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The political equation based on a magic formula

Switzerland’s ‘magic formula’ of politics

This content was published on Nov 30, 2015 How many seats are there in the Swiss cabinet? The answer is seven. But how does Switzerland do the math to reach that figure?

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Controversial politician chosen to lead House

This content was published on Nov 30, 2015 The 40-year-old parliamentarian from the centre-right Radical Party was elected to her new position with 159 of the possible 183 yes votes from her colleagues. Formally, she is now the most powerful woman in Swiss government. Elected to parliament in 2003, Markwalder has sometimes deviated from the Radicals’ party line, such as in energy policy.…

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Graphics to guide you through the climate talks

This content was published on Nov 30, 2015 The United Nations weather agency, which is home to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s top scientific authority on global warming, says it is likely that the world has now warmed by 1°C over pre-industrial times. More carbon emissions bring rising temperatures, changing seasons, higher sea levels and more frequent catastrophic weather events.…

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Where companies fit in a letterbox

This content was published on Nov 27, 2015 The term letterbox companies, also known as domiciled companies, refers to businesses that establish their domicile in a tax friendly country with the aid of only a mailing address, even though the bulk of their commercial activities are conducted in another country. This is done to minimise their tax liabilities. These companies often do not…

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Ancient form of direct democracy

This content was published on Nov 27, 2015

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French police raid homes of Geneva Mosque imams

This content was published on Nov 27, 2015 The Tribune de Genève newspaper reported earlier in the day that around 20 armed police had raided their homes in the border town of Ferney-Voltaire on Wednesday night. The two imams, who were not named, work at the mosque in Geneva’s Petit-Saconnex district managed by the Fondation Culturelle Islamique de Genève. In a statement issued…

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Appenzell Inner Rhoden women celebrate 25 years of the vote

This content was published on Nov 27, 2015 The men of Appenzell Inner Rhoden had denied their mothers, sisters and daughters the vote three times, in 1973, 1982 and April 1990. But in 1990 the women’s patience finally snapped. They brought a legal action before the Federal Court in Lausanne saying the situation was unconstitutional. On November 27, 1990, the court agreed, overruling…

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Cabinet wants to limit pension fund withdrawal

This content was published on Nov 25, 2015 Interior Minister Alain Berset said the aim of the mooted reform was to guarantee the current pension standards while limiting the risks of an increasing number of pensioners claiming supplementary benefits from the state. As part of a draft bill, the cabinet wants to rule out all the contributions to the occupational benefit system being…

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Swiss close probe into ‘illegal’ Eritrean tax claim

This content was published on Nov 25, 2015 The Swiss Attorney General has dropped a criminal investigation into allegations of illegal tax collection by the Eritrean consulate in Geneva.

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Final composition of Swiss parliament emerges

This content was published on Nov 23, 2015 After the final Senate election results in cantons Aargau and Zurich this weekend, the definitive redistribution of seats in the Swiss parliament is clear. The shift to the right is less pronounced in the Senate than in the House of Representatives.

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