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Switzerland’s attorney general to investigate Credit Suisse takeover

Inquiry to focus on whether emergency state-backed UBS takeover breached criminal law

The Guardian - UK

Granite monument in Swiss graveyard found to be Nazi memorial

A monument in a cemetery in Switzerland has sparked controversy after locals discovered its links to Nazi Germany.

Evening Standard

Credit Suisse takeover hits heart of Swiss banking, identity

Analysts say the UBS takeover of embattled rival Credit Suisse has shaken Switzerland’s self-image and dented its reputation as a global financial center

The Independent UK

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Swiss watchmakers counting the clock until Chinese tourists return

Geneva (AFP) - Switzerland's major luxury watch brands are cautiously optimistic that Chinese tourists will boost sales this year, if they return to Europe in large numbers after the easing of domestic Covid restrictions.

AFP

Fifteen hurt as two Swiss trains derail in storm

Lüscherz (Switzerland) (AFP) - Fifteen people were injured Friday when two trains derailed as stormy winds lashed northwestern Switzerland, police said.

AFP

Global crises put China at an advantage

As they say, you can't make this up. In the course of just over a week, China and Russia reaffirmed their friendship and military ties, the Iranian regime proxies lashed out with rockets at US forces in neighbouring Syria, North Korea shot off a few more missiles, France was rocked…

Bangkok Post

Rare T-Rex skeleton to go under the hammer in Switzerland

Millions of years after dinosaurs ruled the Earth, the skeleton of a giant Tyrannosaurus Rex was introduced to the public in Switzerland on Wednesday ahead of its auction next month.

Reuters

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Switzerland and France accused of lack of climate action in ECHR hearing

Group of Swiss women and French ex-mayor suing their governments in first such cases heard by rights court

The Guardian - UK

Switzerland brings back its most successful banker to steer the merged UBS-Credit Suisse behemoth

Heeding the "call to duty," Lugano native Sergio Ermotti returns to his old post as CEO of the Swiss wealth manager to navigate it through choppy waters.

Fortune

French, Swiss climate policy goes on trial in European rights court

The European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday began hearing cases against the governments of France and Switzerland over their alleged failings to protect the environment.

Radio France Internationale

Ermotti back as UBS CEO to handle Credit Suisse takeover risks

Zurich (AFP) - UBS announced Wednesday it will bring back former chief executive Sergio Ermotti to handle the huge risks involved in the Swiss banking giant's controversial absorption of troubled rival Credit Suisse.

AFP

Switzerland vs. Israel, live stream, TV channel, time, lineups, how to watch Euro 2024 Qualifying

Switzerland will be aiming to maintain its winning momentum in the Euro 2024 qualifying campaign when they host Israel on Tuesday.

USA Today Sports Media Group

'Climate lockdown' anger drives Swiss grandmother to sue Bern at European court

Last summer while dozens of Swiss pensioners were campaigning in the Alps to save their fast-melting glaciers, 85-year-old Marie-Eve Volkoff was instead stuck inside her small Geneva apartment watching pre-recorded TV programmes.

Reuters

Factbox: Swiss female pensioners vs the government: European court's first climate case

A case involving thousands of retired Swiss women is being heard at a European Court in France, the culmination of a six-year legal battle in which they claim their government's insufficient action on climate change violated their human rights.

Reuters

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Switzerland should allow re-export of arms to Ukraine -Kyiv envoy

The Swiss foreign policy tradition of neutrality should not include blocking re-exports of Swiss weapons to Ukraine, the Ukrainian ambassador to Switzerland said on Monday, adding the weapons were urgently needed to win the war against Russia.

AFP

Switzerland tries slow-mo cannabis revolution

Basel (Switzerland) (AFP) - Switzerland, which pioneered prescription heroin and safe injection sites decades ago, is now experimenting with decriminalising recreational cannabis, with the drug now available in some Basel pharmacies.

Fortune

The ‘too big to fail’ regime for banks just doesn’t work, Swiss minister says. ‘The economic damage would be considerable’

A restructuring or liquidation would have triggered “major international upheaval," said finance minister Karin Keller-Sutter.

Bangkok Post

BCPG allots B39bn in capital spending

BCPG Plc, the power generation arm of energy conglomerate Bangchak Corporation Plc, plans to allocate 39 billion baht in capital spending to fund its domestic and overseas businesses and asset acquisitions, including those affected by ongoing banking problems in the US and Switzerland.

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Switzerland Set To Roll Out Carpet-Like Solar Panels Between Railroad Tracks

The initiative could be a potential remedy for the energy problem and the rising cost of electricity.

Daily Record

Liel Abada a major Celtic injury doubt for Rangers as Israel boss maps out recovery timeline after training knock

The forward will miss Israel's Euro 2024 double header against Kosovo and Switzerland.

Daily Mirror

Woman, 18, feared dead after huge 50ft avalanche buries her on school skiing trip

Emily Franciose, from Colorado, US, was on a boarding school trip to the Bernese Alps when she was trapped under a 2,000ft-wide avalanche on the Gstelliwang slope in Bern, Switzerland

Daily Mirror

Inside luxury life of Vladimir Putin's secret girlfriend as Ukraine war rages

Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast and Vladimir Putin's bedfellow, Alina Kabaeva, 39, has been moved from Lugano in Switzerland to a forest hideaway in the depths of northern Russia

AFP

Central banks hike rates despite turmoil

London (AFP) - The Bank of England joined Norway and Switzerland in hiking interest rates Thursday as inflation remains elevated, though banking-sector turmoil could soon lead to a pause in US tightening as hinted by the Federal Reserve.

AFP

UBS, Credit Suisse tie-up may not lead to Swiss bliss

Geneva (AFP) - The marriage of UBS and Credit Suisse was hastily arranged to prevent a global financial meltdown -- but the size of the resulting megabank could cause domestic problems in Switzerland, the central bank admitted Thursday.

The Independent UK

British teenager killed by avalanche on ski tour in Switzerland

The 18-year-old was killed on Tuesday after an avalanche struck in Meiringen resort, in the canton of Bern

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