Switzerland

Years after the tax fraud scandal with the Swiss bank accounts known as the "Lagarde list" ignited public indignation in poverty-stricken and financially bankrupt Greece, the matter has taken a new twist as the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia...

The Greek government has gotten its hands on a new and even bigger list of Greek taxpayers' bank accounts in Switzerland, thanks to the help of the German Federal Government The Finance Ministry revealed that the list includes 10,588 accounts from 2006...

The "Antikythera Shipwreck" exhibition of the National Archaeological Museum will be displayed at the Basel Museum of Ancient Art and Ludwig Collection, Switzerland, from September 27 to March 27, 2016. More than 370 exhibits of the shipwreck will be...

The Greek Ministry of Culture announced on Wednesday that the Greek state will receive a 6th century BC Greek silver octadrachm coin that had been illegally smuggled into Switzerland from Greece. The coin, according to the Culture Ministry, hails from the ancient area of Visaltia, located in...

Greek director Athina Tsangari will screen her new feature film "Chevalier" for the first time at the 68th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland on August 12, 2015. "Chevalier" is among the 17 films in competition. The film was shot in Greece and...

Greek-British Costas Takkas is one of the FIFA officials who were arrested on Wednesday in Switzerland on charges of corruption. Takkas is a former general secretary of the Cayman Islands football association and has worked as an advisor to CONCACAF...

Greece is not one of the countries that have asked Swiss authorities to release on the web the names of suspected tax evaders who have bank accounts in Switzerland. Switzerland has started uploading on the internet the names of Swiss...

Families in Greece pay more taxes and social security contributions than any of the 34 OECD member-countries. According to a study conducted by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), single people in Greece pay less taxes than families. The study...

A Swiss senior banker who was among the key suspects in the so-called Siemens scandal as well as in armament programs scandals is currently being held in custody in Greece, as the country's media pressed earlier today. An international arrest...

Swiss banks will not give the Greek government information on Greek depositors who are suspected of tax evasion, said a high-level official of the Financial Crime Unit (SDOE). According to Swiss legislation, banks are not obligated to provide information on...