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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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Open dress rehearsal

This content was published on May 23, 2016 (Isobel Leybold, swissinfo.ch)

Tourist industry faced with new challenges

This content was published on May 23, 2016 Figures issued by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) have revealed a structural change in where tourists are coming from. The number of visitors from Europe, the traditional market of Switzerland’s inbound tourism, has been declining sharply. Meanwhile, the numbers of visitors from China, the Gulf states, and Southeast Asian countries had been on the rise.…

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Is this the future of handling asylum requests?

This content was published on May 22, 2016 The pilot projectExternal link for fast-track asylum procedures in Switzerland has been running at a location in Zurich’s off-beat western quarter since 2014. On Wednesday it threw open its doors to journalists to offer a glimpse of what the asylum procedure would be like in Switzerland, should voters accept the reforms to the asylum law…

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Solar Impulse in hometown of aviation pioneers

This content was published on May 22, 2016 An experimental airplane powered solely by energy from the sun has landed in Ohio on the latest stage of its historic bid by Swiss pilots and developers to fly around the globe without a drop of fuel. The single-seat Solar Impulse 2 aircraft arrived in Dayton shortly before 10pm local time on Saturday, the project…

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Leaving for Switzerland as a refugee, poet or tourist

This content was published on May 22, 2016 Monday – Tuesday Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter heads to Istanbul for the World Humanitarian Summit – talks on how to address the Syrian refugee crisis and improve humanitarian aid. He’ll also visit refugee camps in Lebanon where Switzerland has supported projects for those fleeing the Syrian conflct. Wednesday swissinfo.ch’s new fact-checking series launches with an…

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When art and science react

This content was published on May 22, 2016

Are women asking for lower salaries?

This content was published on May 22, 2016

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