A think tank has been opened in Switzerland to plan the future of multinational banks. The think tank is extraordinary in its composition, being composed of political interests from left to right and from employers and unions. It has so far outlined ideas on how banks should be regulated in the near future.

Santa Muerte in Central America might not qualify as an official church saint, but she has powerful relatives in Austria.

Today the death of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is commemorated by the Turkish nation. Ataturk was one of the most forward thinking politicians this world has seen.

In Switzerland, voters are in permanent opposition to parliament. But there are other oddities as well. German and French enforced in the middle of a Swiss town. There are states where voting is done at a general gathering of the population. And you might get fined twice for the same car accident.

Some people have difficulties distinguishing one from the other. Here is the pocket guide to help you out of the dilemma.

Persistently the press calls Dignitas a clinic, but is a van a clinic? This sordid possibility for suicide was used by an invalid; now his parents are treated like criminals as the British legal system goes havoc.

Burgundy’s conflict with the Swiss Confederation resulted principally from the effort by Charles the Rash to expand his domain and elevate his Duchy to the rank of kingdom and even one of the Great Powers of Europe.