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Tag: Europe
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Made in Switzerland Laws Reap $1.6 Billion a Year Business Boon
(Bloomberg) — Laws prescribing that only products made in Switzerland can be marketed using Swiss images bring some 1.4 billion francs ($1.6 billion) per year to the country’s companies, a government-sponsored study found. The so-called “Swissness Act” was introduced in 2017 and stipulates certain thresholds to allow the use of the iconic Swiss cross or...
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What I learnt travelling solo in the safest country in the world for women
Evenings are always the most awkward time to fill for solos. So I was delighted to find tickets at Theater Basel starting from just £26; the Barber of Seville, performed with puppets and both German and English subtitles was a surreal way to be entertained for the night. I was even more delighted to find...
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Derby Day form guide: Tips for Group 1 bonanza and $14 chance that can win the big one
Derby Day. The first of the four-day Flemington Spring carnival and for the punting purist, it’s akin to Christmas. Nine races, all Group races, three Group 1’s, including the VRC Derby, which is the oldest feature race in Australia having been run and won since 1855. In addition to the Derby, three-year-old sprinting stars will...
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Fowler mystery solved; truth improved Matildas can’t forget amid coach search — What we learned
The gloom created by the Matildas’ group stage exit at the Olympics might be starting to fade after two positive results, but there is still a host of fundamental issues the side needs to address before they can really move on from what happened in France. The squad arrived in camp in Zurich desperate to...
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US laments ‘disappointing’ Swiss decision not to fully adopt latest EU sanctions against Russia
GENEVA (AP) — The United States is expressing disappointment over a decision by the Swiss government not to adopt all measures in the latest round of European Union sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine. Amb. Scott Miller, the top U.S. envoy in the Swiss capital, expressed hope that Bern will work to close...
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Switzerland Won’t Implement the EU’s Russia Sanctions on Subsidiaries
(Bloomberg) — Switzerland has decided not to fully implement the latest package of European Union sanctions against Russia, saying Swiss law already allows measures to prosecute subsidiaries of companies based in the country. “With the 14th sanctions package, the EU has introduced a general obligation for businesses to ensure that their subsidiaries in third countries...
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UK Resumes Trade Talks With Switzerland in ‘Global Britain’ Push
(Bloomberg) — British and Swiss trade negotiators will resume trade talks on Monday as they seek to broker deeper access to each other’s financial services markets as well as agreements on data sharing and worker visas. The meeting in London — the fifth round of talks between the two nations aimed at enhancing their existing...