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Afghan family decision is ‘change of direction’

This content was published on Nov 5, 2014 Vulnerable asylum seekers can no longer be systematically sent back to Italy, says the European Court of Human Rights, in a decision against Switzerland. The landmark ruling could raise questions about current European and Swiss practices, says a family supporter. The Strasbourg court on Tuesday said Switzerland could not send a family of Afghan asylum…

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The international sport of seducing rich expats

This content was published on Nov 5, 2014 Often vilified by its neighbours for the system of lump sum taxation, Switzerland is surrounded by countries that give tax breaks to wealthy expats.

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Strasbourg blocks Afghan family expulsion to Italy

This content was published on Nov 4, 2014 Switzerland must not send a family of Afghan asylum seekers, including six children, back to Italy without individual guarantees over their care, the European Court of Human Rights has declared.

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Young refugees demand better conditions

This content was published on Nov 3, 2014 Unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in Switzerland have demanded better living conditions as they wait for their applications to be processed.

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Swiss expatriates wooed by political parties

This content was published on Oct 30, 2014 When the right to vote by post was introduced in 1992, there were about 14,000 members of the Swiss Abroad community who had registered with the authorities showing an active interest in votes and elections. More than a decade later, that figure has risen to more than 155,000 and in theory equals the number of…

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Ecclestone says he pays Swiss taxes voluntarily

This content was published on Oct 30, 2014 Formula 1 head and billionaire Bernie Ecclestone denies using Switzerland as a tax haven. He says he actually likes paying taxes there.

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Remittances more than twice Swiss foreign aid

This content was published on Oct 29, 2014 The amount of such money transfers from Switzerland nearly doubled between 2003 and 2013, data from the statistics office and the World Bank show. However, they were only able to count information from “formal” money transfer sources such as banks, post offices and money transfer agencies like Western Union. Experts believe that remittances sent through…

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Pro-Europeans rally against isolationists

This content was published on Oct 29, 2014 The creation of the two pro-European movements, Switzerland in Europe and Operation Libero, comes in the aftermath of Swiss voters’ decision to re-introduce immigration quotas, defying the free movement of people principle which is a central pillar of the EU. Political scientist Georg LutzExternal link from the University of Lausanne describes their appearance as a…

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Federer’s victory and the era of identity politics

This content was published on Oct 29, 2014 When I visit Kiev, I often ask: “What does it mean to be Ukrainian?” Watching Roger Federer, it was not hard to understand what it meant to be Swiss.

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Swiss border guard to help Frontex in Italy

This content was published on Oct 26, 2014 The Triton mission will replace Mare Nostrum, or “Our Sea”, an Italian operation launched in October 2013 after 366 people drowned when their boat capsized just a mile from the Italian island of Lampedusa. Mare Nostrum has saved more than 144,000 shipwrecked refugees in both Italian and international waters. In spite of this, several thousand…

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