Новости за 14.04.2024

In order to better protect taxpayers from the corporate failure of a systemically important bank in future, the Swiss government presented a catalogue of 22 measures for “too-big-to-fail” regulation on Wednesday. However, there is no single panacea, said Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter in an interview with the Schweiz am Sonntag newspaper. Keller-Sutter emphasised the importance of the proposal that the Swiss parent companies of systemically important banks must in future back their foreign holdings with up to 100% equity. Читать дальше...

Swiss aid organisations have not left Haiti despite the prevailing chaos. Even though the capital Port-au-Prince has been exposed to violence by criminal gangs for several weeks, their work elsewhere is continuing as normal. The relief organisation of the Protestant Reformed Church (Heks) has around 40 employees working in Haiti. Country director Marie-Jeanne Hautbois, the only foreigner, was evacuated on February 19. She is coordinating her teams from abroad. Hautbois, who currently lives in France... Читать дальше...

Two-year-old Heewoo does not know it yet, but later this month he will become one of the most important plaintiffs in the rapidly emerging field of climate litigation. South Korea’s Constitutional Court is expected to hear from April 23 a legal challenge to the country’s progress on climate goals which has been brought on behalf of 62 babies and small children. The so-called baby climate case, launched by parents and expectant mothers in 2022, was filed under the name Woodpecker, the nickname given... Читать дальше...

Switzerland has condemned Iran’s night-time attack on Israel in no uncertain terms and called on all sides to show restraint and prudence. “Switzerland strongly condemns the coordinated attacks from Iran against Israel,” the foreign ministry tweeted on Sunday morning. “The attack significantly increases the risks for the region.” In the statement, Switzerland appealed to all sides to exercise the greatest possible restraint. “The spiral of escalation must stop immediately,” it said. For the first time in the history of the Islamic Republic... Читать дальше...

A three-hour documentary on the inner life of one of the top zoos in the world has premiered in Berlin. Its creator, Romuald Karmakar, explains what made him shift his gaze from wars and techno music to animals in a cage.  Far from the chaotic political protests and the red carpet buzz of the Berlin International Film Festival last February, another kind of special, if more subdued, premiere was taking place on the sidelines. The 600 seats inside the opulent Delphi Film Palast, a major arthouse cinema... Читать дальше...

The former managers of the defunct major bank Credit Suisse will not be forced to repay their bonuses. Given the current legal situation, a clawback is unlikely to be successful, says the Swiss finance ministry. Speakling to the Swiss News Agency Keystone-SDA, it confirmed a report in the SonntagsZeitung newspaper. The government came to this conclusion in its report on banking stability. In it, the finance ministry also announced that it had analysed the legal means available to retroactively prosecute... Читать дальше...

A Swiss man living in Thailand lost his temper for a moment and sparked an unprecedented witch hunt. The Thai authorities have been forced to act. Now that the matter is in the hands of the Phuket public prosecutor’s office, the actual incident seems insignificantly small. It is a minor offence that will probably be dealt with in administrative proceedings. The outcry has also abated. “Media attention has turned back to other current issues,” says Swiss ambassador Pedro Zwahlen. Until very recently... Читать дальше...