The European Commission wants to tighten tax loopholes on savings of EU citizens who hold accounts in member states and in Switzerland, Andorra, San Marino, Monaco and Lichtenstein. "We are looking for an ambitious ...

Switzerland is imposing quotas on work permits for EU citizens despite objections from Brussels. The federal government said on Wednesday (24 April) it will give just 2,180 five-year residency permits over the next 12 ...

Switzerland should reject EU plans for mandatory information exchange on bank accounts, the country's President has said. His statements comes amid new momentum in the EU to establish a system of automatic exchange of ...

The Swiss army is preparing for possible internal civil unrest as well as waves of refugees from euro-countries as the economic crisis drags on. Switzerland, a non-EU, non-euro country landlocked between eurozone states ...

A fresh report on tax fraud by the European Commission makes several EU countries look like villains in the €1-trillion-a-year racket. Taxation commissioner Algirdas Semeta put forward the findings in Brussels on ...

EU countries have put up a united front against Swiss quotas on immigration from former Communist member states. Foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton on Wednesday (18 April) in a statement on behalf of the Union said ...