Cluster: Swiss Abroad

Swiss voters reject cuts to licence fee

The SBC initiative seeks to reduce the annual licence fee for the national broadcaster from CHF335 ($431) to CHF200 and exempt all businesses.

This content was published on Mar 8, 2026 The Swiss have clearly rejected a proposal to reduce funding for Swissinfo's parent company.

Swiss Politics

March 8, 2026 vote: the results from across Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 8, 2026 Use our map to explore the detailed results of Sunday’s ballots on the cash initiative, media licence fee, climate fund and and individual taxation.

Following Sunday’s clear rejection of the SBC initiative, Swissinfo spoke with both its backers and opponents to gauge how they interpreted the result.

Swiss Politics

Reactions to SBC initiative ‘no’ vote

This content was published on Mar 8, 2026 Following Sunday’s clear rejection of the SBC initiative, Swissinfo spoke with both its backers and opponents to gauge how they interpreted the result.

Swiss Abroad

Switzerland Today – vote edition

This content was published on Mar 8, 2026 Swiss voters rejected a cut to the public media licence fee and backed an end to the ‘marriage penalty’ in today’s ballots.

Swiss Politics

Six takeaways from Switzerland’s media licence fee battle

This content was published on Mar 8, 2026 The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation has weathered another challenge to its licence fee. But the broader struggle over public broadcasting has yielded few winners — except one.

information material on the climate fund initiative displayed on a cabinet

Swiss Politics

Climate is a concern in Switzerland but no longer a priority

This content was published on Mar 8, 2026 Climate change is one of the main concerns of the Swiss population. However, most citizens don’t want to invest more money in the ecological transition. Why?

The marriage penalty is gone: joy among supporters of individual taxation.

Swiss Politics

‘Today liberal-progressive Switzerland triumphed over conservative Switzerland’

This content was published on Mar 8, 2026 What lessons can be drawn from the results of Sunday's votes? Political scientist and pollster Martina Mousson explains.

Edelweiss special flights bring passengers from Oman to Zurich

Swiss Abroad

More Swiss passengers on the way from Oman to Zurich

This content was published on Mar 7, 2026 Two special flights with 404 passengers, operated by Edelweiss, took off from Oman for Zurich on Saturday.

Swiss Abroad

The week in Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 7, 2026 Welcome to our selection of some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.

Picture of the week

This content was published on Mar 7, 2026 Avalanche dog Quga enters an avalanche site at the Swiss Avalanche Search Dog Championship on February 28 on the Stoos. (Keystone/Urs Flueeler)

Cluster: Swiss Abroad

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