When people think of Switzerland today, they envision a wealthy, thriving, culturally diverse and politically progressive nation...
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Stephanie
How Voting Works in Switzerland’s Direct Democracy
Swiss citizens have the privilege of direct participation in decision making: Direct democracy. This weekend, three federal initiatives...
Dimitri Burkhard
Why Schaffhausen takes democracy as seriously as ancient Athens
Despite not being nestled on the jagged cliffs of the Aegean sea, Switzerland did have similarities with ancient Greece over 700 years ago...
Christian
Immigration Policy: What Switzerland Could Learn from the U.S. (and vice versa)
Switzerland and the United States have a track record of adopting each other's policies. Consider 1787, when the founders of...
Elections: No Thanks, Say the Swiss. Again.
Last week the Swiss voted on a topic of profound national importance that would boggle the minds of most Americans...
Bill Harby
11 Things Americans Can Learn From The Swiss
Most Americans relate Switzerland to clever knives, Heidi, and secret bank vaults, but there’s a lot more the Swiss can teach us about how they achieve such a high quality of life...
DJ Forza
Explaining the Smoking Ban Initiative (Sept 2012)
I felt like I was stepping back in time when I moved to Switzerland in 2012. In fact, with all this second-hand smoke for free, I have often wondered why people (particularly at train stations) will pay for cigarettes...
Nualan
The Book Poster Debate
Anyone living in Switzerland knows that the Swiss are often asked to vote on political and social issues. Whether it be EU integration, gun ownership, minimum wages or the amount of holidays working people should be...
