The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Germany sues Swiss bank over missing marks Berlin is suing one of Switzerland's largest banks in its bid to recuperate hundreds of million euros that went missing during the reunification of East and West Germany, the bank said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140822/germany-sues-swiss-bank-over-east-german-marks Fri, 22 Aug 2014 10:46:15 +0200 germany-sues-swiss-bank-over-east-german-marks UBS pays Germany €300m in tax fight Top Swiss bank UBS settled a long-running legal dispute with Germany on Tuesday by agreeing to pay a fine of €300 million. Germany suspects UBS of having helped account holders hide millions from the taxman. https://www.thelocal.de/20140729/ubs-bank-switzerland-pays-germany-300-million-euros-tax-fight Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:17:00 +0200 ubs-bank-switzerland-pays-germany-300-million-euros-tax-fight Painter Baselitz raided in tax avoidance move One of Germany's highest-earning living artists, Georg Baselitz, saw his lakeside house searched by tax officials at the weekend after his name appeared in stolen files of people who allegedly used UBS Swiss bank accounts to avoid tax. https://www.thelocal.de/20130506/49561 Mon, 06 May 2013 19:20:00 +0200 49561 UBS tax dodger data copied from PC screen A tax-dodging spat involving the Swiss bank UBS and Germany took a fresh twist after a Swiss daily reported on Tuesday that German authorities were using simple photos taken of a computer screen. https://www.thelocal.de/20121204/46561 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:26:00 +0100 46561 Former Bundesbank boss Weber to lead UBS Swiss banking giant UBS said Friday it is planning for former German central bank chief Axel Weber to take over as its next chairman, saying that he will be nominated to the board in 2012 before taking over the top post in 2013. https://www.thelocal.de/20110701/36009 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:46:00 +0200 36009 Market watchdog Bafin probing UBS unit Financial markets watchdog Bafin is investigating a subsidiary of Swiss bank UBS that German officials suspect may have helped clients avoid paying taxes, Bafin and the bank said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100401/26277 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:11:00 +0200 26277