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E-voting trials extended but progress is slow
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In the November 28 nationwide ballot, up to 190,000 citizens – 4.1 per cent of the potential electorate – can participate over cyberspace rather than casting a postal vote or going to the polling booth. But despite pressure, notably by the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA), there is still a long way to go…
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It wants the government to present a blueprint for a special law on the Swiss abroad within the next 12 months – almost 50 years after the community’s status was enshrined in the constitution. At its session in the eastern city of St Gallen on Friday, the council discussed proposals for 16 articles of a…
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She pledged to keep a quality service for the expatriate community despite cuts in public spending. Calmy-Rey said a working group had invited members of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA) to present its proposals for a specific law to promote and protect the interests of the nearly 700,000 expatriates living around the world.…
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This year the internet portal swissinfo.ch is marking its 75th anniversary. The Swiss shortwave service was set up in 1935 and was renamed Swiss Radio International (SRI) in 1978. Listeners from all over the world were very motivated to write in, as a look in our archive reveals. (Christoph Balsiger, swissinfo.ch)
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