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 has been neutral for the past 500 years. But that didn’t stop it from “invading” its tiny neighbour three times in the past 35 years. How did this happen? https://www.thelocal.ch/20200228/swiss-history-army-attacked-liechtenstein-three-times-by-mistake Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:25:27 +0100 swiss-history-army-attacked-liechtenstein-three-times-by-mistake On Thursday, Switzerland's tiny neighbour Liechtenstein will be celebrating its national day. To mark the occasion, we have chosen some of the key figures that shed light on the sixth smallest country in the world. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190814/285-unemployed-people-and-2-accidental-invasions-the-numbers-that-tell-the-story-of-liechtenstein-history-300-anniversary Wed, 14 Aug 2019 10:39:36 +0200 285-unemployed-people-and-2-accidental-invasions-the-numbers-that-tell-the-story-of-liechtenstein-history-300-anniversary Switzerland may be small, but that is no excuse to steal the city of Vaduz from its tiny neighbour. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180419/map-fail-swiss-airline-places-liechtenstein-capital-in-switzerland Thu, 19 Apr 2018 19:39:40 +0200 map-fail-swiss-airline-places-liechtenstein-capital-in-switzerland When the Liechtenstein national telephone network collapsed on Sunday, only one line remained available to the public: a Swiss mobile number set up by police in the principality. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180326/need-the-police-in-liechtenstein-call-switzerland Mon, 26 Mar 2018 14:28:51 +0200 need-the-police-in-liechtenstein-call-switzerland A second victim of the train attack in Salez earlier this month has died in hospital from her injuries. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160831/17-year-old-dies-from-injuries-after-salez-train-attack Wed, 31 Aug 2016 12:57:50 +0200 17-year-old-dies-from-injuries-after-salez-train-attack Local officials have searched a Liechtenstein home belonging to the attacker who started a fire on a Swiss train and stabbed passengers near Salez station on Saturday, police said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160816/police-search-home-of-swiss-train-attacker Tue, 16 Aug 2016 10:19:07 +0200 police-search-home-of-swiss-train-attacker Investigators in Liechtenstein are probing the theft of 1.3 tonnes of cheese that was set to be destroyed because it contained dangerous bacteria, according to a report from the Swiss news agency ATS. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140917/thieves-steal-13-tonnes-of-infected-cheese Wed, 17 Sep 2014 10:00:00 +0200 thieves-steal-13-tonnes-of-infected-cheese The body of Jürgen Hermann, a self-styled Robin Hood suspected of killing a Liechtenstein banker in April, has been positively identified, German police said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140818/identity-of Mon, 18 Aug 2014 22:46:00 +0200 identity-of Liechtenstein police said Thursday that their German counterparts had found what was believed to be the body of a self-styled "Robin Hood" suspected of killing a banker in the Alpine statelet. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140814/suspect-killers-body-found-in-lake-constance Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:52:00 +0200 suspect-killers-body-found-in-lake-constance Liechtenstein said on Wednesday that it would return 167 million euros ($227 million) to Nigeria, ending a drawn-out battle by the African country to recover cash looted by late dictator Sani Abacha. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140618/liechtenstein-to-return-assets-to-nigeria Wed, 18 Jun 2014 21:10:07 +0200 liechtenstein-to-return-assets-to-nigeria Police believe Jürgen Hermann, a fund manager suspected of killing a bank executive early Monday in Liechtenstein, committed suicide later the same day, although investigators were continuing efforts to track him down. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140407/liechtenstein-murder-suspect-likely-ended-his-life-2 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:20:00 +0200 liechtenstein-murder-suspect-likely-ended-his-life-2 Police in Liechtenstein have launched a hunt for a fund manager suspected of killing a 48-year-old man on Monday morning in the municipality of Balzers, close to the Swiss border. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140407/liechtenstein-police-launch-manhunt-over-shooting-death-2 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 13:40:00 +0200 liechtenstein-police-launch-manhunt-over-shooting-death-2 Liechtenstein will close its only maternity ward, where some 200 babies are born each year, after all the gynaecologists working there quit at the same time, the government said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140115/liechtenstein-to-close-maternity-ward-after-doctors-quit Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:00:00 +0100 liechtenstein-to-close-maternity-ward-after-doctors-quit Liechtenstein said on Thursday it would sign an international agreement on fighting tax evasion, marking a change from its long ingrained banking secrecy practices. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131114/liechtenstein-to-sign-oecd-convention-on-taxes Thu, 14 Nov 2013 15:32:00 +0100 liechtenstein-to-sign-oecd-convention-on-taxes Liechtenstein's oldest bank revealed on Thursday the damage to profits from a deal to pay millions of dollars to settle a dispute over its alleged role in helping clients dodge US taxes. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130829/us-tax-deal-hits-liechtenstein-bank-profits Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:13:00 +0200 us-tax-deal-hits-liechtenstein-bank-profits A loosely knit group of independent candidates, including a cross-dressing mechanic, surged Sunday to become Liechtenstein's third-largest party in general elections that dealt a heavy loss to the prime minister's party. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130203/centre-right-liechtenstein-party-gains-power Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:47:00 +0100 centre-right-liechtenstein-party-gains-power A fishery executive admitted to killing a Swiss-based Japanese fund manager and his wife over a grudge he held following heavy investment losses, according to a report. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130202/exec-killed-japanese-financier-after-losing-millions-report Sat, 02 Feb 2013 11:49:00 +0100 exec-killed-japanese-financier-after-losing-millions-report Bodies believed to be those of an international financier and his wife who went missing from their swanky Tokyo apartment after returning from Switzerland have been unearthed in Japan, reports said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130129/financier-with-swiss-links-killed-in-japan Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:07:00 +0100 financier-with-swiss-links-killed-in-japan Liechtenstein says it has signed new tax deals with South Africa and Bahrain, bringing the tiny Alpine country closer to conformity with international banking standards requiring greater transparency. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121122/liechtenstein-signs-new-tax-data-deals Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:03:00 +0100 liechtenstein-signs-new-tax-data-deals Keen to explore the miniature monarchy next door, our Switzerland-based contributor Catherine McLean slipped over the border to Liechtenstein this summer to see what makes the tiny principality tick. https://www.thelocal.ch/20120918/switzerland-liechtenstein-what-is-the-difference Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:30:00 +0200 switzerland-liechtenstein-what-is-the-difference