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Court upholds researchers’ right to privacy

This content was published on Dec 4, 2015 The dispute concerned the SNSF‘s National Research Programme 67External link, which allocated CHF15 million ($15 million) to research on the topic “End of Life”. Through the lawsuit, Dignitas, Exit Romandie, Exit German Switzerland, Lifecircle and EX International had hoped to expose the bias they believe exists in this SNSF research project. NRP 67 began with…

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Cabinet backs quotas for women in boardrooms

This content was published on Dec 4, 2015 Women should occupy 30% of the seats on boards of directors and 20% of top management jobs, the cabinet said on Friday, adopting guidelines that now will be drafted as legislation to be presented to parliament. It stopped short of imposing binding quotas used in other European countries. Companies that fail to meet the target…

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English-language training targets multinationals

This content was published on Dec 4, 2015 A new programme on Swiss soil is training companies' future workforces, almost exclusively in English.

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Justice department announces more FIFA charges

This content was published on Dec 3, 2015 The United States Justice Department has announced charges against 16 additional world football officials after further arrests took place on Thursday in Zurich. Those charged include five current and former members of FIFA’s executive committee, which met later in the day to announce reforms to the world governing body. In total, nearly a dozen people who have served on that committee have now been charged with corruption. “The betrayal of trust that is set forth here is truly outrageous,” Lynch said of the charges against FIFA executives. Among those charged on Thursday were Marco Polo del Nero, a Brazilian who served on the executive committee from 2012 until last week; Rafael Salguero, a Guatemalan who left the executive committee in May; former South American confederation secretary general Eduardo Deluca; former Peru soccer federation president Manuel Burga; and current Bolivian soccer president Carlos Chaves, already jailed in his own country. Lynch also said the United States would seek to extradite Juan Angel Napout of Paraguay and Alfredo Hawit of Honduras following their arrests in Zurich Thursday morning at the Baur au Lac hotel. She continued that eight defendants in the corruption investigation have now plead guilty to the charges. Lynch also thanked Swiss authorities who she said had been “instrumental” in the ongoing investigation. More to follow.

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Swiss Catholic church creates victims’ fund

This content was published on Dec 3, 2015 The Swiss Bishops Conference has announced the creation of a fund to compensate victims of sexual abuse. Individuals may receive a single payment of up to CHF10,000 ($9,966), depending on the case.

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FIFA committee rubber stamps reforms

This content was published on Dec 3, 2015 The executive committee met just hours after two FIFA officials were arrested as part of an investigation into corruption at the organisation, a probe led by the United States. Despite losing two members, the rest of the committee voted unanimously in favour of a series of changes to the organisation. It decided to re-name itself…

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Rise of the multilingual boss creates a ‘monoglot ceiling’

This content was published on Dec 3, 2015 Having another language can aid your brain. Not having one can hurt your promotion chances.

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Travel agencies not giving up

This content was published on Dec 3, 2015

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FIFA and Sepp Blatter: Where will it end?

This content was published on Dec 3, 2015 An interactive timeline of FIFA's corruption allegations and criminal investigations.

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