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Relocation tempts international organisations

This content was published on May 20, 2013 Denmark is said to be trying to lure about a third of the employees of the United Nations’ Children Fund, UNICEF, from Geneva to Copenhagen.The Danish authorities are reportedly offering moving costs, rent and a lump sum to attract staff to a new complex in a suburb of Copenhagen where the city’s UN agencies are…

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Swiss diplomat defends European Court solution

This content was published on May 19, 2013 “It’s logical, as it’s European Union law that Switzerland says it wants to voluntarily accept in order to gain access to European markets,” Swiss State Secretary at the Foreign Ministry Yves Rossier told NZZ am Sonntag. But he added that ultimately the government, parliament and the Swiss people would be the ones to decide. The…

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Minister says end to US tax dispute in sight

This content was published on May 18, 2013 “We are on the point of presenting a solution,” Widmer-Schlumpf told Swiss national radio on Saturday. Several points still need to be discussed and negotiated with the US authorities, but “we hope to soon reach the end”, she declared. The Swiss government has been in protracted talks to end US investigations into numerous Swiss banks,…

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Swiss set to tackle divisive fiscal reform

This content was published on May 17, 2013 Presenting an interim report to the media on Friday, Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf stressed the urgency to find a solution. “We cannot afford to play for time. We want to re-establish the international acceptance of the Swiss tax system and keep the country an attractive location for corporations,” she said. Widmer-Schlumpf added the threats by…

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Red Cross hostages freed in Yemen

This content was published on May 16, 2013 The hostages, kidnapped on Monday in the southern province of Abyan, were believed to have been taken by armed men from the Marakicha tribe, which had kidnapped two Egyptian workers a week before. The ICRC’s head of operations for the Middle East confirmed his colleagues’ release via Twitter. Cédric Schweizer, head of the Yemeni delegation…

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Cabinet stops short of regulating housing market

This content was published on May 15, 2013 Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann said no major state intervention was necessary to regulate market forces. He said the vast majority of the population lived in good and affordable accommodation and spent about 20 per cent of their gross income on housing. He said the growing demand for more spacious apartments and houses was a result…

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Swiss minister hails trade deal with China

This content was published on May 15, 2013 Switzerland found “good solutions” on a broad range of issues and did not have to make concessions in “sensitive areas”, particularly for the Swiss agriculture sector, Schneider told a news conference following Wednesday’s regular cabinet meeting. He refused to make public further details of the accord ahead of a planned visit to Switzerland by the…

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Reported money laundering cases remain high

This content was published on May 14, 2013 Unlike 2011, when CHF3.28 billion was reported, last year was not characterised by any exceptional political circumstances. But the office said it had received “more SARs [suspicious activity reports] concerning individual cases, which meant more suspected criminal activities on the whole”. Swiss financial intermediaries – banks, the payment services sector, fiduciary and asset managers –…

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Business is anything but usual with Saudi Arabia

This content was published on May 14, 2013 “In Saudi Arabia two human rights advocates were sentenced to stiff jail sentences. . . . The true reason for the high penalty is that the reformers spoke out in favour of change and on behalf of political prisoners,” Zurich’s Neue Zürcher Zeitung reported in March. “An Islamic cleric rapes his five-year-old daughter and beats…

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“Corpses” protest against asylum reform

This content was published on May 13, 2013 On June 9, Swiss voters will have their say on the reform of Switzerland’s asylum legislation, which went into effect last September. Changes included suspending the possibility to hand in asylum requests at Swiss embassies as well as rejecting applications from conscientious objectors and deserters. A legal basis was also created to allow asylum seekers…

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