Liechtenstein

Barbara Piasecka Johnson dies at 76; heiress to Johnson & Johnson fortune

2013-04-04 20:13:00

Barbara Piasecka Johnson, a former chambermaid who married into the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical family and walked away with part of its epic fortune after a bitterly contested battle over her husband's will, died Monday in her native Poland. She...

Al Walser calls his Grammy nomination a win for independents

2013-02-08 07:56:00

Dressed in a black leather punk jacket, Al Walser leans conspiratorially across a glass table in a Mid-Wilshire office suite. It's stacked with paperwork, golf clubs and a placard deeming the space an Honorary Consulate of the Principality of...

Traveling abroad? For information, check with the country's tourist office

2011-02-27 00:00:00

For tourist information about foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. Several no longer list phone numbers, so information is through their website only. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-...

Balkans' Pink Panther jewel thieves smash their way into myth

2009-07-29 00:00:00

So let's get this straight. A guy in the raspberry business from western Serbia smashes and grabs his way through a heist eight time zones away in Tokyo and scoots off past shopping centers and sushi bars with a $31-million necklace known as the...

Planning your trip to Liechtenstein

2008-09-28 00:00:00

THE BEST WAY TO LIECHTENSTEIN From LAX, Swiss Air offers nonstop service to Zurich, Switzerland. Lufthansa, British Air and Air France offer connecting flights (change of planes). Restricted round-trip fares begin at $716. The 70-mile drive from...

Foreign tourist boards

2009-02-08 00:00:00

For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or...

Small European countries reign as big tax havens

2008-09-28 00:00:00

Is it any coincidence that some of the smallest countries in the world are also the world's best tax havens? Hardly. Beginning with Switzerland and Bermuda after World War I, little countries with stable governments and strong currencies but scant job-...

Liechtenstein, a principality tucked into the Alps

2008-09-26 00:00:00

In most hotel rooms, you find a little bit of sightseeing information. The room I booked at a hotel in Liechtenstein -- where tax-sheltered banking generates almost a third of the gross domestic product -- had a brochure on asset management. I didn't...

A plot both wide and thick

2007-05-24 00:00:00

ASTRIDE his horse, Benjamin Coates could gaze across 21,400 acres and see the sweep of his power reflected in nature. A riot of mesas and meadows laced with gurgling streams. Miles of chaparral and clusters of stately oaks. A mountain that Native...

Foreign government tourist offices

2006-01-22 00:00:00

Torres vuelve al grupo en una sesión en la que Del Bosque no muestra el once

2010-09-01 00:00:00

Resultados y clasificación

2010-09-07 00:00:00

All hail the coming wave of Liechtenstein techno. The best dance recording category is stocked with the usual EDM-crossover suspects -- Avicii, Calvin Harris, Skrillex and Swedish House Mafia.

2012-12-05 18:09:39

Liechtenstein is a little German-speaking principality tucked into the Alps between Switzerland and Austria. The Rhine River runs wide and icy-white along the western border, and the prince's cross-timbered castle nestles in an aerie on the mountainside.

2012-09-28 09:34:00

Liechtenstein's captain Mario Frick, reacts after missing a chance to score against Scotland during their Euro 2012 Group I qualifying soccer match at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland.

2010-09-07 00:00:00