Swiss Identity

Dozens of asylum seekers posed a threat, says intelligence service

An employee takes a folder from a shelf in the archives of the registration and migration office.

This content was published on Mar 7, 2018 Switzerland’s Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) flagged 38 asylum seekers as potential security threats last year.

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Court overturns lifelong custody sentence in murder case

This content was published on Mar 7, 2018 The Swiss Federal Court has overturned the life-without-parole sentence for a convicted murderer.

Joseph Gaylard, head of Pro Helvetia Johannesburg

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The economy is trickier than politics

This content was published on Mar 7, 2018 Pro Helvetia opened its South African office in Cape Town in 1998, but moved to Johannesburg in February 2012.

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Taking a risk for a tan

This content was published on Mar 7, 2018 Could minors be banned from using sunbeds in Switzerland?

Fintech Association suffers bout of internal disruption

This content was published on Mar 7, 2018 A note sent out to SFTA members said that Alexandre Gaillard, Klaus Kummermehr, Boris Battistini, Christian Dreyer, and Daniel Diemers had “mutually agreed” to step down “to allow for a renewal process to begin”. A note sent by Gaillard on a meetup platform last week suggested that the split had been anything but harmonious. Gaillard…

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Parliament fine-tunes paedophile work ban rules

This content was published on Mar 7, 2018 The House of Representatives on Wednesday followed the Senate in allowing exemptions in lighter cases. These include, for example, selling a pornographic magazine to a minor or teenagers sharing videos with child pornography. A sticking point between the chambers was also whether sexual relations between minors should be specifically mentioned as a general exception. It…

Two workers load part of the Zytglogge on the back of a truck.

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As time takes its toll, the Zytglogge gets a facelift

This content was published on Mar 7, 2018 The intricate moving parts of the Swiss capital's ornate astronomical clock have been taken away for repairs.

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“Law change would kill Swiss crypto industry”

This content was published on Mar 7, 2018 Swiss banks appear either afraid of reputational risks associated with the crypto world – or if you are inclined towards conspiracy theories – want to squeeze these new disruptors out by forbidding them basic financial services. “The established banking system appears to be working against the cryptocurrency market in Switzerland,” according to Alexis Roussel, founder…

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Breaking tradition at a Swiss celebration of wine

This content was published on Mar 6, 2018 A massive wine festival takes place just 5 times a century in Switzerland – but who will get the honour of singing the event’s special song?

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Geneva-based foreigners rush to meet Swiss passport deadline

This content was published on Mar 6, 2018 Some 5,800 foreigners living in Geneva were granted Swiss citizenship in 2017 – a big jump from 2016, and in line with recent national increases.

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