https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Switzerland will return $6.74 million to Taiwan from a slush fund used by the island's graft-tainted former president Chen Shui-bian to stash bribes from a high-profile financial merger, Taiwanese prosecutors said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150429/swiss-to-return-slush-fund-money-to-taiwan Wed, 29 Apr 2015 15:33:57 +0200 swiss-to-return-slush-fund-money-to-taiwan Despite dramatic gains by Euro-sceptic parties, pro-Europeans remain in the majority after the elections to the European Parliament on Sunday, while uncertainties linger about the real outcome of the vote, Swiss media noted on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140526/swiss-react-to-europe-vote-waiting-for-fog-to-lift Mon, 26 May 2014 13:34:00 +0200 swiss-react-to-europe-vote-waiting-for-fog-to-lift Relations between Switzerland and the European Union appeared to brighten on Tuesday when Brussels accepted a proposal from the Swiss over free movement of people with Croatia. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140429/breakthrough-deal-seen-between-bern-and-brussels Wed, 30 Apr 2014 00:12:29 +0200 breakthrough-deal-seen-between-bern-and-brussels Taiwan has formally asked Switzerland to return $340 million in alleged ill-gotten funds linked to a controversial deal to buy French frigates two decades ago, a report said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131217/taiwan-asks-swiss-for-millions-in-graft-case Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:21:27 +0100 taiwan-asks-swiss-for-millions-in-graft-case