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Immigration rises by 15 per cent

This content was published on Feb 12, 2012 The Federal Migration Office confirmed on Sunday that last year 75,000 foreigners settled in Switzerland – 15 per cent up on 2010. Since May 2011 – when Swiss quotas were eliminated to the eight new members of the EU – around 4,700 people have entered Switzerland from Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic…

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Swiss to chair OSCE in 2014

This content was published on Feb 10, 2012 The foreign ministry said the choice of Switzerland was confirmed by the OSCE, the world’s largest regional security body, in Vienna on Friday. Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter said the appointment perfectly fitted Switzerland’s policy priority and its commitment in favour of stability in Europe and the neighbouring regions. He said Switzerland would cooperate closely with…

Assad cousin wins case to unfreeze Swiss assets

This content was published on Feb 10, 2012 The Federal Criminal Court said it ordered the funds unblocked and granted Hafez Makhlouf SFr1,800 in damages, overturning a decision by prosecutors last September who had suspected him of money laundering. The court ruling was taken last month but was first reported on Thursday. Makhlouf, a senior official in the Syrian intelligence service, was barred…

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Swiss tighten sanctions against Syria

This content was published on Feb 7, 2012 An additional 34 individuals and 19 companies were added to the list according to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs. A total of 108 alleged members of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad are now banned from entering Switzerland and their bank accounts have been blocked. The 38 Syrian firms under embargo include financial institutions,…

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Watchdog urges better whistle-blower protection

This content was published on Feb 7, 2012 In its latest report, the non-governmental organisation said it was crucial to introduce the right to challenge wrongful termination of work contracts for employees who exposed allegedly illegal or dishonest activities of a company or a government. The watchdog organisation says a regulation for federal government employees introduced last year could be extended to cover…

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How the US is cracking down on Swiss banks

This content was published on Feb 5, 2012 Matthew Allen tells Sophie Douez about the bank crackdown

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Five more consulates to disappear

This content was published on Feb 4, 2012 The Swiss foreign ministry has decided to close those sections at the embassies in Montevideo, Asunción, Dublin, Kuala Lumpur and Lisbon during 2012. Their services will be transferred to the regional consular centres of Buenos Aires, London, Bangkok and Madrid. The measure is part of a restructuring of the Swiss diplomatic network introduced last year,…

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Business and green interests clash ahead of vote

This content was published on Feb 3, 2012 Based on interviews across the country carried out eight weeks ahead of voting day, the survey shows only a minority in favour of a considerable increase in annual holiday entitlement. Holiday homes and annual leave are among five issues being put to a nationwide vote on March 11. The strong support for the environmental initiative…

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20 years after the closure of Zürich’s notorious drug scene

This content was published on Feb 2, 2012

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Swiss “slow” to return Tunisia assets

This content was published on Feb 2, 2012 Switzerland is holding onto SFr60 million ($65 million) belonging to former President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and his entourage. Enrico Monfrini said the Federal Prosecutor’s Office – now in charge of such international cases under a new penal law – did not “always have enough staff competent in dealing with economic crimes and criminal organisations”.…

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