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Internet use among pensioners in Switzerland has almost doubled over the past decade and allowed many to stay in touch during the pandemic.
Traditional working model hampers Swiss women’s careers
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The common model of women taking over childcare and men working full-time makes it harder for Swiss mothers to climb up the career ladder.
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With a Masters degree in entrepreneurship, Claudine Esseiva from Switzerland has over a decade of management experience at the age of 42.
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The controversial issue of e-voting is back: Swiss Post, which had halted the development of a project in July 2019, now plans a platform ready for testing by 2021.
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A look at the issues affecting Switzerland's multi-party government, which will be elected for a four-year term on Wednesday.
Switzerland’s militia system – a tradition under threat
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The Swiss militia system is one of the cornerstones of participatory democracy in Switzerland. But what’s behind this concept?
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Right, left, centre...that's how political parties are usually described. But where do they stand on the main themes dominating Swiss politics?
Swiss town tests citizen panel to help voters analyse information
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The municipality of Sion in Switzerland is planning a participative democracy experiment first tried out in the US state of Oregon.
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Equal rights may be enshrined in the constitution, but from the workplace to the home, inequality between men and women persists.
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Emotions are running high ahead of a nationwide vote on reforming Swiss gun law. The outcome of the referendum will affect ties with the EU.
Initiative launched to cap health insurance premiums
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A people’s initiative wants health insurance premiums to not exceed 10% of income with the balance paid for by the state.
Swiss to vote on enshrining cycling in the constitution
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Promote bike transport and build suitable infrastructure: this is the objective of a proposal to enshrine cycle paths in the Swiss constitution.
Lucrative gambling business comes under public scrutiny
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The stakes are high as Swiss voters contemplate a new gambling law, including a ban on using the websites of foreign casinos.
Swiss direct democracy follows in Oregon’s footsteps
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How do you make Switzerland even more democratic? By involving randomly chosen citizens in the deliberation process ahead of popular votes.
Survey: foreign names can be an electoral handicap
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The Swiss free-list electoral system discriminates against foreign entrants with non-Swiss sounding names, a study has found.
Vote upsets boost drive for greater political transparency
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On March 4, 68.5% of voters in the western canton of Fribourg approved an initiative by the youth chapter of the Social Democratic Party calling for greater financial transparency by parties. In canton Schwyz, a traditionally conservative region in central Switzerland, voters backed a similar initiative proposed by the small and high-profile leftwing Young Socialists.…
