 | 2012-09-04 11:54:47 Extract from Stratfor Global Intelligence site to www.stratfor.com |
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 | 2012-02-22 01:45:26 Real estate prices have soared in the Lake Geneva region over the past 10 years. However, the dramatic spike in prices has slowed down. We’ll see whether the future holds a real estate bubble explosion or high value price stabilisation. |
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 | 2012-02-22 00:55:12 Ever since an Honorary Russian Consulate opened its doors in Lausanne, the nation has acquired fresh and remarkable new visibility in terms of cultural and scientific activity in our country. Dr. Frederik Paulsen – the figure behind this policy of strengthening ties between Switzerland and Russia – is a man of varied interests who holds several positions, including Chairman of Ferring Pharmaceutical Group and Honorary Consul of Russia in Lausanne. |
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“GGBa is available to answer foreign businessmen’s numerous questions about establishing a company in Western Switzerland” |
 | 2012-02-22 00:39:27 Since 2010, a new organisation known as Greater Geneva Berne area (GGBa) has been in charge of promoting the Western Swiss economy. An interview with GGBa’s director, Philippe Monnier, for a better understanding of the organisation’s functions and its goals. |
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 | 2012-02-22 01:39:36 Pascal Broulis, Minister of Finance and President of Vaud’s cantonal government, is an admirer of all things Russian. A classical history enthusiast, this Protestant of Greek descent who regards Orthodox spirituality very highly met with Business Mir at his Lausanne offices to discuss Vaud Canton’s economic policy and its relations with Russia. |
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 | 2012-02-21 13:57:49
The 12th year of the 3rd millennium promises to be pivotal in many regards. It’s the year for choosing which way individual states and the world in whole will lean. |
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 | 2011-10-06 15:40:58 The Customs Union linking Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus has become reality. The approximately 170 million people, more than $2 trillion in GDP as well as the emerging common market of goods, labour and capital the Customs Union comprises give its supporters much to be proud of... Vladimir Miroshnichenko, head of the Legal Department at customs holding operation Targo Group, explained what the change means for investors in an interview with Business Mir. |
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 | 2011-10-06 14:55:50 Russia is preparing for a new wave of large-scale privatisation. This is largely evident in the financial scope of the measures planned to come in the near future. Among these is the withdrawal of State control from some of the nation’s largest companies and banks. This move is due to be followed by the sale of a number of companies that were previously considered to be inaccessible to private owners. Although the results of the first phase of privatisation of the 1990s with its universal ‘voucherisation’ and ‘loans for shares’ are considered to be disappointing and – with good reason – very doubtful, Russia is currently entering its second phase of privatisation. |
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 | 2011-10-06 11:02:16 Approximately 5,000 tax payers in Switzerland take advantage of the so-called ‘lump-sum taxation’ method, which offers significant tax advantages based on a flat-rate tax system. |
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 | 2011-10-06 10:03:36 Business Mir met with Mr. Johann Schneider-Amman, the Swiss Federal Councillor charged with heading the Federal Department for Economic Affairs, and interviewed him about his recent journey to the Swissrail Forum in Moscow as well as his views on Russo-Swiss relations. |
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