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Switzerland Offers Nearly Rs 50 Lakh For Solutions To Clear Ammunition From Lakes
The Swiss government is looking for innovative solutions to remove thousands of tonnes of ammunition dumped in the lakes. And it comes with a massive 50,000 franc (Rs 48.5 lakhs) prize money.
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Study Abroad: Swiss Government Offers Excellence Scholarships To Young Researchers
Study Abroad: Research scholarships can be used for research or study at all Swiss cantonal universities, universities of applied sciences, the two federal institutes of technology, and four research institutes.
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India On Ukraine Peace Summit In Switzerland That Russia Will Skip
The Swiss government has announced that it will host a high-level peace conference in June to end the Russia-Ukraine war. It hopes Russia will attend even if not on the first day. India has welcomed the initiative.
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Switzerland Violated Human Rights: Europe Court's Climate Change Ruling
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who had argued that their government's inadequate efforts to combat climate change put them at risk of dying during heatwaves.
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Liechtenstein to Adopt, Accept Bitcoin for Select Government Services: Here’s What We Know
Liechtenstein will soon accept Bitcoin as a mode of payment for select services. The move is expected to avoid exchange-rate risks by accepting Bitcoin deposits and immediately converting them for the country’s native fiat currency, the Swiss franc. The development has been confirmed by Daniel Risch, who serves as both the Prime Minister as well ...
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Swiss Parliament Rejects $129.82 Billion Aid For Credit Suisse-UBS Merger
Switzerland's parliament rejected on Wednesday the government's 109 billion Swiss francs ($120.82 billion) aid for Credit Suisse's merger with UBS, leaving the fallen bank's hastily arranged rescue without a largely symbolic parliamentary blessing.
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Credit Suisse Staff Face More Deferred Pay Pain On Swiss Ban
The Swiss government is "temporarily suspending" deferred remuneration granted in the years up to 2022, according to a statement Tuesday.
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Government Summons Swiss Envoy Over "Anti-India" Posters In Geneva
India on Sunday summoned the Swiss ambassador and lodged a protest over the issue of "malicious anti-India" posters in front of the UN building in Geneva, official sources said.
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Davos Summit Expects Record Turnout As It Resumes Winter Slot
A record number of business and government leaders will descend on the Swiss resort of Davos next week to pore over challenges ranging from global economic slowdown to environmental collapse as the World Economic Forum returns to its winter slot.
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Financial Watchdogs Should Do More to Protect Crypto Investors, Swiss Regulator Says
Cryptocurrency trading increasingly resembles the US stock market of the late 1920s, Switzerland's top market regulator said on Wednesday, calling for regulators to take more action to protect consumers from abuse in the freewheeling sector.
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Trial Opens For Fallen Football Chiefs Sepp Blatter And Michel Platini
The pair are being tried over a two million Swiss franc ($2.08 million) payment in 2011 to Platini, who was then in charge of European football's governing body UEFA.
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India At Davos: Samosas, 15 Chefs, And A New Record
India at Davos: Inside a pavilion on the Swiss Alpine resort's Promenade street beneath an "India @ Davos 2022" logo, the federal government served up treats including 'masala chai' tea, 'samosa' snacks and other spicy delicacies.
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'Hulk' Star Mark Ruffalo Joins "Tax The Rich More" Call
US actor Mark Ruffalo on Tuesday joined a call by over 150 wealthy people for governments to tax them more, as global elites and policymakers met at the World Economic Forum in Swiss resort Davos.
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Ex-FIFA Boss Sepp Blatter Arrives For Payment Probe Hearing
Ex-FIFA chief Sepp Blatter arrived on Monday for final hearings with a Swiss prosecutor in a fraud probe surrounding a 2011 payment to Michel Platini.
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No Official Estimate Of Black Money Stashed In Swiss Banks In Last Decade: Centre
The government has no official estimate of black money stashed in the Swiss Bank over the last 10 years, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary told the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Monday.
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Switzerland Offers Nearly Rs 50 Lakh For Solutions To Clear Ammunition From Lakes
The Swiss government is looking for innovative solutions to remove thousands of tonnes of ammunition dumped in the lakes. And it comes with a massive 50,000 franc (Rs 48.5 lakhs) prize money.
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Study Abroad: Swiss Government Offers Excellence Scholarships To Young Researchers
Study Abroad: Research scholarships can be used for research or study at all Swiss cantonal universities, universities of applied sciences, the two federal institutes of technology, and four research institutes.
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India On Ukraine Peace Summit In Switzerland That Russia Will Skip
The Swiss government has announced that it will host a high-level peace conference in June to end the Russia-Ukraine war. It hopes Russia will attend even if not on the first day. India has welcomed the initiative.
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Switzerland Violated Human Rights: Europe Court's Climate Change Ruling
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who had argued that their government's inadequate efforts to combat climate change put them at risk of dying during heatwaves.
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Liechtenstein to Adopt, Accept Bitcoin for Select Government Services: Here’s What We Know
Liechtenstein will soon accept Bitcoin as a mode of payment for select services. The move is expected to avoid exchange-rate risks by accepting Bitcoin deposits and immediately converting them for the country’s native fiat currency, the Swiss franc. The development has been confirmed by Daniel Risch, who serves as both the Prime Minister as well ...
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Swiss Parliament Rejects $129.82 Billion Aid For Credit Suisse-UBS Merger
Switzerland's parliament rejected on Wednesday the government's 109 billion Swiss francs ($120.82 billion) aid for Credit Suisse's merger with UBS, leaving the fallen bank's hastily arranged rescue without a largely symbolic parliamentary blessing.
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Credit Suisse Staff Face More Deferred Pay Pain On Swiss Ban
The Swiss government is "temporarily suspending" deferred remuneration granted in the years up to 2022, according to a statement Tuesday.
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Government Summons Swiss Envoy Over "Anti-India" Posters In Geneva
India on Sunday summoned the Swiss ambassador and lodged a protest over the issue of "malicious anti-India" posters in front of the UN building in Geneva, official sources said.
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Davos Summit Expects Record Turnout As It Resumes Winter Slot
A record number of business and government leaders will descend on the Swiss resort of Davos next week to pore over challenges ranging from global economic slowdown to environmental collapse as the World Economic Forum returns to its winter slot.
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Financial Watchdogs Should Do More to Protect Crypto Investors, Swiss Regulator Says
Cryptocurrency trading increasingly resembles the US stock market of the late 1920s, Switzerland's top market regulator said on Wednesday, calling for regulators to take more action to protect consumers from abuse in the freewheeling sector.
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Trial Opens For Fallen Football Chiefs Sepp Blatter And Michel Platini
The pair are being tried over a two million Swiss franc ($2.08 million) payment in 2011 to Platini, who was then in charge of European football's governing body UEFA.
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India At Davos: Samosas, 15 Chefs, And A New Record
India at Davos: Inside a pavilion on the Swiss Alpine resort's Promenade street beneath an "India @ Davos 2022" logo, the federal government served up treats including 'masala chai' tea, 'samosa' snacks and other spicy delicacies.
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'Hulk' Star Mark Ruffalo Joins "Tax The Rich More" Call
US actor Mark Ruffalo on Tuesday joined a call by over 150 wealthy people for governments to tax them more, as global elites and policymakers met at the World Economic Forum in Swiss resort Davos.
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Ex-FIFA Boss Sepp Blatter Arrives For Payment Probe Hearing
Ex-FIFA chief Sepp Blatter arrived on Monday for final hearings with a Swiss prosecutor in a fraud probe surrounding a 2011 payment to Michel Platini.
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No Official Estimate Of Black Money Stashed In Swiss Banks In Last Decade: Centre
The government has no official estimate of black money stashed in the Swiss Bank over the last 10 years, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary told the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Monday.
