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  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Austria and Denmark forge ‘vaccine alliance’ with Israel

    EU jab strategy under strain amid growing anxiety over bloc’s slow inoculation drive

  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    Austria
    Austria’s government rebuked for failing to tackle corruption

    Pressure on Sebastian Kurz as Council of Europe cites ‘globally unsatisfactory’ progress

  • Sunday, 28 February, 2021
    News in-depthCoronavirus treatment
    Austria puts its faith in Covid testing before immunisations

    Government hopes free testing programme will allow life to return to normal in weeks, not months

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    Sebastian Kurz
    Austria’s chancellor offers to testify in corruption probe

    Sebastian Kurz accuses prosecutors of leaking information to the media

  • Sunday, 21 February, 2021
    Schindler Holding AG
    Schindler expects revenue rebound as workers return to offices

    Elevator group to step up M&A, sees opportunities for bigger acquisitions, says chief

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Alpine skiing industry faces uphill battle after reopening U-turn

    Economies reliant on winter sports continue to suffer lockdown misery as most resorts stay shut

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
    Credit Suisse Group AG
    Litigation and writedowns push Credit Suisse to fourth-quarter loss

    Investment banking gains erased as bad loans triple to 11-year high amid pandemic fallout

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
    News in-depthAustria
    Graft probe reaches into the highest levels of Austria’s government

    Prosecutors’ raid on house of finance minister puts chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s party on back foot

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    Austria
    Home of Austria’s finance minister raided by police

    Move is part of wide-ranging probe into bribery linked to country’s gambling lobby

  • Promoted Content
  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    Austria
    Austria to reform intelligence agency after damning report into Vienna attack

    Interior minister to set out tough new security laws and double size of counter-terrorism effort

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    Credit Suisse Group AG
    Credit Suisse turned blind eye as top banker stole from billionaire clients

    Swiss bank ignored repeated warning signs, leaked regulatory inquiry finds

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    This week in Covid vaccines: A collection of the FT’s essential reading
    Swiss medical regulator rejects Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine

    SwissMedic says available trial data ‘not yet sufficient’ to authorise its use

  • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
    UBS Group AG
    UBS plans $4.5bn share buyback as profits jump

    Swiss bank hits financial targets as income from wealthy clients grows

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Julius Baer Gruppe AG
    Two former Julius Baer chief executives reprimanded by Swiss regulator

    Move relates to Boris Collardi and Bernhard Hodler’s role in connection with South American money-laundering scandal

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Lebanon
    Switzerland says it is investigating Lebanese central bank

    Fresh blow for embattled Banque du Liban as it faces first European probe

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Switzerland
    Swiss to vote in referendum on government’s Covid restrictions

    Bern’s power to impose lockdowns increasingly seen at odds with the rights of individuals

  • Tuesday, 22 December, 2020
    FIFA
    Fifa files criminal complaint over world football museum

    Sport’s governing body alleges its ex-president Sepp Blatter part of mismanagement of $563m project

  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    UK isolated as countries ban travel and limit freight over Covid variant

    Britain and EU to hold separate emergency meetings on Monday to deal with escalating crisis

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    European banks
    Switzerland charges Credit Suisse in money laundering case

    Bank responds with ‘astonishment’ and pledges to ‘defend itself vigorously’

  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    UBS Group AG
    UBS backs chief as court triggers probe into his role in ING money-laundering scandal

    Swiss lender says it has ‘full confidence’ in Ralph Hamers

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    Switzerland
    Switzerland riles Alpine neighbours by keeping its ski resorts open

    Wealthy nation refuses to follow EU and close its pistes to stop spread of coronavirus

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    News in-depthAustria
    What is behind Austria’s plan to outlaw ‘political Islam’?

    Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s response to Vienna shooting as much a cultural question as a security one, analysts say

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Merkel calls for closure of ski resorts across EU

    German chancellor’s appeal aimed at preventing Covid spread but faces opposition from Austria

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    Bill Browder
    Browder threatens legal action over Magnitsky-linked Swiss accounts

    Kremlin critic says he will sue for sanctions breaches if Credit Suisse and UBS unfreeze assets

  • Saturday, 14 November, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Austria announces strict lockdown as virus cases soar

    Schools to close and social contact barred in one of Europe’s toughest sets of new restrictions

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