Tag: Switzerland

Tuesday, December 7th 2021 - 20:08 UTC
German families seek shelter in Paraguay from vaccines and lockdowns

German citizens who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or put up to harsh mobility restrictions have fled their country and sought shelter in a community within Paraguay, it was reported.
Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 09:06 UTC
Several Swiss banks “reprimanded” for breaching laundering rules with Venezuelan clients

Several Swiss banks have been reprimanded for breaching laundering rules involving people linked to Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA, and have been ordered to terminate all business links with Venezuelan clients as well as with risky clients.
Thursday, August 26th 2021 - 07:03 UTC
A billion people suffering hypertension live in low and middle income countries

The vast majority of people with high blood pressure, or hypertension, – a serious medical condition that significantly increases the risks of heart, brain, kidney and other diseases – live in low and middle-income countries, a World Health Organization (WHO) report released on Wednesday has revealed.
Saturday, May 29th 2021 - 09:22 UTC
Swiss bank discloses details of laundering deals involving South America's football officials

A Swiss bank Friday admitted before a Federal Court in New York it had laundered around 25 million US dollars for the late Argentine Football Association President and FIFA Vice President Julio Humberto Grondona and his family, it was reported.
Monday, March 8th 2021 - 08:00 UTC
Swiss voters backed ban on burqa by a slim margin: 51,2% to a 50,8% turnout

Swiss voters on Sunday narrowly backed a ban on full-face coverings in public places - a decision hailed by supporters as a bulwark against radical Islam but branded as discriminatory by opponents. Official results showed that 51.2% of voters, and a clear majority of federal Switzerland's cantons, supported the proposal.
Friday, February 12th 2021 - 09:32 UTC
Argentina's Patagonia bank teams with Swiss UBS and Banco do Brasil to have a global platform

UBS BB Investment Bank, a joint venture between UBS Group AG and Banco do Brasil SA for South America, reached a collaboration agreement with Argentina’s Banco Patagonia SA.
Thursday, January 7th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Credit Suisse cuts relations with wealthy Venezuelan families

Fearing of doing business with politically-exposed clients in a sanctions-hit country, Credit Suisse Group AG has cut relationships with a number of Venezuela’s wealthy.
Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 09:59 UTC
Trump administration designated Switzerland and Vietnam as currency manipulators; China in monitoring list

U.S. Treasury Department designated Switzerland and Vietnam as currency manipulators for the first time, while keeping China on a watch list, in the Trump administration’s final foreign-exchange policy report.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:13 UTC
Haiti still waiting for Swiss courts to free funds stolen by dictators, more than thirty years on

More than 30 years after the overthrow of Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haiti is still waiting to get back the fortune that the dictator and his family deposited in Switzerland. The delay is down to legal intrigues being played out in the Swiss courts.
Friday, October 16th 2020 - 09:20 UTC
Switzerland bans the export of five toxic chemicals, including paraquat

Starting from next year, Switzerland will not allow the export of five hazardous plant protection products already banned in the European country. The Swiss government approved the amendment to the law on chemical substances this week as part of measures to reduce risks associated with toxic chemicals. It added that the move is intended to help protect health and the environment in importing countries, particularly in the developing world.