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Political parties representing minority Tamils and Muslims in Sri Lanka are holding talks in Switzerland, the first since the conflict ended in May. Sri Lanka's social welfare minister said they aim to find a shared position on...
The mood in Brussels is bleak as experts agree politicking has triumphed over ambition in the appointment of two new leaders, writes Ian Traynor Europe's hopes of translating its economic power into global political clout have...
Ottmar Hitzfeld will struggle to get Switzerland past the World Cup group stages in South Africa. Key men: Alexander Frei (up) and Johan Djourou could have big roles to play for Switzerland Photo: AFP Switzerland's World Cup...
ZURICH, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Switzerland's insurers need local regulation to be harmonised with international standards and improved access to European Union markets to boost growth, executives said on Friday.
Wealthy Britons left, right and centre have pledged to move abroad in protest at Labour's 50p rate of income tax. The artist Tracey Emin has said she will move to France if the 50p tax rate is brought in Photo: Getty The actor...
Aliens, gov planetbuster boffins, many others write in Well, this is it. In the early hours of tomorrow morning, scientists at the controls of titanic machines situated in mighty hollowed-out caverns and tunnels deep beneath...
Global trade has contracted in 2009 at a rate not seen since the Great Depression, and those paying the heaviest price are those who can least afford it. So, when trade ministers from the 153 World Trade Organization members...
Switzerland - In Autumn of 2009 Lausanne's vast Theatre de Beaulieu hosted a landmark production of Les Miserables, the first ever version in its native French form to be staged in Switzerland's French-speaking Romande sector....
Photo Gordon Morrison Last month in St. Omer, France 27th to 31st October the Ladies played in the European Championship Seniors and although they lost all the games there was a big improvement from 2007 Championship in results...
French bank Natixis has announced the appointment of Pierre-Henri Denain as global head of Capital Markets in London. Since 2008 Denain has held the post of global head of Institutional Solutions, and has been with the firm for...
