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Swiss to maintain banking secrecy laws

Published on: May 11, 2022
02:00

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Bern, May 11 (Prensa Latina) A parliamentary commission in Switzerland denied an attempt to revise banking secrecy rules in the country, despite recent criticism.

Switzerland to donate anti-Covid-19 vaccines to Covax

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Published on: February 24, 2022
14:47

By: Erich Tellez Corrales

Bern, Feb 24 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Switzerland announced today that it will donate nearly 15 million vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus to Covax, an initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) to contribute to equitable access to immunogens.

Switzerland willing to host Putin and Biden meeting

Published on: February 21, 2022
15:35

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Bern, Feb 21 (Prensa Latina) Switzerland on Monday announced its willingness to host a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Joe Biden.

Debate on San Remo Music Awards transcends Cuba’s borders

Published on: February 11, 2022
14:07

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Bern, Feb 11 (Prensa Latina) Despite attempted boycotts, the San Remo Music Awards will be held in Cuba from April 5 to 10, something that has brought up diverse points of view on international media.

Switzerland expands list of high-risk countries due to Covid-19

Published on: November 30, 2021
00:15

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Geneva, Nov 30 (Prensa Latina) Switzerland expanded the list of countries from which a 10-day quarantine is required after arriving in this European nation, due to the spread of the new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus known as Omicron.

Swiss solidarity movement with Cuba denounces destabilizing crusade

Published on: November 13, 2021
08:34

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Bern, Nov 13 (Prensa Latina) The Friborg chapter of the Swiss-Cuba Solidarity Association denounced the launch of new destabilizing operations against the island by the United States, and considered them an attempt of a "soft coup."

Henriette Favez returns to Switzerland iron cast by Cuban artists

Published on: October 6, 2021
13:20

By: Prensa Latina

Havana, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) With a pose that evokes movement and forged in iron, Swiss physician Henriette Favez is returning to her homeland on Wednesday, thanks to the mastery of Cuban sculptors Jose Villa Soberon and Gabriel Cisneros.

Switzerland calls for end to discriminatory practices against Cuba

Published on: September 16, 2021
14:53

By: Prensa Latina

Bern, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) The Great Council (regional parliament) of the Basel-Stadt Canton, in northern Switzerland, on Thursday called for an end to discriminatory commercial practices resulting from the blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba.

Cuba: Temporary cessation of Cuban consular office in Switzerland

Published on: September 3, 2021
07:24

By: Prensa Latina

Havana, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) The Consular Office of the Cuban Embassy in Switzerland and Liechtenstein reported on its temporary closure from September 17 to November 26 2021, Cuba´s Foreign Ministry (MINREX) reported.

SRC considers possible terror attack on Switzerland as too high

Published on: August 30, 2021
07:21

By: Prensa Latina

Bern, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) Swiss Confederation´s Intelligence Service (SRC) said Sunday that the threat of possible terror attack on Switzerland is too high, in an international context marked by instability in Afghanistan.

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