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EU to limit Swiss stock exchange market access

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This content was published on Dec 21, 2017 Swiss-EU relations have been strained in recent years by migration and corporate tax disputes, which have bogged down negotiations on how the bilateral relationship will move forwards in future. This includes EU market access – or financial equivalence – for Swiss finance players in the wake of EU regulatory reforms. Swiss public television SRF and…

Doris Leuthard, Swiss President during a press briefing on EU policy

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Stock exchange limitation prompts Swiss indignation

This content was published on Dec 21, 2017 Switzerland has dismissed an EU decision to grant only limited access to the stock market exchange and is reconsidering its CHF1.3 billion pledge.

A woman and child in a war-torn part of Damascus

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Swiss establish humanitarian aid office in Damascus

This content was published on Dec 21, 2017 The office currently consists of a hotel room in the Syrian capital staffed by one diplomat, who three weeks ago received all the necessary paperwork from the country’s government to begin operations. “Now we finally have eyes and ears in Damascus,” Manuel Bessler, delegate for humanitarian aid at the Foreign Ministry told Swiss Public Television,…

Three women wearing headscarves under a Swiss flag

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Government rejects Swiss ‘burka ban’ initiative

This content was published on Dec 20, 2017 Instead it wants to crack down on people forcing others to wear face-covering headgear.

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Swiss consulates in Karachi and LA face closure

This content was published on Dec 20, 2017 The Swiss consulates in Karachi and Los Angeles should be shut as part of structural reforms, it has been announced.

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Freeze of foreign assets in Swiss banks extended

This content was published on Dec 20, 2017 The government has decided to extend for 12 months the freeze of assets belonging to the former presidents of Tunisia and Ukraine.

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Academics may shun the UK

This content was published on Dec 19, 2017 Vincent Croset believes academics are generally against Brexit.

Laura Gibilras: ‘Young people have no future in Italy’

This content was published on Dec 17, 2017 Laura Gibilras was born in Italy, but she's always had a particularly close connection to Switzerland, her mother’s home.

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A revolutionary train journey across wartime Europe

This content was published on Dec 16, 2017 A century on from Lenin's famous journey in a 'sealed railway carriage', relive the route the revolutionary took, in pictures.

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Gambian ex-interior minister to remain in custody

This content was published on Dec 15, 2017 Ousman Sonko, a former interior minister of Gambia suspected of human rights abuses, to remain in Swiss detention, the Federal Tribunal has ruled.

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