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Monday, 20 June, 2022

Thursday, 16 June, 2022

Swiss National Bank

Swiss central bank surprises with first interest rate rise since 2007

Franc surges on SNB announcement that benchmark rate would rise to minus 0.25%

Wednesday, 15 June, 2022

Inside BusinessSwitzerland

Ukraine war forces Swiss business to make choices on neutrality

Sanctions imposed on Russia have focused debate over the country’s long-cherished economic haven status

Sunday, 12 June, 2022

Credit Suisse Group AG

Foreign suitors for Credit Suisse face high hurdles

Switzerland’s typically liberal M&A market might make an exception for such a national institution

Tuesday, 31 May, 2022

Mergers & Acquisitions

DSM to take over Swiss perfume group Firmenich in €41bn deal

Tie-up involves one-to-one share offer plus €3.5bn in cash as part of shift towards health market

Tuesday, 17 May, 2022

OutlookAustria

Austria reverts to type as microscandals proliferate

Everything in the Alpine nation’s politics seems at some point to turn into an operetta

Thursday, 5 May, 2022

War in Ukraine

Military briefing: ‘anaemic’ Russian advance heralds long war of attrition

Moscow’s slow progress in south-eastern Ukraine could be deliberate, say analysts

Tuesday, 3 May, 2022

InterviewEU enlargement

Austria says EU must consider radical treaty change over Ukraine

Foreign minister calls for bloc to consider granting neighbouring states rapid access to ‘parts of the common market’

Thursday, 28 April, 2022

EU energy

EU energy groups prepare to meet Putin’s terms for Russian gas

Germany’s Uniper and Austria’s OMV plan to use rouble accounts for payments while Eni of Italy weighs options

Wednesday, 27 April, 2022

Inside BusinessSwitzerland

The riddle of Russian money in Switzerland

Low level of sanctioned funds belies assumptions that it is a treasure house of Putin kleptocracy

Friday, 22 April, 2022

Europe Express

Plans for EU oil embargo against Russia still raise questions Premium

Officials in Brussels are working on the sixth sanctions package in response to the war in Ukraine

Tuesday, 12 April, 2022

Europe Express

Austrian chancellor tells Putin his soldiers commit war crimes Premium

Karl Nehammer becomes first EU leader to visit Russian president since Ukraine invasion

Monday, 11 April, 2022

War in Ukraine

Austria’s Nehammer says Putin meeting left ‘no positive impression’

Chancellor’s talks were ‘direct, open and tough’ but visit breaks with diplomatic effort to portray Russian leader as isolated

Monday, 11 April, 2022

War in Ukraine

US and Kyiv warn of new Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine

Pentagon says Kremlin is resupplying and reinforcing units for use in Donbas push

Sunday, 10 April, 2022

War in Ukraine

Austrian chancellor Karl Nehammer to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow

First European leader to hold in-person talks with Russian president since Ukraine invasion

Friday, 8 April, 2022

War in Ukraine

Military briefing: west raises effort to arm Ukraine as Donbas battle looms

Nato countries consider how best to provide heavy weapons ahead of next phase of war

Friday, 8 April, 2022

Military technology22 min

Ukraine's battle of the airwaves

What do intercepted radio communications tell us about the war in Ukraine?

Sunday, 3 April, 2022

Europe

Ukraine war sparks European debate on merits of neutrality

Countries with history of military non-engagement consider whether it is time to dump the policy

Wednesday, 30 March, 2022

Germany

Germany and Austria plan for gas rationing over payment stand-off with Russia

Berlin activates emergency law as west refuses to comply with Moscow’s demand for roubles

Sunday, 27 March, 2022

War in Ukraine: free to read

‘Tip of the iceberg’: rise in Russian spying activity alarms European capitals

Intelligence agencies have been slow to respond to the growing scope of covert Kremlin operations overseas

Wednesday, 23 March, 2022

War in Ukraine

Military briefing: Russia turns to brute force in struggle to subdue Ukraine

Moscow shifts to artillery barrages and ‘dumb’ bombs after failing to make expected advances

Tuesday, 22 March, 2022

News in-depthWar in Ukraine

Military briefing: how the battle for Ukraine became a battle for its cities

Russian forces have become bogged down owing to their inability to take big urban centres including the capital Kyiv

Sunday, 20 March, 2022

News in-depthWar in Ukraine

Military briefing: Russian losses mask Ukraine’s vulnerabilities

Putin’s forces may move to an attritional phase as dearth of information dogs assessment of Kyiv’s capabilities

Friday, 18 March, 2022

War in Ukraine

Military briefing: why Ukraine needs air defence, not a no-fly zone

Ramping up ways for Kyiv to contest the skies may better serve its needs in the war

Thursday, 17 March, 2022

War in Ukraine

Ukraine’s demands for security guarantees blindside western allies

Kyiv wants permanent members of UN security council — including Russia — to act as guarantors along with Germany and Turkey

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