The city of Lugano, Switzerland, will make bitcoin legal tender and allow citizens to pay for public service fees or taxes in bitcoin, city director Pietro Poretti co-announced in an event livestreamed on Thursday alongside mayor Michele Foletti and CTO of Tether Paolo Ardoino. The city has already worked with
A criminal case trial against Credit Suisse for cocaine trafficking has begun in Switzerland. Despite strong indications that the funds were of criminal origin, a former Credit Suisse official carried out conducting transactions for the ring.
Swiss health minister Alain Berset has signaled that the Alpine nation’s controversial use of a Covid-19 certificate system could soon be over since the public health response to the pandemic appeared to be “on the right track.”
Switzerland has rejected the AstraZeneca Oxford COVID-19 vaccine due to lack of sufficient data.
Two patients, one a Swiss national and other an Israeli have died just hours after being administered Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine shots. Authorities of both nations and the vaccine manufacturer however, have declared that the deaths have nothing to do with the vaccine. In a shocking development, a nursing home resident
Swiss police suspect Russian spies bugged Davos 2020 disguised as plumbers. Authorities suggest agents posed as tradesmen in order to bug world leaders. Russian plumbers do not tend to summer in Davos. Even those with diplomatic passports. Five months before world leaders began their pilgrimage to the annual World Economic
India has a crucial decision to make. Should it conserve its biodiversity and germplasm for future generations or surrender its heritage to corporations and foreign treaties? Come November, India is about to enter key negotiations on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) at its
After suspending the Switzerland based firm for a year for major defense scandal just months ago, the Defense Ministry now lifts partial ban on Swiss Pilatus. Top IAF officials are believed to be under scanner for this aircraft deal. The new development come days after field-test failed Israeli Spike missiles
After raising protest in a letter to President Trump, now American lawmakers have acted legally against India over the Kashmir issue urging for US intervention.[toc] Senate Letter on Kashmir On 12th September 2019, in a letter addressed to President Trump, Senators Chris Van Hollen, Todd Young, Ben Cardin and Lindsay