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Ed Collins is wrong in his letter ”Jefferson may have OK’d Jan. 6 insurrection” (July 31, TribLIVE). Thomas Jefferson would not have approved. That insurrection was neither good, nor brief. It is ongoing, and I predict it will end in a Trump dictatorship if not stopped. Sure, Jefferson is famous for his

Francis Cabot Lowell was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1775, one year prior to America declaring its independence from Great Britain. His lineage dates back to the settling of the

The Ordinance on Measures in Connection with the Situation in Ukraine (Ukraine Ordinance) issued by the Federal Council entered into…

Some Western countries want to seize Russian oligarchs’ assets to help rebuild Ukraine. Will Switzerland join them?

The limits of economic power.

MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - Switzerlands National Council, the lower house of the parliament, approved on Thursday the revision of a law, which will remove... 09.06.2022, Sputnik International

As is well known, the Swiss Federal Council decided on 28 February to adopt all EU sanctions against Russia – not voluntarily, according to those familiar with the geopolitical situation, but in any case with more zeal than demanded in Washington and Brussels, because it also wants to please the EU and NATO turbos at home.1 Since then, the Federal

James Madison (1751-1836) James Madison was the fourth President of the United States, serving in that capacity from 1809 until 1817. Before that, he ha...

<div class="cms-textAlign-left">Weeks after the U.S. and the G7 countries weaponized the global financial system to impose their harshest-ever sanctions on Russia, fissures are becoming apparent. Countries impose but often backpedal on sanctions against bad actors for a simple reason — a reluctance to go to war.</div>

A Q&A guide to economic and financial sanctions in Switzerland, covering asset freezes, exemption licensing, reporting requirements and more.