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French and Swiss to re-discuss tax agreement

This content was published on Sep 6, 2012 Speaking in Paris on Thursday after meeting Fabius, Burkhalter said that he explained to the French minister that the accord had met some resistance and that it would be good to have another round of talks before the Swiss government signed the agreement. Criticism of the proposed treaty has focused on the fact that it would…

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Greens push for sustainable economy

This content was published on Sep 6, 2012 The Green Party formally submitted its “green economy” initiative in the capital, Bern, on Thursday. It seeks to reduce Switzerland’s carbon footprint to a “single Earth” by 2050, compared with the three Earths’ worth of resources that the world would currently use up every year if everyone on the planet lived like the Swiss. The…

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Bid for Olympic games wins government backing

This content was published on Sep 6, 2012 The cabinet is also prepared to cover a deficit of up to SFr1 billion for the organisation of the Games in the mountain resorts of Davos and St Moritz, according sport minister Ueli Maurer. “The government is convinced the Games are a great opportunity to present a small country like Switzerland in a positive light,”…

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Swiss to send more support for Syrian civilians

This content was published on Sep 4, 2012 A total of SFr13 million has been pledged by Switzerland thus far in 2012. The additional money will allow “response to the increasing demand” for means to face the crisis, Burkhalter said. Meanwhile, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has told the president of the Swiss-run International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, that humanitarian aid…

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E-viruses up the ante in economic battles

This content was published on Sep 4, 2012 A new virus called Gauss, for example, has already infected hundreds of computers in the Middle East. It can spy on bank transactions and steal passwords. According to Kaspersky Lab, a company specialising in computer science security, Gauss was invented in the same laboratory that created Stuxnet – the virus that infiltrated Iran’s nuclear programme.…

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Cyber war, reality or science fiction?

This content was published on Sep 4, 2012 Nuclear power stations, hospitals and distribution centres for drinking water are prime targets in a cyber war. Who should be in charge of protecting the infrastructure? Possibly an army of cyber soldiers or civilian IT staff? Give us your opinion.

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Finding the right goals and motives for aid

This content was published on Sep 3, 2012 Immigration from poor countries cannot be blocked through development cooperation. On the contrary, if the support is successful, emigration will grow along with increasing prosperity. This is the conclusion of a recently published study by the think tank Foreign Policy Forum (Foraus). The study, entitled ‘Does economic development prevent migration?’ has sparked a debate about…

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High cost of rail travel “deterring passengers”

This content was published on Sep 2, 2012 Income from passenger traffic shrank by one third to SFr65 million, continuing the negative trend of previous years. Swiss Federal Railways lays the blame for the drop in passenger numbers on the crisis in the tourism sector. This has led to a decrease in holiday traffic nationwide, although regional traffic is maintaining numbers, Federal Railways…

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Strong SMEs key to Switzerland’s economic success

This content was published on Sep 2, 2012 The Swiss economy has continued to grow despite the three-year-old European debt crisis that began in Ireland and Greece and spread to Italy and Spain. For the past six years, the Swiss government has run budget surpluses, even while suffering a recession during the financial crisis in 2008 when it was forced to bail out…

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How Switzerland is weathering the storm

This content was published on Sep 2, 2012 Switzerland’s unemployment rate is 2.7 per cent, lower than in any other European country, where the rate is an average ten per cent. Its economy expanded for the twelfth consecutive quarter with selective indicators still going strong. Watch exports climbed 15 per cent in July. Car sales jumped 12 per cent in the six months…

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