About 150 nations met in Geneva on Monday to discuss how to plug gaps in climate information to help the world cope with global warming.
Swiss authorities on Thursday lifted a 12-year freeze on nearly $7-million in assets the late Zairean dictator Mobutu Sese Seko held in Switzerland.
Switzerland is bracing for a monumental change in a tradition of banking secrecy that has survived numerous crises over the last 75 years.
South Africa said on Monday that industry bailouts by rich nations, especially in the carmaker sector, could be a covert form of protectionism.
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/ 20 February 2009
Switzerland was feeling the heat on banking secrecy on Friday after the US stepped up its high-stakes tax probe against the biggest Swiss bank, UBS.
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/ 2 February 2009
Protectionism and the retreat of investments as a result of the world economic crisis are a threat to Africa, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has said.
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/ 1 February 2009
Hundreds of people rallied in Geneva and Davos on Saturday to protest against the World Economic Forum.
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/ 31 January 2009
Trade ministers from two dozen countries met in the Swiss ski resort of Davos on Saturday amid fears that protectionism is increasing.
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/ 31 January 2009
The party is over in the City of London, and perhaps it is here in the Swiss Alps too.
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/ 29 January 2009
The economic crisis could throw 50-million people out of work by the end of the year, the ILO said on Wednesday, darkening gloom at the Davos summit.
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/ 28 January 2009
Maria Ramos, chief executive of Transnet, said on Wednesday she sees the tough time for the global economy lasting 18 to 24 months.
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/ 28 January 2009
Worsening economic turmoil dominated talks and thoughts as world leaders and financial chiefs gathered on Wednesday for the annual Davos forum.
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/ 13 January 2009
Manchester United and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo was on Monday named Fifa World Footballer of the Year for 2008.
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/ 21 December 2008
Russia’s Nikolai Valuev successfully defended his WBA title on Saturday night with a win over former world champion Evander Holyfield.
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/ 19 December 2008
Evander Holyfield plans to roll back the years to be crowned world champion for the fifth time by beating Nikolai Valuev in Zurich on Saturday night.
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/ 5 December 2008
Repairing the giant particle collider built to simulate the ”Big Bang” could cost up to -million.
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/ 5 November 2008
At the suite-only Carlton Hotel, the reservations department is getting disturbing news daily.
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/ 25 October 2008
Fida president Sepp Blatter said on Friday his organization’s finances are not at risk in the world financial crisis.
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/ 21 September 2008
Confidence is an elusive thing but as the roller coaster ride in the markets makes clear, without it, the financial system risks turning to dust.
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/ 10 September 2008
Scientists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) started up a huge particle-smashing machine on Wednesday.
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/ 9 September 2008
The Swiss army will keep getting its Swiss Army knives from a Swiss manufacturer, after Victorinox beat foreign rivals to retain the contract.
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/ 6 September 2008
Beneath the rural tranquillity of the Geneva countryside, scientists are getting ready for a trip into the unknown.
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/ 3 September 2008
Six hundred Germans are involved in an internet paedophile network uncovered in Switzerland, judicial authorities said on Wednesday.
Experts met in Geneva on Monday to consider ways of stopping scientific advances being converted into more lethal biological weapons.
Michel Houellebecq’s debut film was panned after its first screening this week. The French enfant terrible talks to Geoffrey Macnab.
Ministers saw a "new order" take hold of global trade on Wednesday, with emerging economies calling the shots after WTO talks collapsed.
World soccer’s governing body Fifa has told clubs they must release any players aged under 23 selected for next month’s Beijing Olympics.
Marathon talks for a global trade deal collapsed on Tuesday after a clash over agriculture between the US and emerging heavyweights.
Talks to rescue a world trade deal struggled into a ninth day on Tuesday after being brought back from the brink of collapse.
Talks to rescue a world trade deal will continue on Tuesday with players trying to avert a collapse over measures intended to help poor countries.
The United States exchanged harsh words with China and India as key World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks dragged into a second week on Monday.
Poorer countries are divided over plans for a new trade deal, with developing country importers pitted against exporters pushing for liberalisation.