Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf

But the government’s preferred solution has so far been to negotiate a way out, hoping the United States would drop the issue if more than 10,000 UBS clients had turned themselves in voluntarily. “I assume today that parliament has to get involved,”... Full Article at Reuters Blogs

But the government's preferred solution has so far been to negotiate a way out, hoping that the U.S. would drop the issue if more than 10,000 UBS clients had turned themselves in voluntarily. "I assume today that parliament has to get involved,"... Full Article at ABC News

The Swiss government has given final approval for two Chinese Guantanamo inmates to be resettled in northwestern Switzerland. Beijing has said in the past that it wants the two ethnic minority Uighurs sent back to China, Full Article at KansasCity.com

Beyond depriving Haiti's relief efforts of additional money, the ruling also strikes a blow at Switzerland's long-standing efforts to shed its image as an investment haven for the world's dictators. “We assume that this money doesn't belong to the... Full Article at Globe and Mail