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 A Spanish court ruled on Tuesday against extraditing Hervé Falciani, a former HSBC analyst who leaked documents alleging widespread tax evasion, to Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180918/spain-rejects-extraditing-swiss-leaks-herv-falciani Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:33:54 +0200 spain-rejects-extraditing-swiss-leaks-herv-falciani WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arbitrarily detained by both Sweden and Britain, says a Geneva-based UN panel, which called on both countries to release him and pay him compensation. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160205/un-panels-calls-for-assange-to-be-freed Fri, 05 Feb 2016 14:50:46 +0100 un-panels-calls-for-assange-to-be-freed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will agree to be questioned by Swedish prosecutors in London over rape allegations, but only if he is given access to the investigation files, his defence lawyer said in Geneva on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150323/assange-lawyer-in-geneva-calls-for-swedish-files Mon, 23 Mar 2015 23:01:39 +0100 assange-lawyer-in-geneva-calls-for-swedish-files The man who stole the trove of secret files that sparked a global scandal over banking giant HSBC's alleged assistance to wealthy tax dodgers called on Monday for more protections for whistleblowers. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150209/hsbc-leaker-calls-for-whistle-blower-protection Mon, 09 Feb 2015 22:44:00 +0100 hsbc-leaker-calls-for-whistle-blower-protection News of the $104 million reward handed to UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld by American authorities was greeted in Switzerland with a mixture of shock, surprise, indignation and resignation. https://www.thelocal.ch/20120912/swiss-view-birkenfeld-reward-as-provocation Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:15:00 +0200 swiss-view-birkenfeld-reward-as-provocation