Swiss cabinet seeks to fine people who violate a national ban on face coverings up to 1,000 Swiss francs ($1,005). The far-right proposal to ban facial coverings in public won a narrow victory in a referendum last year. Muslim groups condemned the vote as discriminatory and vowed legal challenges. As part of its efforts to … Read more
GENEVA – The Swiss will vote Sunday on whether to tighten their notoriously lax tobacco laws by banning virtually all advertising of the health-hazardous products. Switzerland lags far behind most wealthy nations in restricting tobacco advertising, a situation widely blamed on hefty lobbying by some of the world’s biggest tobacco companies headquartered in the country. … Read more
GENEVA, Dec 10, 2021 (AFP) – The Swiss government presented proposals Friday for broad new restrictions as Covid cases surge, including barring unvaccinated people from restaurants and cultural activities as well as home working requirements. The government put forward two proposals for new measures aimed at reining in ballooning rates of transmission and said a final … Read more
BERN, Switzerland, Dec 3, 2021 (AFP) – Switzerland announced Friday it was dropping 10-day quarantine rules for people flying in from countries where the Omicron Covid-19 variant has been detected. The wealthy Alpine nation — one of Europe’s top skiing holiday destinations — said the rule no longer made sense now that the variant is also … Read more
The Swiss parliament on Wednesday has approved the automatic exchange of bank data to 18 more countries including Pakistan from year 2021. The Swiss Senate followed the House of Representative’s lead and approved a new batch of countries for automatic exchange of financial information (AEOI) including Pakistan. This means Switzerland will provide the complete bank … Read more
