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How direct democracy has grown over the decades

This content was published on Jun 12, 2018 The number of issues put to vote has increased considerably since the 1970s. The graphics present more than 600 nationwide votes since 1848.

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Environment tops the list of youth concerns

This content was published on Jun 11, 2018 The Swiss Federation of Youth Parliaments has submitted 14 policy ideas proposed by under-25-year-olds to the national parliament.

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Globalists vs Tribalists: The false debate over ‘Switzerland First’

This content was published on Jun 11, 2018 Can the recognition that we now live in a globalized world be reconciled with tribal, patriotic emotions?

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Swiss Post CEO resigns

This content was published on Jun 11, 2018 The head of Swiss Post, Susanne Ruoff, has stepped down on Friday with immediate effect over a subsidies scandal at company’s subsidiary, PostBus.

Vote results June 10, 2018

This content was published on Jun 10, 2018

Massive defeat for ‘sovereign money’ initiative

This content was published on Jun 9, 2018 A proposal to strip away the ability of Swiss commercial banks to 'print money' is rejected by voters.

Swiss and Kosovo government representative signing a social security document

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Kosovars set to receive Swiss pensions again

This content was published on Jun 9, 2018 Switzerland and Kosovo have agreed to resume the payment of old age and disability pensions suspended eight years ago amid cases of fraud.

Ethiopian ethnic group Oromo migrants cheering after being evacuated from a makeshift camp in France.

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Ethiopians rally in Bern to protest deportation deal

This content was published on Jun 8, 2018 In April, for the first time in five years, Ethiopia announced it was ready to receive back citizens whose asylum applications in Switzerland had been rejected. This policy change is an outcome of an agreement between the African state and the EU. To be readmitted, the persons concerned must be recognised as Ethiopian nationals. If they…

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Swiss municipality to offer guaranteed income

This content was published on Jun 6, 2018 Rheinau, a Swiss municipality in the outskirts of Zurich has decided to guarantee basic income to residents on a trial basis.

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Former minister compares Cassis to Donald Trump

This content was published on Jun 4, 2018 Former foreign affairs minister Micheline Calmy-Rey has denounced controversial comments made recently by acting minister Ignazio Cassis.

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