In Switzerland the German, French and Italian communities have lived peaceably side by side for more than seven centuries, while in the rest of Europe the three groups fought one another incessantly until the end of World War II.
Germany's upper house of parliament has rejected a deal with Switzerland to tax German assets held in Swiss bank accounts.
Europe is dotted with spots Greek islands next to Turkey, German and Italian enclaves in Switzerland, a Spanish one in France which geography might allocate to other owners but law and common sense do not.
The writer-director, Dani Levy, a forty-eight-year-old German Jew, was born in Switzerland after his mother escaped Berlin in 1939.
The canton is the only part of Switzerland that speaks Swiss German, Italian and Romansch, a language close to Latin that originated in ancient Rome.
German politicians claim their Rubik deal lets Switzerland off too easily.
In Grossbasel, the Altstadt (Old Town) charms with its 15th- and 16th-century architecture, including many half-timbered houses, a common architectural style in the German-speaking areas (of both Switzerland and Germany) north of the Alps.
Switzerland offers conditions that invite the German taxpayer to evade taxes.
Switzerland's close ties to the German economic powerhouse are boosting growth.
She moved to Switzerland in 1995 when her longtime partner, German record executive Erwin Bach, was transferred.
The Germans have been making watches since the 15th century--watchmaking there actually predates that in Switzerland--and Lange is the quintessential German watch.
On the contrary, says Mr Ibrahimi, Albanians can be spread between several countries, just as German-speakers are split between Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Switzerland has issued warrants for the arrest of several German tax collectors.
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The focus on German account holders comes after the German parliament last year blocked a controversial German-Swiss tax treaty, dealing a major setback for Switzerland.
Switzerland's biggest bank by assets, is also asking German clients to "regularize their positions, " a spokeswoman said Sunday.
If the euro were to break up and a new German Mark was issued, Germany may find itself in a similar position to Switzerland.
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They live in a scattering of villages in Switzerland, Austria and northern Italy, and some still speak the Walser German dialect.
Mr Blocher was cheered by a crowd of middle-aged mainly German-speakers, stressing the support his People's Party enjoys in eastern Switzerland, particularly in the smaller, tradition-minded cantons.
In four-man, Holcomb's forte, his USA-1 team in the original Night Train the sled that won Olympic gold was a distant 10th at Sochi, behind three German teams, two Russian squads, and one each from Britain, Canada, Switzerland, and the gold medal-winning sled of Latvia.
That is why it took Switzerland more than 20 years to introduce teaching in a second national language (German or French) at the age of 11-plus instead of 14.
The alleged payments are already being investigated by prosecutors in Switzerland and France, but files on the sale - which were kept in the German Chancellor's office - have gone missing.
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