political parties of Switzerland

He warned that such methods might be put to use in the next Swiss general election. However, Lobsiger said that he has already taken measures to reduce that risk. In his interview on Saturday he said that all Swiss political parties had been sent instructions on how they could – and could not – use private ...

LAHORE: PML (N) MNA Hamza Shahbaz has said all political parties, armed forces and judiciary should work together to take this nation forward. ... Trade here at Expo Centre where Chinese Consul General Long Dingbin, business heads from UK, Turkey, Switzerland, Korea and China were there. Hamza ...

This was also Kiener Nellen's experience. She said that her team was not only tolerated but “welcomed” by the Russian election administrators. She added that there were not only OSCE observers present but that political parties, candidates and non-governmental organisations had also been allowed to ...

Such practices were the focus of a recent investigation (in German)external link by Zurich magazine Republik into the allegedly illegal data practices of, amongst others, Swiss political parties and proponents of a campaign to scrap the licence fee for public broadcasting (rejected by voters earlier this month) ...

Ultimately, the Swiss support all political parties in their efforts to bring issues resulting from the civic dialogue to the political agenda in the government and parliament. In the run-up to the first free elections three years ago, Switzerland provided logistical support for the Myanmar electoral authorities.

Launched by the conservative-right Swiss People's Party, the initiative proposes that the federal constitution should take precedence over ... As for political parties, a large coalition of left and centre parties reckons that the initiative seeks to undermine the European Convention on Human Rights, an action ...

The European Commission and most of the political parties in Switzerland reacted positively to Cassis' statements on Monday. The conservative right People's Party, however, criticised the government for bowing to Brussels will, and called once again for the planned institutional framework agreement to be ...

Swiss voters on Sunday overwhelming rejected an initiative backed by the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) which would have seen the scrapping of a ... voiced fears scrapping the fee – essential to the funding of state radio and television – would seriously threaten national cohesion in Switzerland.

Voters have rejected a proposal to do away with the mandatory licence fee for Switzerland's public broadcasters. ... Moves are already underway by several political parties in parliament, particularly on the right, to curb advertising revenue for the public Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), swissinfo.ch's ...

A person cycles on a snowy road during heavy snowfalls, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Thursday, March 1, 2018. A cold .... Dragging blankets and sleeping bags, numerous officials, from an array of political parties, wore their blue, white and red sashes, France's national colors, denoting their status. At least ...

Geneva's airport was closed “until further notice” after the Swiss city was blanketed by snowfall overnight. Switzerland has in recent days seen temperatures plunge to nearly -40 degrees Celsius at higher altitudes. Demand for power and gas in Poland has set new records as freezing temperatures grip the ...

Dragging blankets and sleeping bags, numerous officials, from an array of political parties, wore their blue, white and red sashes, France's national colors, denoting their status. At least 13 ... Geneva's airport has been closed “until further notice” after the Swiss city was blanketed by snowfall overnight.

According to the political party, how should the relationship between the state and the Christian churches look like? Many party members and officials are somewhat critical of the Protestant and Catholic state churches and would tend to gradually support a stronger separation between state and church.

Both Duque and LaRose referenced gun laws in nations such as Switzerland, Australia and Japan – all countries with significantly stricter gun laws than the United States. Though Duque said that a ban on semiautomatic weapons would lead to decreased violence, LaRose said he believes such a ban ...

Legalised brothels, flat tax and a repeal of 400 laws: Here's what Italy's political parties are promising ahead of this week's election ... is mainly focused on immigration policies and on the improvement of the welfare and tax regime," Giovanni Montalti, an analyst at Swiss bank UBS said in a recent note.

Overall little changed in a year. 36% of the more than 22,000 surveyed in a poll recently published by Vimentis, said they were either satisfied or fairly satisfied with Swiss politics. On the flip side, 45% were dissatisfied or fairly dissatisfied and 19% were non-comital. The year before, 36% said they were ...

Send a message to both political parties. President Donald Trump walks through the Congress Center at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 25, 2018. Photographer: JASON ALDEN/BLOOMBERG VIA THE WASHINGTON POST. Bravo to Jim Schlembach for his well-written and ...

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Swiss researchers are looking into a theory that there's a ninth, previously unknown giant planet out there. We'll delve into their work and ... Political party and campaign funding is notoriously opaque in Switzerland, a fact that some say is a major flaw in the country's democracy. We look at why this is the ...