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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Luxembourg insisted after an EU summit 22 May in Brussels that a revision of the European Union’s tax agreement on cross-border savings must wait until the EU has negotiated deals on information exchanges with Switzerland and other countries, reports Bloomberg. The duchy recently agreed to some automatic information exchanges by 2015, giving [...]
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Federal Tribunal is reviewing today, 22 May, the application of a law approved by Swiss voters 11 March 2012, to limit the construction of new second homes. In a first ruling Wednesday the court says the law is officially applicable 11 March 2012, in other words immediately after the vote. [...]
BERN, SWITZERLAND – The European Union and Switzerland are strengthening their ties to combat cartels and other efforts to skirt competitive pricing, with a new agreement that the Federal Council approved Wednesday 22 May. The year-long negotiations for the agreement led to a deal whereby authorities from each will have better access to documents and [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Josette Sheeran, vice-chair at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, has been named president of the Asia Society, a non-profit organization based in New York that aims to strengthen ties between the US and Asia, through educational means. She takes up the post 10 June. Sheeran headed the World Food Program before [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – International Geneva is having an ultra-busy week, with several thousand more visitors in town than usual, so if English sounds like the city’s language, don’t be surprised. The World Health Organization Monday 20 May opened its 66th World Health Assembly, a week-long meeting of members to review the budget and debate pressing [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A warehouse loading dock in Rolle that belongs to Schenk, one of Switzerland’s largest wineries that is also the country’s largest wine importer and wholesaler, caught fire Tuesday evening at 20:15. The warehouse is next to the A1 autoroute and the loading dock, on the lake side of the building, is just [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Robert Spencer’s retirement party at Webster University in Bellevue, Geneva Thursday evening 16 May brought together several hundred people: politicians, diplomats, former and current students and professors who marked 18 years that have transformed the school into a major part of international Geneva. Spencer has worked at the Geneva campus since 1995, [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland will limit the number of B permits available to members of the EU-17 nations, starting 1 June. A quota of 53,700 will be allowed up to 31 May 2014, Bern said Wednesday 15 May. The Federal Council’s earlier decision to invoke the safeguard clause that is part of Switzerland’s agreement with [...]
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Lower wine consumption in most markets, over-production in 2011, a high Swiss franc and stocks of wine that aren’t moving lie behind a decision by Bern to allow AOC (appellation d’origine contrôlée) wines to be sold as table wines. The extraordinary measure starts 1 June and will be in effect until the [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Gina Lollobrigida has one up on Liz Taylor as a symbol of the glamour, sexiness and class of a cinema era, the 1950s and 60s, seeing a favourite pair of natural pearl drop with diamond earrings sold for close to CHF2.29 million ($2.4m). The Italian superstar’s earrings, worn often throughout her career [...]
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