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Guatemala’s ex-police chief arrested in Geneva

This content was published on Aug 31, 2012 The Geneva prosecutor’s office said on Friday that Erwin Sperisen had been arrested on the basis of evidence submitted at the end of last year by the Guatemalan authorities, and more recent investigations. Sperisen, who has joint Guatemalan and Swiss nationality, resigned from his post at the head of the national police in March 2007,…

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Switzerland pays the price for banking secrecy

This content was published on Aug 30, 2012 “Today I met several bankers in Zurich. They were all shaking their heads saying, ‘In 40 years of operations we’ve never had a crisis like this one – a war like the one being waged against the Swiss banking system. We’re in the artillery sights of every country and every day there are new attacks’,” recounted Paolo…

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A sign of the future or merely buying time?

This content was published on Aug 30, 2012 “The treaty with Germany is much like a blueprint. It could open doors to other countries. If it comes into force I could imagine that Italy would also sign such a treaty,” Peter V Kunz, professor of economic law at Bern University, told swissinfo.ch. “That in turn could awaken interest from France.” Switzerland has already…

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Government green-lights tax negotiations

This content was published on Aug 29, 2012 In an effort to crack down on suspected American tax dodgers, the United States authorities want to impose a 30 per cent withholding tax on all bank deposits held by its citizens abroad if they do not reveal their identities. Switzerland, for its part, is trying to get exemptions. ”The aim of the negotiations is…

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The forgotten history of the libertarian Left

This content was published on Aug 29, 2012 The libertarian movement has been part of Swiss history for 150 years.

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Anarchism still inspires

This content was published on Aug 29, 2012 Anarchism has “largely taken the place of Marxism in the social movements of the 1960s”, according to the American anthropologist David Graeber, one of the intellectuals most quoted by the Occupy movement. “Even those who do not consider themselves anarchists feel they have to define themselves in relation to it,” he wrote. That may be…

Syrian opposition leader asks for help

This content was published on Aug 27, 2012 In Bern on Monday, Abdulbaset Sieda met with the secretary of state of the foreign ministry, Yves Rossier, who outlined Switzerland’s priorities in the Syrian conflict and pledged that Switzerland would do its part to help. Rossier said these priorities included promotion of international humanitarian law, the fight against impunity, provision of humanitarian aid, and…

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Truck drivers hit the rails and take a break

This content was published on Aug 27, 2012 The railway workers in their orange overalls have an unenviable job. In the summer heat sweat is streaming down their grubby faces under protection helmets. The open area of the loading yard on the outskirts of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, offers little shade from the noonday sun, and lots of muscle is needed for the…

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Swiss bank Julius Baer confirms data theft

This content was published on Aug 26, 2012 “Following tighter checks and a comprehensive internal investigation, we recently discovered a case of data misuse and were able to identify the alleged perpetrator,” Collardi told the paper. The suspected culprit, a Zurich bank employee who purportedly acted alone, has been arrested. No other details are available about the offender. The SonntagsZeitung said the bank…

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Obama and Romney hunt for bucks abroad

This content was published on Aug 26, 2012 Geneva’s historic Old Town district is set to be a roadblock with Clooney flying in to headline the $15,000 (SFr14,500)-plate intimate dinner at an undisclosed location, described on the Democrats Abroad Switzerland website as “the single most important fundraising event of Americans Abroad for Obama”. This is not Clooney’s first fundraising trip to Geneva. He…

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