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Taxman targets 6,000 Britons holding Swiss bank accounts

13.10.11
Up to 500 United Kingdom residents with private HSBC bank accounts in Switzerland face criminal and serious fraud investigations the tax office has disclosed... more

Fulham seal deal for Palermo midfielder

26.07.11
Switzerland Under-21 international Pajtim Kasami has signed a four-year deal... more

England on the up

29.06.11
Capello's men climb to fourth in FIFA world rankings despite not beating Switzerland this month... more

Swiss bliss for my daughter but it was agony for me

16.06.11
David Weir: I'd love to compete in the Diamond League in Birmingham on 10 July but I'm not putting myself under any pressure to do that... more

Motorcycle gang caught on CCTV with £300k haul

03.06.11
Two men armed with axes burst into a jewellery store in the city and snatched watches worth more than £300,000... more

Monk wanted in Switzerland with no wealthy habits

08.11.10
Order of monks in Switzerland advertises for a new recruit in a newspaper classifieds section normally reserved for executive jobs... more

Alliance Boots defends its tax switch to Switzerland

03.11.10
Alliance Boots bosses insist the group is paying a fair amount of tax, shrugging off inquiries into why its official headquarters are in Switzerland... more

Eva Longoria Parker buys $8 million third home in Switzerland

19.10.10
Eva Longoria Parker and her husband Tony have bought a third home in Switzerland , which is part of the old Du Parc hotel and will be ready by 2012... more

Steven Gerrard: We’re good but please don’t get carried away just yet

08.09.10
Skipper calls for calm as England make it two wins out of two to lead their Euro 2012 qualifying group... more

City Spy: Ignore bankers’ Swiss-bound bluff

12.08.10
Like boys crying wolf and girls vowing to run away from home, bankers are always threatening to quit the UK and flee to Switzerland... more

Old codgers, flunkies and greyfaces - it has to be a Champions League draw

05.08.10
Tomorrow in Nyon, Switzerland, Tottenahm will find out who they are playing in the final qualifying round... more

Jose Reina: Spain cannot live of the past

21.06.10
A defeat to Switzerland in their opening Group H match means Spain need a convincing performance... more

England have found their spirit again, says Fabio Capello

11.06.10
The Three Lions tackle the United States in their World Cup opener in Rustenburg with their coach believing it is time to start roaring again... more

UBS chief: Swiss will reach tax deal with US

11.06.10
Oswald Gruebel, chief executive of UBS, is confident Switzerland will strike a deal with the US over tax data... more

Fernando Torres in race against time

12.05.10
Liverpool and Spain striker Fernando Torres is in a race against time to be fit for Spain's first game of the World Cup... more

Surprise inclusion in Swiss provisional World Cup squad

11.05.10
18-year-old Xherdan Shaqiri has been included in Switzerland's provisional World Cup squad despite having only played 45 minutes of international football... more

Skiers warned: Boozing on piste is slippery slope

10.12.09
British skiers heading to the Alps this season were warned to avoid drinking too much alcohol when taking to the piste... more

How tobacco threats fail

09.12.09
Cigarette pack warnings reminding smokers of fatal consequences may actually make them smoke more as a way to cope with the inevitability of death... more

UBS ready to hand over tax-dodger names to US

30.10.09
This weekend could see the beginning of the end of Switzerland’s banking sector — an industry famous for being secretive ... more

Britons who have died with Dignitas

14.07.09
More than 115 Britons have travelled to Switzerland to end their life at the Dignitas clinic since it opened 11 years ago... more

Is your partner’s smell a turn-on?

16.06.09
Scent matching is the latest development in dating sites but how much of a difference does your partner's smell really make?... more

Swiss condemn US for tax data 'fishing'

01.05.09
Switzerland accused the US government of conducting a heavy-handed "fishing expedition" in its demands for the names of 52,000 Americans using Swiss bank accounts... more

Swiss banks to ease secrecy laws amid blitz on tax havens

13.03.09
Switzerland has pledged to relax its much-cherished bank secrecy laws amid a global crackdown on tax havens... more

Let addicts have free heroin, say Swiss voters

01.12.08
Swiss voters have overwhelmingly backed the free provision of prescription heroin to addicts... more

UBS may try to get back exec bonuses

05.11.08
UBS confirms it is looking at clawing back bonuses from former executives who were in charge when it racked up the largest credit-crunch losses of any European bank... more

Rights issue success promises to help restore UBS fortunes

13.06.08
UBS, Switzerland's biggest bank, took another step towards repairing its battered balance sheet as it announced a 99.4% take up for its Swfr16 billion (£7.9 billion) rights issue... more

Yakin's peace role for grudge match

11.06.08
Ill-feeling between the Swiss and Turks can be calmed by one player who has a foot in both camps... more


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