How Coco Chanel Spent Her Exile In Switzerland
French fashion designer, perfumer and Nazi agent Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, who died exactly 50 years ago, is buried in Lausanne.
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Swiss Government Calls For Swift Decision On Crypto Export Licenses
The Swiss government has instructed the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) to examine and approve the suspended export applications
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No Official Outcry In Swiss Crypto Spying Affair
The Swiss company Crypto produced manipulated encryption devices for decades. The CIA and the BND, Germany’s intelligence agency, were able
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Switzerland: Rights Expert Calls To Strengthen Corporate Responsibility
By Marie Vuilleumier The ‘responsible business’ initiative by a broad coalition of NGOs will come to a nationwide vote on
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Switzerland: Court Delivers First Judgment In FIFA Corruption Case
Former FIFA number two Jérôme Valcke has been given a suspended sentence and fine in a corruption case, while the president of French football team Paris Saint-Germain has been acquitted. Switzerland’s
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Switzerland: COVID-19 Forces Cancellation Of Open-Air Voting
Canton Glarus’s open-air assembly (“Landsgemeinde”), the oldest form of direct democracy in Switzerland, will definitely not take place this year.
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Switzerland: Investigation Launched Into Alleged ‘COVID Credit’ Fraud
Prosecutors in western Switzerland have opened an investigation into suspected fraud and money laundering linked to financial aid given to
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How Crypto Mining Tried, But Failed, To Gain A Swiss Toehold
By Matthew Allen There was a time when any Tom, Dick or Harry could create (or “mine”) bitcoin with a
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Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps: Ethical Questions
By Katy Romy Contact tracing apps, which alert users when they have been in contact with infected people, are being touted
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When There’s Plenty Of Work In The Fields, But Few Workers
By Alexander Thoele Swiss farmers are having to improvise to find enough labourers during the coronavirus pandemic to help with the harvest, and – as one
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