Today in Switzerland: A roundup of the latest news on Thursday: MPs seek to help people living on minimum subsistence re-calculate their income; demand for ...
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Is Sunday shopping about to become reality in Switzerland?: The National Council has voted to allow certain types of retailers to open on Sunday ...
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Swiss Parliament advocates Ukraine's financing with Russian assets: The Council of States of the Swiss Parliament has approved a proposal on 7 March that could ...
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Despite climate protection: Ruedi Noser charters cruise ship for entire workforce
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Couples who live in a registered partnership and complete a joint tax return sometimes have to pay higher taxes than unmarried couples with the same annual ... Show more
Today in Switzerland: A roundup of the latest news on Thursday: More protection for foreign domestic abuse victims; Geneva healthcare workers may have to do ...
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Why Switzerland is set to build a rail tunnel along Lake Geneva: Swiss MPs have green-lighted the construction of a 9-kilometre-long railway tunnel between two ...
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Because of Roma: Protection status S should be reviewed, demands Councilor of States Beni Würth
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Today in Switzerland: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday: Cross-border workers to pay higher health insurance premiums; the prices of land in Zurich stops ...
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Switzerland and Ukraine plan high-level peace conference : Switzerland and Ukraine will organize a high-level peace summit amid Kiev's ongoing war with invading ...
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Quick Glance: Zelensky Urges More Weapons for Ukraine
- Zelensky passionately appealed for leaders to provide more weapons for a just and stable peace.
- He warned against a 'frozen' conflict reigniting and emphasized the need for progress on the ground.
- He criticized the West's timidity in providing Ukraine with better weapons sooner, and stressed that this emboldened Putin.
- He praised Ukraine for its defense and criticized the West's fear that arming Ukraine would escalate the war with Russia.
Swiss National Council votes to deepen cooperation with Taiwan: National Council wants to establish bilateral partnership in culture, education, research ...
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Protection of whistleblowers: National Council votes against new whistleblower template
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Rail traffic on Lake Zurich: National Council approves 100 million for Meilibachtunnel
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Today in Switzerland: A roundup of the latest news on Monday: Moves to raise child allowances are underway in parliament; experts warn Switzerland's housing ...
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News: Council of States probably scuttles tonnage tax: On Monday, the Council of States Economic Commission spoke out against the tonnage tax ...
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Today in Switzerland: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday: Foreigners break Zurich's population record, more measles cases detected in Switzerland; and ...
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Zelenskyy plans his visit to Switzerland next week: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, may come to Switzerland for at least two days with a visit.
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EDA report: Even England likes the UN migration pact: Parliament must decide whether Switzerland should agree to the UN migration pact. It is controversial what ...
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Switzerland set to allow double surnames again: Since 2013, double-barrelled surnames have not been permitted in Switzerland, but this rule looks set to be ...
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Eight unwritten rules that explain how Switzerland works: Having trouble understanding Switzerland and the Swiss? These unwritten rules - some of which are more ...
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Ban on racist symbols: Parliament and its big fight with the swastika: Should Switzerland ban Nazi symbols? An endless series from the Federal Palace that has ...
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Funds for Palestine relief organization to be cut: The National Council wants to cut financial support for the controversial UN relief organization UNRWA ...
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Quick Glance: Funding for Palestine Aid at Risk
- National Council plans to cut UNRWA funding
- Council of States aims to ban Hamas
- Switzerland could cut diplomatic ties with Hamas
- Ban creates legal certainty and aids in counterterrorism efforts
Will Swiss MPs no longer be allowed to have dual nationality?: Currently, 23 members of parliament — nearly 10 percent — are dual citizens of Switzerland and ...
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Switzerland: The latest news: NZZ news, background information, opinions from Switzerland, international, sport, digital, business, car & more ...
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Quick Glance: Switzerland: Latest News
- Switzerland to be fully supplied from mandatory reserves for three to four months due to severe scarcity.
- The Federal Council intends to take action in case of miscalculated Covid tests.
- Covid-19 was the third leading cause of death in 2021.
- Cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and Covid were the most common causes of death in Switzerland in 2021.
CO₂ law: politicians want to make petrol more expensive: The National Council will discuss the new Climate Protection Act on Wednesday. The Federal Council wants ...
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Federal budget - Pseudo-cuts and other clever tricks: If money becomes scarce, politicians come under stress. The back and forth over the 2024 budget between ...
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Council of States on freedom of the press: ideas that endanger journalism: The small chamber has the Federal Council examine measures that would severely ...
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Illness endometriosis: She only leaves the house with painkillers: Every tenth woman is affected - Presenter Gülsha Adilji only received the diagnosis after 15 ...
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Daniel Jositsch: Will he stay in the SP? At the moment already: The Zurich Council of States would have liked to become a Federal Councilor ...
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Today in Switzerland: A roundup of the latest news on Tuesday: Authorities want to know where every resident of Switzerland lives; tardiness of German trains ...
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Army: No financing past the debt brake: The attempt at extraordinary financing is off the table. The dispute over increasing the army budget continues.
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Quick Glance: Debt Brake Suspended: Way Clear for Supplementary Budget 2023
- Parliament suspends debt brake for 2023 to pass supplementary budget.
- Constitutional Court strikes 60 billion euros from government's KTF.
- Planned new borrowing of 70.6 billion euros exceeds allowable borrowing by 44.8 billion euros.
- Supplementary budget to reposition credit financing of energy price aid from crisis fund on new legal basis.
They are still underrepresented in what is now a full parliament: Secondos and Primeras. Yet people with an international history can be found everywhere else ... Show more
Franziska Roth (SP) will represent the canton of Solothurn in the Council of States alongside Pirmin Bischof (center) in the coming legislative period ... Show more
Quick Glance: Solothurn Cantonal Council Elections: Roth Wins Against Imark
- Franziska Roth (SP) is the new representative for Solothurn in the Cantonal Council.
- Christian Imark (SVP) received significantly fewer votes.
Who is Beat Jans, Switzerland's new Federal Council minister?: Swiss parliament has elected a socialist from Basel, Beat Jans, to replace the outgoing head of ...
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Council of States again rejects indirect counter-proposal to the biodiversity initiative
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Imputed rental value: Politics is having a hard time: National- and the Council of States agree that they want to tax owner-occupied residential property ...
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Council of States elections: The real loser is the FDP: The economic canton of Zurich is now represented in the Council of States by a Social Democrat and a ...
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Mazzone voted out in Geneva: Greens threatened with insignificance: No more group strength in the Council of States, no claims to committee seats ...
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Quick Glance: Mazzone removed in Geneva: Greens on the Brink
- After Lisa Mazzone's removal: Greens at risk of insignificance in Switzerland
- Loss of group strength in the Council of States, no claims to committee seats, no presidency: The Greens suffer
- Lisa Mazzone narrowly misses re-election with a loss of only 1123 votes
- Dissolution of the green group in the Council of States regrettable and loss of the presidency designated for Mazzone
Swiss hard right chief stepping down after elections triumph: Marco Chiesa said Thursday he was stepping down as head of the hard right Swiss People's Party ...
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Winter session in the ticker - Eva Herzog is the new President of the Council of States | SP politician Eric Nussbaumer elected highest Swiss citizen
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Dick Marty, former Ticino Councilor of States, is dead: Dick Marty, former Ticino Councilor of States and ex-Council of Europe special investigator for Kosovo ...
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With the decisions in the cantons of Aargau, Solothurn, Zurich, Schaffhausen and Ticino, all 46 seats in the Council of States are now distributed ... Show more
The up- and relegated Swiss politics in 2023.: Which Swiss personalities stood out particularly positively or negatively in 2023?
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Elections: Will the SVP suffer losses in the Council of States?: The last six seats in the Council of States were allocated on Sunday. Things went badly for the ...
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The army abolitionists: Is the GSoA really “completely wrong”?: “Completely wrong,” says SVP Council of States and Army Colonel Werner Salzmann ...
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“The end of investigative journalism”: freedom of the press in the National Council and the Council of States
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Finance, environment, EU: Zurich needs an economically liberal member of the Council of States Moser
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The Sünneli even burns popular candidates: Why the SVP is becoming a victim of its own success - Zofinger Tagblatt
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Zurich: This is what Verena Diener says about the election of Tiana Moser: After Tiana Moser's victory in the Council of States elections, the Zurich economy ...
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Entrance fee for immigrants: FDP Council of States launches explosive idea - Zofinger Tagblatt
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Marianne Binder (center) will represent the canton of Aargau in the Council of States alongside Thierry Burkart (FDP) in the next legislative period ... Show more
FDP Council of States Ruedi Noser: “The canton of Zurich is becoming more and more left-wing”
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"A slap in the face!" FDP National Councilor Jauslin causes red heads with a tweet against Giezendanner - Zofinger Tagblatt
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There have been numerous leaks in the context of the Federal Council's Covid-19 business. This is shown by an analysis of the parliamentary supervision ... Show more
“Dear Councilors, do you really want that?”: The Council of States agrees to a postulate that could severely restrict media freedom. It doesn't work that way ...
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Today in Austria: A roundup of the latest news on Friday: The medical association calls for free masks and tests, Switzerland wants to renegotiate the migration ...
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Swiss Election Runoffs Counter Right-Wing Gains: Switzerland’s left and centrist parties secured surprise wins in runoffs for the upper house of parliament ...
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Today in Switzerland: A roundup of the latest news on Thursday: Negotiations are underway to stave off a strike at Geneva airport; tenants hit a setback in the ...
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Asylum law for Afghan women: Politics and the judiciary disagree: To the great delight of aid organizations, the Federal Administrative Court wants to generally ...
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Freedom of movement for all Muslim women: The Federal Administrative Court approves asylum for two Afghan women - and thus drives the parliament properly into ...
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Expansion of rail traffic: Council of States wants 100 million for new rail tunnel on Lake Zurich
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Overall results of the National Council and Council of States elections: How this election will now play out
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Council of States: Business association wants SVP to stay away from debates in future
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Thierry Burkart wants to make rich families happy: The Council of States wants to lift the ban on maintenance foundations. Why this should particularly please ...
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The extra sausage ensures the next extra round in the rental value - Zofinger Tagblatt
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Council of States is letting women down: research into endometriosis is not being funded more - Zofinger Tagblatt
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Center party split on army budget: The first budget debate in the new parliament is proving difficult. The National Council can only comply with the debt brake ...
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Jans, Cassis and a quiet Jositsch: The three most important findings about the Federal Council election - Zofinger Tagblatt
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Elections Council of States 2023 Zurich: Regine Sauter (FDP) withdraws.: Regine Sauter (FDP) renounces the second ballot, Daniel Leupi (Greens) and Philipp ...
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Quick Glance: Regine Sauter (FDP) and the 2023 Elections in Zurich
- Sauter considers FDP seat in the Council of States legitimate despite poor performance.
- Sauter remains unfazed by potential disappointment.
- Sauter emphasizes her satisfaction with her performance.
- The importance of the female voice in the Council of States is a topic for Sauter.
Almost no women in management: the HWZ business school is criticized for its lack of women. SP Councillor of States Daniel Jositsch is also partly responsible ... Show more
The new Schaffhausen Council of States member Simon Stocker (also) lives in Zurich. Is that legal? Is that legitimate? - The World Week
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Council of States: No research for 200,000 women: The Council of States rejected a motion that called for research into endometriosis. But the Federal Council is ...
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Switzerland votes: All results of the Council of States elections: All results of the second round of voting for the Council of States in the cantons of Geneva ...
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Council of States Zurich: Most important answers to Moser and Rutz in the 2nd ballot
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Switzerland set to allow double surnames again: Since 2013, double-barrelled surnames have not been permitted in Switzerland, but this rule looks set to be ...
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Alain Berset looks back: “Politics is not my only purpose in life” - Freiburger Nachrichten
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67 new members of Parliament took up their new positions in the National Assembly on Monday, December 4th. or Council of States ... Show more
For today, the Council of States has been counted - 31 of the 46 seats have been allocated. A second round of voting will take place in 10 cantons ... Show more
“Like the first day of school” - This is what happened to Simon Stocker before his swearing in
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