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World Street Corner Music Day leads today's complete edition for Liechtenstein.
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A day for songs heard from passing cars, markets, radios, festivals, windows, workplaces, and family gatherings.
Not a public holiday, but an important date in Liechtenstein's economic calendar : it falls close to the anniversary of the Banking Act of 1992, which modernized the principality's banking sector. Liechtenstein's banking secrecy was once the cornerstone of its financial industry, and the principality was known as a tax haven. Since 2008, Liechtenstein has gradually dismantled its banking secrecy in response to international pressure, signing tax information exchange agreements and adopting OECD standards. The transition has been painful but necessary, and the financial sector has diversified into wealth management, fund services, and fintech. The day is marked by conferences in Vaduz on the future of Liechtenstein's financial industry, and the discussion always returns to the same question: how does a tiny principality of 38,000 people maintain a world-class financial center?