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Swiss bank employees back Romney

This content was published on Aug 26, 2012 With less than three months to go before the November 6 vote and with money flowing in abundance into campaign coffers, the 2012 presidential election is projected to be the most expensive in US history. In July, Romney outpaced Obama for the third month in a row in fundraising. But Obama is reported to have…

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Concern over Franco-Swiss inheritance tax plans

This content was published on Aug 25, 2012 “It’s been quite a lot of bad news for the Swiss expat community in France in the space of just a few years,” lamented Jean-Michel Begey, president of the Union of Swiss Abroad Associations of France (USAF). “We’ve only just got over the taxes that Swiss banks have imposed on foreign clients since 2010, and…

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Lausanne researchers to examine Arafat’s body

This content was published on Aug 24, 2012 Researchers from the Institute of Radiation Physics at Lausanne’s university hospital have been ready to travel to Ramallah to begin tests on Arafat’s body for two weeks, after receiving two letters in early August from the Palestinian Authority asking them to come to the West Bank “as soon as possible.” However, they have been waiting for…

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Press sees winners and losers in cabinet decision

This content was published on Aug 23, 2012 After voters in March approved a 20 per cent cap on the number of second homes, the government had to decide when and how to implement it. It was a highly anticipated decision, and one that was bound to be controversial. On the one side, supporters of the quota who said the property boom in…

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Cap on holiday homes to prompt legal battle

This content was published on Aug 22, 2012 Campaigners who championed a 20 per cent cap on holiday homes per commune have accused the cabinet of caving in to pressure from the construction industry and tourist regions. The Helvetia Nostra group of the Franz Weber Foundation said an interim statute approved by the cabinet was in violation of a people’s verdict. The initiative…

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Swiss mothers hold back from having it all

This content was published on Aug 22, 2012 Respect, power, influence and a family to boot – to the outside world Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former policy planning director for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, had it all. What she didn’t have was time to spend with her family, something women in Switzerland have in relative abundance. Writing in the US magazine The Atlantic…

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Swiss miffed by Romney girl

This content was published on Aug 22, 2012 In the video released by supporters of the rival Democrat Party and incumbent Barack Obama, a character named Miss Swiss Bank Account describes Romney as a “boss millionaire with accounts everywhere”. The film gives “the impression that having a bank account in Switzerland is dubious in itself and its only aim is to hide money…

Legal amendments could cut naturalisations

This content was published on Aug 21, 2012 The study, carried out by experts at Geneva University, found that two of the proposed changes would have opposite effects. On the one hand, cutting from 12 years to eight the time would-be citizens have to wait before being eligible to apply for a Swiss passport would increase the annual number of applications by about…

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President holds firm on German tax accord

This content was published on Aug 21, 2012 Despite recent reports of German displeasure with the agreement and continued purchases of stolen Swiss bank data on the part of German finance ministers, she said there would be no re-negotiation of the deal currently on the table. “It’s this deal or no deal,” said Widmer-Schlumpf, who is also the Swiss finance minister. Germany’s ambassador…

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Armed guards protect Swiss ships from pirates

This content was published on Aug 19, 2012 Three years ago Swiss parliament voted not to take part in a European Union-sponsored security operation, called the Atalanta mission, designed to protect shipping, crews and cargo from increasing attacks by pirates in crucial commercial sea lanes. This decision did not affect the rights of ship owners and operators from hiring their own private security…

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