The Local Switzerland 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 agrees to represent US interests in Venezuela Switzerland said on Friday it had agreed to represent US interests in crisis-hit Venezuela, after Washington withdrew all its diplomatic personnel last month, though it said Caracas still needed to approve the arrangement. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190405/switzerland-agrees-to-represent-us-interests-in-venezuela Sat, 06 Apr 2019 00:58:06 +0200 switzerland-agrees-to-represent-us-interests-in-venezuela Swiss bank exec pleads guilty in $1.2 bn Venezuelan laundering scam A former Swiss bank manager pleaded guilty in a US court on Wednesday for his role in a $1.2 billion money laundering scheme involving Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, the Justice Department announced. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180823/swiss-banker-pleads-guilty-in-12-bn-venezuelan-laundering-scam Thu, 23 Aug 2018 11:00:54 +0200 swiss-banker-pleads-guilty-in-12-bn-venezuelan-laundering-scam Switzerland slaps sanctions on top Venezuela officials Bern has imposed sanctions on seven senior Venezuelan officials, banning them from entering the country or passing through it, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180329/switzerland-slaps-sanctions-on-top-venezuela-officials Thu, 29 Mar 2018 10:48:16 +0200 switzerland-slaps-sanctions-on-top-venezuela-officials Swiss journalist and colleagues released after arrest in Venezuela An Italian, a Swiss and a Venezuelan journalist, arrested on Friday while attempting to report from a notorious prison in northern Venezuela, were released on Sunday, human rights and press freedom groups said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171009/swiss-journalist-and-colleagues-released-after-arrest-in-venezuela Mon, 09 Oct 2017 10:39:35 +0200 swiss-journalist-and-colleagues-released-after-arrest-in-venezuela Journalists including Italian, Swiss arrested over Venezuela prison report An Italian, a Swiss and a Venezuelan journalist have been arrested as they prepared a report on a prison in northern Venezuela, human rights and press freedom groups said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171008/journalists-including-italian-swiss-arrested-over-venezuela-prison-report Sun, 08 Oct 2017 19:15:06 +0200 journalists-including-italian-swiss-arrested-over-venezuela-prison-report Venezuela judges target protesters: jurist body Venezuela's judiciary is cracking down on students and dissidents while allowing nine out of ten other crimes, including thousands of murders, to go unpunished, an international watchdog said in Geneva on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140605/venezuela-judges-target-protesters-geneva-watchdog Fri, 06 Jun 2014 01:33:00 +0200 venezuela-judges-target-protesters-geneva-watchdog Venezuelans stole funds via Swiss acounts: FBI A senior Venezuelan government bank official has been charged in the United States for using fake transactions to steal millions of dollars which were sent to Swiss and US accounts, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130508/venezuelans-used-swiss-accounts-to-steal-funds-fbi Wed, 08 May 2013 12:07:00 +0200 venezuelans-used-swiss-accounts-to-steal-funds-fbi