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Smoking ban to come into force next May

This content was published on Oct 28, 2009 The law is aimed at protecting non-smokers in public spaces, including schools, hospitals, shopping malls, restaurants and cinemas. It sets minimum standards and allows cantonal authorities to introduce stricter rules but also includes exemptions. Restaurants have the right to set up specially designated and well ventilated areas for smokers. Restaurant and bar owners have claimed…

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Lost Nabokov novel offers “fascinating” insight

This content was published on Oct 28, 2009 The Russian literary giant was working on his final novel in Montreux, Switzerland, at the time of his death in 1977. Next month the book will be published, despite the fact that Nabokov never wanted it to see the light of day. The author of the scandalous Lolita told his heirs to destroy the manuscript…

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Italy raids banks as Merz calls for discussion

This content was published on Oct 27, 2009 Around 100 financial police agents launched the offensive on Tuesday morning against 76 offices, including Italian branches of Swiss banks and Italian banks with Swiss links. Authorities checked the offices “particularly at risk” in a first wave of visits to guarantee the “precise and punctual” reporting of financial transactions to Italian authorities. “These banks operate…

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Ras al-Khaimah vetoed as America’s Cup port

This content was published on Oct 27, 2009 The decision by Justice Shirley Kornreich of the New York State Supreme Court is a blow to two-time defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland. Alinghi picked the Gulf port, part of the United Arab Emirates, for their February showdown against challenger BMW Oracle Racing. Kornreich said her decision was based on the stipulation in the 1887…

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A visit to Basel’s traditional autumn fair

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Special New Bern – detail right

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Iceland tops world gender equality list

This content was published on Oct 27, 2009 The Swiss-based group ranked countries according to how much they reduced gender disparities based on economic participation, education, health and political empowerment while attempting to strip out the effects of a nation’s overall wealth. Switzerland moved up one spot over last year, placing 13th in the Global Gender Gap Report 2009. In 2007 it ranked…

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UBS manager appointed to financial watchdog

This content was published on Oct 27, 2009 Mark Branson will head the division for banks at Finma as of January 1, the body said in a statement on Tuesday. Branson, a British citizen, apologised in 2008 to a US Senate panel for UBS’s assistance to US tax evaders and said the bank would accelerate its withdrawal from certain businesses in the US.…

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Anti-racism group calls minaret ban unnecessary

This content was published on Oct 27, 2009 The society for minorities in Switzerland and the Swiss foundation against racism and anti-Semitism said in Bern on Tuesday that such a move to change the constitution had to be soundly rejected. The anti-minaret initiative, which goes to a public vote on November 29, was proposed by members of the rightwing Swiss People’s Party and…

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