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Sunday, August 3, 2014

News of Switzerland- NY Times

Switzerland

News about Switzerland, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Related: Switzerland Travel Guide

Chronology of Coverage

  1. Jul. 10, 2014
    Swiss prosecutor brings charges against Rudolf Elmer, former banker in the Cayman Islands with the Swiss bank Julius Baer, saying he handed over confidential data to WikiLeaks’s founder, Julian Assange, and tried to pass on files to German officials. MORE
  2. Jul. 9, 2014
    Swiss laws that demand client confidentiality are causing problems for bankers cooperating with inquiries into tax evasion; employees are bracing as 100 or more Swiss banks are expected to turn over more than 1,000 names and information to the United States; Justice Dept says those names will be used to investigate Americans who evaded taxes along with the banks, bakers and advisers. MORE
  3. Jul. 6, 2014
    Evan Rail travel article on visiting a region along the France-Switzerland border with rich ties to the once-banned spirit absinthe, also known as the Green Fairy; Swiss-French Absinthe Trail runs between the Val-de-Travers in Switzerland and historic French town of Pontarlier. MORE
  4. May. 19, 2014
    As part of a deal, the Swiss bank said it had conspired to aid tax evasion in a decades-long scheme. It will also pay about $2.6 billion in penalties and hire an independent monitor. MORE
  5. May. 19, 2014
    Swiss voters resoundingly reject proposed minimum wage that would have been the world's highest, at $24.65 per hour; move is widely seen as reflecting aversion to state intervention in the liberal economic policies that are the bedrock of country's prosperity. MORE

General Information on Switzerland

Official Name: Swiss Confederation
Capital: Bern (Current local time)
Government Type: Federal Republic
Population: 7.55 million
Area: 15,941 sq. mi.; about the size of Vermont and New Hampshire combined.
Languages: German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch (official) 0.5%
Literacy: Total population: [99%]; Male: [99%]; Female: [99%]
Year of Independence: 1291
Web site: Admin.ch

Highlights From the Archives

Zurich Journal
The World Is Flat, and Chocolatiers Want to Coat It

The World Is Flat, and Chocolatiers Want to Coat It

By JOHN TAGLIABUE
Swiss chocolatiers, having conquered European and North American markets long ago, are now aiming at the vast expanses of Russia, India and China.
December 17, 2007 worldNews

Swiss Parliament Deals Setback to Leader of Far-Right Party

By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE
Swiss parliamentarians ejected Christoph Blocher, leader of the far-right Swiss People’s Party, from the Federal Council, which runs the government by consensus.
December 13, 2007 worldNews
Immigration, Black Sheep and Swiss Rage

Immigration, Black Sheep and Swiss Rage

By ELAINE SCIOLINO
An extreme right-wing party has turned Switzerland’s election campaign into a debate on immigration.
October 8, 2007 worldNews
Frutigen Journal

A Hole in the Earth, a Hole in a Pocket

By JOHN TAGLIABUE
A new rail tunnel project through the Swiss Alps is part of an ambitious program to protect the Alps, a Swiss national heritage, from environmental damage.
September 19, 2007 worldNews
Lucerne Journal
In Peaceful Switzerland, Trouble at a Historic Meadow

In Peaceful Switzerland, Trouble at a Historic Meadow

By JOHN TAGLIABUE
At Switzerland’s birthplace, concerns about skinheads and a dispute over security costs are marring plans for an annual celebration.
July 23, 2007 worldNews

Articles

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Langrée Signs On for More Mostly Mozart

By ALLAN KOZINN
Louis Langrée renews his contract with the Mostly Mozart Festival, and Michael Haefliger renews his with the Lucerne Festival.
July 29, 2014, Tuesday

UBS Profit Rises 15% as It Grapples With Legal Matters

By CHAD BRAY
The Swiss bank reported profit of about $875 million and disclosed that it was responding to inquiries from the United States about its private stock market, known as a dark pool.
July 29, 2014, Tuesday
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Officials Pull Back From Crash Site as the Army Puts Pressure on Rebels

By ANDREW E. KRAMER and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Fighting between rebels and the Ukrainian military forced an investigative team to retreat before it could secure the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and begin an investigation into the circumstances of the crash.
July 29, 2014, Tuesday

Hackers Find Way to Outwit Tough Security at Banking Sites

By NICOLE PERLROTH
A new cyberattack allows criminals to bypass the security mechanisms at banks in Austria, Japan, Switzerland and Sweden.
July 22, 2014, Tuesday

Credit Suisse Loses $779 Million After Settling Tax Evasion Case

By JENNY ANDERSON
The bank reported a second-quarter loss of $779 million and said that it planned to exit the commodities business.
July 22, 2014, Tuesday

Swiss Bank Julius Baer to Buy Businesses from Israel's Bank Leumi

By DAVID JOLLY
Julius Baer said its assets under management had risen and that it was acquiring the Israeli lender Bank Leumi’s private banking activities in Switzerland and Luxembourg.
July 21, 2014, Monday

After a Run of 19 Years, Passing the Baton

By MICHAEL WHITE
David Zinman, the American music director of the orchestra in Zurich, is leaving the post after 19 years.
July 19, 2014, Saturday

Star Anchor's Real Sin May Have Been Hypocrisy

By EDWARD WONG
Liberal intellectuals are offended by the detained CCTV anchor Rui Cheng’s grandstanding manner of touting the Chinese system while cozying up to Westerners.
July 16, 2014, Wednesday

MoMA Names New Architecture and Design Curator

By ROBIN POGREBIN
The Museum of Modern Art has picked a Swiss art history professor to be its new curator for architecture.
July 15, 2014, Tuesday

Ties to Edelman Subsidiary May Have Ensnared CCTV Anchor

By EDWARD WONG
People’s Daily posted on Twitter that that Rui Chenggang, a prominent television anchorman, held stock in a Chinese subsidiary of the public relations Edelman while the subsidiary was providing services to Mr. Rui’s employer, China Central...
July 14, 2014, Monday
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