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    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      White collar crime
      ‘Princess of Uzbekistan’ indicted as crime syndicate boss

      Former dictator’s daughter and socialite Gulnara Karimova faces charges over organisation known as ‘the office’

      Gulnara Karimova applauds Russian singer Valeria in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      News in-depthSebastian Kurz
      Battle of the Kurz movies: is Austria’s ex-chancellor plotting a comeback?

      Flattering film about former politician is released two weeks ahead of scathing documentary

      A large poster for the film Kurz - The Movie
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why von der Leyen wants to talk about the EU economy Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Austria’s former spy chief  warns of Russian meddling

      Ursula von der Leyen
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Austria
      Austrian spymaster warns of Russian ties as far right claws back support

      Freedom party with clear links to Kremlin is in strong position ahead of next year’s election

      Peter Gridling
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      ReviewFT Books Essay
      Oh, Vienna: what Austria’s turmoil means for the west

      Two books look at the capital’s outsized influence on western liberalism and the nation’s loudening drumbeat of far-right politics

    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Financial & markets regulation
      Swiss regulator needs more powers to deal with bank crises, experts warn

      Finma lacks teeth compared with regulators in other countries, says panel following near-collapse of Credit Suisse

      A Credit Suisse logo above the entrance to the bank’s headquarters in Zurich
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      News in-depthUBS Group AG
      ‘Deal of the century’: how UBS’s rescue of Credit Suisse proved a boon

      Record $29bn quarterly profit linked to the takeover triggers fierce political debate in Switzerland

      UBS chief executive Sergio Ermotti speaks during a press conference on the first results of the Swiss giant banking UBS since it’s Credit Suisse merger
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      Money laundering
      Switzerland unveils money laundering clampdown

      Alpine country plans to require more disclosure to address reputation as haven for dubious gains

      Karin Keller-Sutter in parliament
    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      Austria
      Kurz charged with giving false testimony to Austrian parliament

      Former chancellor faces first criminal legal action since corruption scandal forced him from government

      Sebastian Kurz speaking at a lecturn with microphones. the Austrian flag is in the background
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      Raiffeisen Bank International AG
      Raiffeisen Bank boosts pay for Russian staff by €200mn

      Bumper increase in past six months doubles staff costs for largest western lender still operating in country

      Raiffeisen Bank building in Vienna, Austria
    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      InterviewLunch with the FT
      Historian Tim Snyder: ‘Our misreading of Russia is deep. Very deep’

      The Yale professor on why the west got Putin wrong — and what the past tells us about the war in Ukraine

      An illustrated portrait of Tim Snyder seated in a restaurant
    • Monday, 24 July, 2023
      Julius Baer Gruppe AG
      Julius Baer pulls in more than $10bn after Credit Suisse collapse

      Swiss private bank on hiring push as it forecasts strong growth

      A Julius Baer branch in Zurich
    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
      News in-depthPolitical espionage
      ‘It’s really the Wild West’: Vienna’s spying problem spins out of control

      Austria has become a ‘veritable aircraft carrier’ of Russian agents, says European official

    • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
      EU energy
      Austria’s OMV to continue to import Russian gas, chief says

      The Vienna-based energy company’s contract with Gazprom runs until 2040

      OMV facility
    • Friday, 30 June, 2023
      Austria
      Austrian authorities seize vast terror arsenal from cell of neo-Nazis

      Raid on neo-Nazi network exposes growing terror threat of extremist groups in Europe

      Some of the items recovered by Austrian police, including guns and a bottle of wine with a photograph of Adolf Hitler on his label
    • Friday, 30 June, 2023
      Opec
      Austria declines to attend Opec conference over media ban

      Host nation’s foreign minister was due to be one of first speakers at Vienna seminar

      Austrian foreign minister Alexander Schallenberg
    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Government of Switzerland
      Switzerland vetoes export of 100 tanks to Ukraine

      Bern cites neutrality laws for blocking sale of mothballed Leopard tanks stored in Italy

      Leopard battle tank
    • Thursday, 22 June, 2023
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Swiss central bank calls for overhaul of banking regulations after Credit Suisse rescue

      SNB warns that dependence on regulatory capital and liquidity rules may have contributed to problems

      The Credit Suisse logo
    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
      FT GlobetrotterSplashing out: FT Globetrotter’s summer swimming guide
      Badi behaviour: the joys of river and lake swimming in Zürich

      A deep dive into one of the best cities in the world for urban dipping

    • Sunday, 18 June, 2023
      Swiss politics
      Switzerland passes law to cut carbon emissions after fractious referendum

      ‘Yes’ campaign prevails as strength of green politics is tested by populist nimbyism

      Supporters of the new Climate Law celebrate
    • Sunday, 18 June, 2023
      Vienna
      Terror attack on Vienna pride parade thwarted by Austria’s intelligence agency

      Three suspects arrested after allegedly planning to harm attendees using air guns and swords

      Participants in Vienna’s pride parade
    • Monday, 12 June, 2023
      Lex Greensill
      Lex Greensill faces Swiss criminal case alongside ex-Credit Suisse bankers

      Financier named among suspects following two-year police investigation into collapse of funds offered by bank

      Lex Greensill
    • Friday, 9 June, 2023
      UBS Group AG
      UBS finalises $10bn deal with Swiss government over Credit Suisse losses

      Parliament on Thursday voted to empower special commission of inquiry into downfall of bank

      Credit Suisse and UBS headquarters in Zurich
    • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
      Rene Benko
      Kika/Leiner files for bankruptcy days after René Benko sold it

      Austrian furniture chain’s announcement causes uproar in home state and throws focus on Signa Group

      Half of Kika-Leiner’s workforce will be axed in the next few weeks
    • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
      Automobiles
      Porsche SE board member charged with money laundering

      Siegfried Wolf is one of two indicted ‘entrepreneurs’ in case involving allegations of ‘hidden assets’ of about €6.8mn

      Siegfried Wolf
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