Latest in Tag: Swiss Highlight
Latest in Tag: Swiss

Swiss banker Pascal Najadi files criminal charges against new Swiss President Alain Berset
Vaccinated people are “not contagious,” the health minister said before the COVID vote. He should have known that this was not true.

Switzerland Ambassador in Egypt visits Swiss-funded water management project in Aswan
Project is funded by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Egyptian-Swiss cooperation portfolio amounts to €48m
Egypt obtains grants estimated at FR 86m under 2017-2020 cooperation strategy between two sides

Madbouly calls on Swiss companies to increase investments in textile, infrastructure
Swiss businesses introduce proposals to enhance Egypt’s business environment

High-level Swiss delegation in Egypt
Delegation to meet PM, officials over their visit

Ethec: Swiss-made electric motorbike with 400km range
The team or the university administration has yet to announce the future projects of the bike, but we will certainly see it on the production line of a major company, and if not, it will of course be the prototype of an electric bicycle that will achieve unparalleled success.

Swiss companies, embassy to promote cooperation in vocational education with Egypt
Egyptian government declared 2019 as year of education, we will leave our foot print on that, says Swiss ambassador

SWISS of Lufthansa Group to offer one weekly flight to Hurghada in 2018/19 winter schedule
Group currently operates 30 weekly flights from Cairo to its four hubs in Europe

Governmental plan with SIFEM to promote Swiss, European investments in Egypt: Ministerial document
Plan aiming at increasing flows to local market, document states

Human resources, immigration, public education are recipe for Swiss success: James Breiding Â
Author of Swiss Made: The Untold Story Behind Switzerland’s Success visited Cairo to sign Arabic edition of his best-seller book

Swiss decision to unfreeze assets proves Mubarak never had assets abroad: lawyer
Farid Al-Deeb, lawyer of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, said in a statement Sunday that after the Swiss Federal Council’s decision to unfreeze the assets held for Egypt, “it has become clear that there never have been any assets of former president Hosni Mubarak.” Al-Deeb said that after 11 February 2011, several assets from the former …

Swiss economic affairs secretary launches Swiss Cooperation Strategy in Egypt
Switzerland’s State Secretary of Economic Affairs Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch arrived in Egypt Tuesday in a two-day visit to launch the 2017-2020 Swiss Cooperation Strategy in Egypt with the Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr, according to a press release by the Swiss Embassy in Cairo. “Switzerland’s decision to extend its international cooperation projects in …

Egypt, Switzerland discuss increasing Swiss investments in Egypt
Raising the standard of living of the Egyptian citizen is a top priority, says Nasr

Swiss to vote on nuclear power phaseout
Switzerland will go to the polls on Sunday to decide on a government plan that aims for a withdrawal from nuclear power in favor of renewable energy, with the costs of the move being in the focus of the campaigns.Sunday’s referendum comes after a signature campaign organized last October by the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) …

Reconciliation with illicit gainers opens door for more corruption: researcher
The Mubaraks’ offshore activities in the Panama Papers is not new information, inadequate for the judicial procedure, says Osama Diab

Millions in frozen Mubarak regime’s assets trapped due to legal requirements, political situation
Swiss Prosecutor General affirms necessity of establishing link between criminal verdicts and frozen Mubarak funds

Egypt can recover funds in Swiss banks through new illicit gains law: Al-Zind
Al-Zind met with Swiss ambassador to discuss potential ways to recover funds

Switzerland drops criminal organisation charge against Mubarak family, aids
Criminal proceedings will continue against all defendants on money laundering, says spokesman

Bloodied Syria, resurgent Iran set to dominate at Davos
The most eagerly awaited guest at Davos this year is Rouhani, there to drum up international investment for his sanction-hit economy on the back of a diplomatic entente with the West.
Bodies of murdered Swiss couple found
The bodies of the couple were found buried in the backyard of their Hurghada villa

Swiss banks sign up to reveal hidden accounts
Around 40 of Switzerland’s some 300 banks have already said publicly they will take part in a US programme set up to allow Swiss financial institutions to avoid US prosecution in exchange for coming clean and possibly paying steep fines.

Swiss extend freeze on Ben Ali, Mubarak assets
The aim is to give investigations in Tunisia and Egypt more time and to take account of the political transition in the two countries

Mohamed Salah named best player in Switzerland
Egyptian takes Switzerland by storm this year; described as “a superhero” by anchor

Sample Swiss delicacies in The Fondue Pot
New restaurant in Cairo offers a large variety of fabulous fondues

Swiss tourist gang-raped in India
The attackers “tied up the man and raped the woman in his presence”

Swiss court rejects request to repatriate Egyptian funds
Despite court rejection, government has vowed it would be reviewing legislation to allow for repatriation

Switzerland to return $700 million frozen assets to Egypt
Funds to be returned after convictions secured for former regime members.

Experts asked to exhume Arafat’s body
Swiss experts have been asked to examine the remains of the remains of Yasser Arafat, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.