Switzerland

Two Renovate Switzerland activists sprayed orange paint on the façade of the UBS branch in Lausanne. Their action took place outside the building on Place St-François at around midday on Monday.

The two activists were arrested by the police, as was a third supporter accompanying them. Renovate Switzerland explained in a press release that it wanted to "highlight" the fact that the bank "is not sufficiently renovating the buildings it owns". It had carried out a similar action a fortnight ago on another UBS building in Geneva. ...