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10 Apr 2020, 6:45 am by Steven Pagach
” The measures are also meant to help Switzerland’s exporters, which are being impacted due to a failing demand from other countries. [read post]
6 Jul 2023, 9:02 pm by Joe Whitworth
According to recently released figures, the number of outbreaks and illnesses has risen in Switzerland in 2022 compared to the year before. [read post]
5 Jun 2016, 4:30 pm by Tom Smith
GENEVA — Swiss voters on Sunday overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to guarantee an income to Switzerland’s residents, whether or not they are employed, an idea that has also been raised in other countries amid an intensifying debate over wealth disparities and dwindling employment opportunities. [read post]
23 Apr 2024, 1:49 pm by Stephanie Ricker
(Trafigura), pled guilty to… The post Crude Consequences: Switzerland-Based Company to Pay $126 Million Criminal Fine for Oil Bribery Scheme appeared first on TZ Legal - Fraud Fighters. [read post]
22 May 2017, 11:01 am by Autumn Callan
Switzerland has a system of direct democracy [Reuters report], which gives voters the final say in policy issues. [read post]
15 May 2011, 9:57 am
The ban was aimed at stopping [BBC report] a phenomenon known as "death tourism" or "suicide tourism" where people travel to Switzerland from abroad to take advantage of its legal assisted suicide. [read post]
14 Feb 2007, 11:39 am
[JURIST] Switzerland is launching a criminal probe into the alleged unlawful use of Swiss airspace by US agents in anti-terrorist operations after authorization Wednesday by the Swiss Federal Council [official website], which said in a statement that there was evidence that "basic norms of international law were violated. [read post]
1 Jul 2011, 9:44 am by Gene Quinn
According to INSEAD, Switzerland is the most innovative country in the world, gaining three spots from its position in last year’s GII. [read post]
25 Aug 2010, 9:00 am
[JURIST] Capital punishment advocates in Switzerland on Wednesday unexpectedly withdrew [advocacy website, in German] from their campaign to reinstate the death penalty [JURIST news archive] only one day after the Federal Chancellery [official website, in German] allowed them to begin collecting signatures [JURIST report] in support of a referendum [text, in German]. [read post]
1 May 2009, 5:15 am
Switzerland urged a U.S. court on Thursday to reject demands by U.S. tax authorities for information about U.S. clients of UBS, saying disclosure would violate its sovereignty and international law, Reuters reported. [read post]
10 Jul 2011, 1:22 pm by Aman Kakar
[JURIST] The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] rejected two appeals [decision, in French; press release] from Swiss Muslims challenging Switzerland's ban on construction of minarets. [read post]
15 Jul 2011, 9:46 am by Jaclyn Belczyk
[JURIST] The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland [official website, in German] ruled [press release, PDF] Friday that the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) [official website, in German] was right to order UBS [corporate website] to disclose information to the US on more than 250 of the bank's clients. [read post]
12 Dec 2016, 7:50 am by sylvain
Alors qu’il vient de déclarer que le Ministère public vaudois ne peut contraindre Facebook Switzerland Sàrl (Facebook Suisse) à produire les données d’un compte Facebook, le Tribunal fédéral refuse (provisoirement) de reconnaître une obligation pour Google Switzerland GmbH de donner... [read post]
5 Feb 2024, 6:00 am by Will Newman
 There are no trials by jury in Switzerland. [read post]