Switzerland plans to launch a public relations campaign to spruce up its image, which was tarnished by charges that it profited from financial dealings with the Nazis and refused to turn over the bank accounts of Holocaust victims. The government on Wednesday sent to Parliament an $8.6 million per year plan, dubbed the “Swiss Presence” campaign, to target influential people and institutions abroad with positive messages about Switzerland.
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