, the Aletsch glacier is the largest in the Alps, and a major part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn Unesco World Heritage site. If you take the cable car from the village of Fiesch in the Rhone valley, up to the Eggishorn you are rewarded with a breathtaking view. When you emerge…

Coldest January recorded for almost 25 years

This content was published on Feb 1, 2010 The average temperature in this icy and snowy month was more than -1 degrees Celsius below the normal temperature. The lowest temperature of the winter was recorded on La Brévine in the Jura on the morning of February 1 at -34.8 degrees. Temperatures did not reach the low of January 1987, when the Swiss shivered…

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