San Marino News

Switzerland's media have expressed dismay at Italian raids on branches of Swiss banks but said they are proof the country remains under extreme pressure on taxes.

Italy's financial police visited 76 Italian branches of Swiss banks and related offices Tuesday to ensure they are correctly reporting their financial transactions, officials said.

Sadly, being a world tax haven isn't what it used to be. All those nasty new disclosure laws.

Italian is a Romance language spoken by around 70 million people in the world including Switzerland, where it is one of the four official languages, San Marino and the Vatican City.

By Sharon Turner NASSAU, Bahamas -- In addition to its tax information exchange agreements established with the United States, Monaco and San Marino, The Bahamas has completed technical agreements with eight additional countries, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham advised Parliament on Thursday.

Antiques Roadshow UK "Weston Super Mare" Discoveries include an Edwardian picnic set, a flock of ceramic sheep and a multi-purpose table.

The San Gabriel Valley posted a couple of big wins at the ninth annual Don Bosco Tech Cross Country Invitational at Santa Fe Dam, but there was no debating who was Saturday's star.

Former San Marino resident Terry Chapman, founder and retired CEO of Chapman Insurance of Pasadena, has been honored by the California State Legislature with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his long time support of nonprofit social service organizations.

Here's how the first two are defined by Wikipedia : " In political geography, an enclave is a territory whose geographical boundaries lie entirely within the boundaries of another territory.

Going with the assumption of the World Health Organization report from 2000 ranking the US 37th, there are several things wrong with this report.

The tiny European sate of San Marino is to conduct an emergency census of its population in an attempt to expose tax avoiders who have made bogus residency claims.

Tom Walsh's column comparing opponents of socialized medicine with supporters of slavery is not only despicable -- it's not even close to being accurate .

Tom Walsh's column comparing opponents of socialized medicine with supporters of slavery is not only despicable -- it's not even close to being accurate .

Tourists flock here for the postage stamps rather than the local reds and its only winery needs a makeover, but the tiny republic of San Marino is boldly pushing ahead to make a name for its wines.

Italy is about to gain a U.S. ambassador who not only shares a professional relationship with the president of the United States, but also a personal one forged in war and peace with the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Ronald P. Spogli will join Stanford's Board of Trustees in October. The Stanford University Board of Trustees recently elected Ronald P. Spogli, former U.S. ambassador to Italy and San Marino, to a five-year term beginning in October.

Attendance has nearly tripled at San Marino Congregational UCC in Southern California - from roughly 24 to 71 people in the pews each Sunday - during the two years Arthur "Art" Cribbs has been the pastor.

If Obama thinks the key to better health care is a better insurance system, he should think again.

The Republic of San Marino, the world's smallest and oldest republic, will display a full-sized reproduction of its Statue of Liberty at the 2010 World Expo.

SAN GABRIEL VALLEYWIDE NEWS The San Marino Tribune will once again honor the memory of J.P. Blecksmith when hundreds of runners and walkers depart the start-finish line for the fourth running of Tribune's J.P. Blecksmith Leadership Foundation 5K Run and Walk at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 4, 2009.