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Swiss Post launches demo version for e-voting

This content was published on Mar 11, 2017 Swiss citizens of some cantons who live abroad now have a choice of two systems with which to vote online in votes in their home country.

Does democracy make people happy?

This content was published on Mar 10, 2017 The more options people are given to participate politically, the happier they are. So shouldn’t every country introduce Swiss-style direct democracy?

When women were told to ‘cook not vote’

This content was published on Mar 8, 2017 Swiss women had to wait until 1971 to vote – 1991 in one canton. Is Switzerland particularly backward?

Democracy needs more than elections and rule of law

This content was published on Mar 7, 2017 In the 20th century, the legitimacy of governments was based almost solely on the rule of law and the right to vote. In the future, governments may rise or fall depending on whether they are allowing citizens to take meaningful roles in agenda-setting, decision-making, problem-solving and community-building. Changes in democracy are occurring now because of…

Armenia’s difficult search for (more) democracy

This content was published on Feb 28, 2017 When I was child, people across Europe used to send questions to ‘Radio Yerevan’. These questions, formulated as a joke, always got an answer, starting with “In principle yes…“ or “In principle no…” followed by explanations saying the contrary. During Communist times, these jokes were a way of challenging the official ‘truth’ and to circumvent…

Late night TV show deemed biased

This content was published on Feb 27, 2017 The office said the programme, broadcast just days ahead of a nationwide vote last November on limiting the lifespan of Switzerland’s five nuclear reactors, failed to comply with the editorial guidelines of a public service media. In his report published on Sunday, the ombudsman for the German-language radio and television programmesExternal link, says the rules…

‘Erdogan wants to set an example in Switzerland too’

This content was published on Feb 23, 2017 The autocratic regime of Erdoğan keeps tightening the screw, cracking down on its opponents. In one of the latest moves on February 8, the government sacked nearly 4,500 civil servants, most of them working in education. Following the failed coup against Erdoğan last August, the regime has also been trying to extend its reach to…

‘Money plays growing role in Swiss democracy’

This content was published on Feb 21, 2017 The interview was conducted on the fringes of an international congress in Basel earlier this month. Prelicz held a workshop on how to make effective use of direct democracy in Switzerland. swissinfo.ch: What’s typical of Swiss civil society? Katharina Prelicz-Huber: There is a civic association for almost everything in Switzerland. Or, one can say that…

Politicians leave fewer young Swiss unhappy

This content was published on Feb 20, 2017 An online survey by the student-based Vimentis organisation found that 46% of respondents were discontented – down from 53% in the previous year. This compares with 36% who said they were happy and 18% undecided. The 55-64 age group and supporters of the rightwing Swiss People’s Party are more critical than the younger generation or…

Romania’s difficult struggle for democracy

This content was published on Feb 14, 2017 At the outset, everything looks quite logical: in a hasty and opaque decision taken in the middle of the night, the Romanian cabinet on January 31 adopted an urgent decree to decriminalise the abuse of office (and corruption cases with less than $50,000 involved). The decree was designed to whitewash the convicted leader of the…

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