More More March ballots: some 1,200 physically and mentally disabled will vote for the first time This content was published on Mar 6, 2021 Mar 6, 2021 In canton Geneva it’s the first time that people with severe mental and physical disabilities can vote.
More More Swiss ambassador to oversee WTO complaints body This content was published on Mar 5, 2021 Mar 5, 2021 Didier Chambovey has been appointed by WTO member states as head of the body responsible for arbitrating complaints.
More More Former Venezuelan minister denied Swiss residency This content was published on Mar 3, 2021 Mar 3, 2021 A court in Switzerland has rejected giving a residency permit to a former vice-president of Venezuela, Nervis Villalobos Cárdenas, and his family.
More More International protection of Swiss food names to be improved This content was published on Mar 3, 2021 Mar 3, 2021 Swiss producers will find it easier to have geographical indications for their products protected internationally.
More More Anti-corruption NGO slams ‘weak’ Swiss corporate crime laws This content was published on Mar 1, 2021 Mar 1, 2021 Too few Swiss companies are made to answer for corruption or money laundering offences, exposing gaps in current legislation, says the Swiss...
More More Swiss abroad retain assisted suicide option This content was published on Feb 28, 2021 Feb 28, 2021 Swiss people living abroad will still be able to use the services of assisted suicide organisation EXIT after members rejected a proposal to...
More More New lobby group demands end to Swiss-EU deadlock This content was published on Feb 28, 2021 Feb 28, 2021 A number of influential Swiss figures are backing the launch of a group called Progresuisse, which hopes to stimulate a new era of “constructive”...
More More Suspected Vienna terror attack accomplices denied bail This content was published on Feb 27, 2021 Feb 27, 2021 Two Swiss men suspected of conspiring in a deadly terror attack in Vienna last year have been denied bail, according to media reports. The duo...
More More Ex-minister’s hostage ransom remark draws attention of prosecutor This content was published on Feb 26, 2021 Feb 26, 2021 The Swiss federal prosecutor is examining whether a former government minister broke the official secrets act by suggesting that Switzerland has...
More More FIFA aborts Beckenbauer bribery prosecution This content was published on Feb 26, 2021 Feb 26, 2021 The world governing body for football, FIFA, says it has run out of time to prosecute Franz Beckenbauer and two others for allegedly paying bribes...
More More What can the Swiss learn from the Finns on judging Liberian war crimes? This content was published on Feb 25, 2021 Feb 25, 2021 Historic war crimes trials for Liberia are under way in Switzerland and Finland. But the two approaches are rather different.
More More Top Geneva politician guilty of accepting perks This content was published on Feb 22, 2021 Feb 22, 2021 Pierre Maudet, has been found guilty of accepting undue financial advantage linked to visit to Abu Dhabi.
More More The Swiss eID law has flaws, but is another version worth the wait? This content was published on Feb 19, 2021 Feb 19, 2021 Digital identity is considered the key to access the digitized world - but has Switzerland found the right model?
More More Hacked chats expose questionable methods used by Swiss and Brazilian prosecutors This content was published on Feb 18, 2021 Feb 18, 2021 Operation Car Wash switches focus from the billions of dollars in bribes to investigators and judges.
More More Swiss prosecutors appeal against verdicts in FIFA trial This content was published on Feb 17, 2021 Feb 17, 2021 Prosecutors in Switzerland have appealed against federal court verdicts that cleared two high-up football officials.
More More Victims to testify in Swiss war crimes trial of Liberian rebel commander This content was published on Feb 15, 2021 Feb 15, 2021 The trial in Switzerland of a Liberian rebel commander facing allegations of rape, executions and cannibalism has resumed.
Trade in the time of pandemics This content was published on Feb 15, 2021 Feb 15, 2021 With borders closed and global travel constrained, trade will help us find a way out of the pandemic argues the new WTO Director-General.
More More Court: Criminal investigation into Bondo landslide must continue This content was published on Feb 12, 2021 Feb 12, 2021 The public prosecutor for canton Graubünden must continue the criminal investigation into the major landslide in Bondo in 2017.
More More Ethics commission rejects compulsory vaccinations This content was published on Feb 12, 2021 Feb 12, 2021 A general vaccination obligation in Switzerland would interfere “disproportionately with fundamental rights”.
More More Credit Suisse settles US litigation with $600 million payout This content was published on Feb 12, 2021 Feb 12, 2021 Swiss bank Credit Suisse has entered a multimillion-dollar agreement to settle litigation over property debt with US company MBIA Insurance.
Covid review: not all our predictions were wrong This content was published on Feb 9, 2021 Feb 9, 2021 One year into the pandemic, we still have so many questions. Here in Geneva, we can put those questions to world leaders in public health.
To advance gender equality in Switzerland, remove family status from CVs This content was published on Feb 7, 2021 Feb 7, 2021 Zurich-based lawyer Alexandra Dufresne argues that CVs should not include references to marital and parenthood status.
More More Swiss court ruling gives protection to sex workers This content was published on Feb 5, 2021 Feb 5, 2021 Swiss court confirms fraud conviction of a client of a prostitute who left without paying. This is seen as a key change in case law for sex workers.
More More Pandemic brings more threats against Swiss politicians This content was published on Feb 5, 2021 Feb 5, 2021 Hate speech and insults are on the rise in Switzerland, especially towards politicians, reports national broadcaster RTS.
More More Banking secrecy remains a business model for Swiss banks This content was published on Feb 5, 2021 Feb 5, 2021 Swiss officials have discovered CHF9 billion in embezzled Venezuelan public funds spread across hundreds of bank accounts.
More More Beny Steinmetz case shows how hard it is to prove corruption This content was published on Feb 5, 2021 Feb 5, 2021 The Guinea mining scandal illustrates the ease with which officials can sell their nation’s treasure.
More More Swiss call for release of Russian opposition leader Navalny This content was published on Feb 3, 2021 Feb 3, 2021 Switzerland has joined international protests about following a prison sentence for Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
More More Secure asylum centre re-opens to cope with rising unruly behaviour This content was published on Feb 2, 2021 Feb 2, 2021 Switzerland is re-opening a mothballed facility to house disruptive asylum seekers. The high security Les Verrières centre in the western canton...
More More Are Switzerland’s new tax breaks for companies a licence to misbehave? This content was published on Feb 2, 2021 Feb 2, 2021 Switzerland has announced that companies will be able to deduct multi-million dollar fines incurred abroad from their tax bill.
More More Appenzell Inner Rhodes: the last Swiss canton to give women the vote This content was published on Feb 2, 2021 Feb 2, 2021 While women in Switzerland were allowed to vote in 1971, those of canton Appenzell Inner Rhodes had to wait until 1990.
More More Swiss journalist released after being detained in Belarus This content was published on Jan 31, 2021 Jan 31, 2021 A correspondent for Swiss public television SRF was just released after being arrested in the Belarus capital of Minsk.
More More Deal or no deal: How five non-member states handle EU relations This content was published on Jan 29, 2021 Jan 29, 2021 Following the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union, all eyes are now on the framework agreement with Switzerland.
More More How neutral is Switzerland, really? With unilateralism on the rise in global politics, Switzerland is finding it more difficult to interpret its neutrality.
More More Transparency International: in fight against corruption, Switzerland can do better This content was published on Jan 28, 2021 Jan 28, 2021 Switzerland has one of the lowest levels of perceived corruption in the public sector but Transparency International says it still has work to do.
More More Neutrality faces ‘huge challenges’, warns ex-Swiss foreign minister This content was published on Jan 28, 2021 Jan 28, 2021 Micheline Calmy-Rey defends her vision of modern neutrality.
Switzerland's irresponsible reign on the sea This content was published on Jan 27, 2021 Jan 27, 2021 International legal expert Mark Pieth argues that Switzerland needs to stop allowing shipping companies to fly under the regulatory radar.
More More Digitalisation and surveillance at work: is your boss spying on you? This content was published on Jan 26, 2021 Jan 26, 2021 The increasing use of employee surveillance technology is causing concern in Switzerland, where the legal system is not set up to deal with it.
More More How a mining corruption trial could be a turning point for dodgy offshore companies This content was published on Jan 26, 2021 Jan 26, 2021 The landmark corruption trial of Beny Steinmetz is set to resonate far beyond Geneva’s courtroom.
More More Talks in Beirut about Swiss probe in Lebanon’s central bank This content was published on Jan 25, 2021 Jan 25, 2021 Lebanon’s foreign minister has held talks with the Swiss ambassador following a probe into corruption allegations.
More More Headaches abound for Swiss citizens in post-Brexit Britain This content was published on Jan 24, 2021 Jan 24, 2021 There are more questions than answers for Swiss living in the UK, who are facing personal and commercial hurdles.
