Switzerland – Yash Chopra movies saved us a lot of money that we would require to travel to the most beauteous travel destination in Europe.

There were songs that were shot in the Euro rail which gave us an eyeful of the lush scenery spread across the Alps and then there were the snow-cloaked mountain peaks where the protagonists in love serenaded each other. That’s the idea of Switzerland for the middle class Bollywood fanatics over here.

But then, Switzerland is more than what meets the eye there. We are referring to the reliable banks, the delectable chocolates et al.

However, some other facts about Switzerland that you perhaps have never known before such as liberal gun laws, legalisation of bribes and fines based on your income, sounds weird? Know about them in detail below:

This country has no capital and president:

Most of us are of the belief that Bern is the capital of Switzerland but we feel sad to burst your bubble, it’s not. Similarly, Alain Berset is not the president of Switzerland. There are 4 languages spoken in the country and the citizens enjoy the rights to cancel any law they don’t cotton to. What’s more, there have been no racial conflicts so far in Switzerland.

It has the most liberal law about guns:

Switzerland is known to remain neutral in any military conflicts that made us thinking they are pacifists, which is surely not the case. This is obligatory for the men of 18 years to take up the military service. Hence, the military reserve has the biggest part of the male population. The crime rate is pretty low in Switzerland which has 8 million people and 4 million guns. Beat that!

They have legal bribing:

After actively fighting bribery in the year 2017, in which Switzerland took the 3^rd place, it later made bribery legal citing it to be a form of payment for a specific service. They deemed this to be more effective than fighting bribery. Smart lot, huh?

The fines are held as per your income:

They charge you the biggest of fine for speeding. While the fines in the other countries are not fixed, Switzerland fines a person as per the amount of money he earns. With the pay notching up, the fines do too. This is a form of justice to the people there.

They export chocolate in huge quantity:

The famous chocolate of Switzerland is Toblerone of which more than 7 million bars are exported every year. Also, the company called Valcambi that produces gold bars which are called CombiBar, shaped as chocolates. These are easily breakable into small bits, which weigh 1 gram and pay for things.

The Swiss army knife is produces in Rome:

The Swiss army knife dates eons back than 19^th century which was produced in Rome. The earlier specimen you will find in the Cambridge museums, a tool to produce these per se that included a spoon, a fork, a blade, a toothpick, a spatula and a special kind of a spike.

Aren’t these facts interesting about the Swiss government, heritage and society? We are really amazed!

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World economic conference – World Economic forum is a Swiss NGO (Non-profit Organisation) which is stationed in Cologny, Geneva.

They rope in business, political, academic, and other leaders to serve the Global, Regional, Industry agendas.

This is an International Body as recognized by the Swiss Authorities.

The Annual Meeting is held by the end of January each year in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden located on the Eastern Alps region of Switzerland. Round about 2,5000 top business leaders, International Political Leaders, Economists and Journalists that form the ‘Davos Panel’ are committed to make the world a better place.

Modi to attend World economic conference

Our PM Narendra Modi is all set to appear at Davos to attend the Annual World Economic Conference they very first time in 20 years. Here, he will be in talks with World’s top CEOs and large number of heads of governments.

This will be held towards the end of January in the routine manner in Davos, Graubünden. But the good news is that Prime Minister Modi will be treated like a Chief Guest and our country will dominate the show.

Davos is a small town in the lap of Alps with an international appeal. In Victorian times, it was a tuberculosis sanatorium where patients were kept segregated from the polluted city air in a crisp, clean ambience with hearty mountain air to breathe.

Davos was even attended by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s wife who has undergone her treatment for TB. This small place in the Alpine area is transmuted into an opulent ski resort now where the CEOs and large number of government gather to meet the World economic conference in January.

Modi will visit there with a team of around hundred Indian Corporate Chiefs and Policy Makers. The event will be themed on India and it will be the main focus of the conference too. The top officials deem India to be good field of investment hence this gesture.

It was Chinese Presiden XI Jinping who addressed Davos as the Chief Guest where he wooed global businessmen and denounced protectionism.

His words were a veiled attack towards Donald  Trump’s inauguration later that month.

The last Indian PMs have avoided the event as it collides with the 26^th January, Republic Day celebrations but Modi decided to give it a shot despite having a packed schedule. His visit to Switzerland will be a nippy affair and he will be present during the 26^th January Republic Day Celebrations.

World economic conference – Besides, there is ASEAN conference just round the corner to be held in India. After a prompt visit to Switzerland, Modi will return to India to welcome the World Leaders followed by the budget session of Parliament.

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