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Islam museum set to open amid rightwing criticism

This content was published on May 26, 2016 The controversies continue in the run-up to Friday’s opening of the Museum for Islamic Culture in La Chaux-de-Fonds, canton Neuchâtel. A related cross-party resolution, “No to the incitement of hatred by a city councillor”, was quickly passed by the city government on Wednesday night. The leftwing Social Democratic Party, which put forward the resolution, said…

Byron visited the Château de Chillon in 1816 but historians remain divided over the authenticity of his signature in the dungeon.

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Following in Lord Byron’s Swiss footsteps

This content was published on May 26, 2016 Two hundred years ago, Lord Byron retreated to Switzerland with fellow Romantics for what would become an exceptionally creative summer.

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Investor mixes tobacco with lung clinics

This content was published on May 25, 2016 The Swiss Lungenliga, an association that campaigns against the tobacco industry, has questioned whether the Hirslanden Group of private clinics is free to take an active stand against smoking while it is under the control of the investment vehicle Remgro. Remgro is controlled by the South African Rupert family which initially made its money from…

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Swiss money laundering alerts increase by a third

This content was published on May 24, 2016 The annual figures released on Tuesday reveal that 2,367 cases of money laundering were flagged compared to 1,753 in 2014. The vast majority of these (91.2%) were reported to the authorities by banks themselves. The scale of reported money laundering amounted to a little over CHF4.8 billion, an increase of 44.5% over the year before,…

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Loopholes persist amid lethal drug export bans

This content was published on May 24, 2016 Morals trumped profits when Pfizer announced on May 13 that it would strictly monitor its drug shipments to make sure none are used for capital punishment in the United States. “Pfizer makes products to protect and improve the lives of its patients,” the company said in a statement. “To conform with those values, Pfizer is…

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Most Swiss firms unprepared for cyberattacks

This content was published on May 24, 2016 Research from the consultancy firm KPMG reveals that 54% of the 60 Swiss businesses it surveyed had been victims of a cyberattack over the past 12 months, and 44% of those attacks had major effects on day-to-day business. KPMG pointed out that the effects of cyberattacks are being compounded by the fact that many physical…

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Swisscom rejects unlawful sports marketing charges

This content was published on May 24, 2016 In a statement released on Tuesday, Swisscom rejected the CHF71.8 million ($72.5 million) fine and allegations made by Switzerland’s Competition Commission (COMCO) that it holds a dominant position in the marketing of sports programmes. Swisscom said it remained confident it had ‘acted lawfully in marketing of sports content’. It plans to file an appeal with…

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Criminal case opened against BSI bank over 1MDB fund

This content was published on May 24, 2016 The prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday it suspected ‘deficiencies in the internal organisation’ of BSI. “It is believed that due to these deficiencies, the bank was unable to prevent the commission of offences currently under investigation in the criminal proceedings relating to 1MDB,” it said in a statement. The criminal proceedings opened against BSI are…

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FIFA fires Deputy Secretary General Kattner

This content was published on May 23, 2016 Football's world-governing body, FIFA, announced on Monday that its Deputy Secretary General, Markus Kattner has been dismissed.

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Swiss minister calls for WHO reforms to be ‘accelerated’

This content was published on May 23, 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) reforms must be speeded up to build a stronger, more unified health body, says Switzerland’s health minister.

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