All posts tagged SVP
33 days. That’s how long it took for Michele Bachmann to become Swiss, via her husband.
Habemus Bundesrat! A new Swiss government.
In Britain we say that the first sign of old age is the policemen start to look young. In Switzerland I’m sure the same goes for the Bundesrat.
Electing a new Swiss government
Tomorrow is election day in Switzerland. Again. But this one is special because it will produce a new government (finally).
Swiss elections: the final stage
Switzerland swings to the left! Now that the last results of the Swiss parliamentary elections are in the final picture is clear – and it’ ...
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Swiss elections: what happens next?
October 27, 2011, 4 CommentsNow that the last seat in the National Council has been filled (see below), attention switches to the Council of States.
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Swiss election results: xenophobia 0 commonsense 1
October 24, 2011, 31 CommentsSwiss politics became the ultimate soufflé yesterday: full of hot air and with the middle rising nicely.
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The Swiss election campaign is underway
September 23, 2011, No commentsElection posters went up today all over Bern, and no doubt elsewhere across Switzerland.
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Richard Gere wins – but only just
March 6, 2011, 1 CommentThree weeks ago he had a clear lead. Today that was cut to just a few thousand but it was still enough to win. Canton Bern’s newest member of the ...
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Beauty vs the beast in Bern
March 2, 2011, 7 CommentsThis Sunday there’s a by-election in Canton Bern that wouldn’t normally get too much coverage, even in a country that lives, eats and breathes politics. It’s the second round of ...
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Swiss election results: xenophobia 0 commonsense 1
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Dead famous in Switzerland
September 15, 2010, 26 Comments -
Meet Homo helveticus
October 3, 2011, 25 Comments -
A beginner’s guide to Swissness
June 4, 2010, 25 Comments -
A writer’s dream: giving up the day job
May 13, 2011, 24 Comments
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Switzerland at Eurovision
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When is a car not a car?
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A tale of two citizenships
May 9, 2012, 20 Comments -
It’s rubbish in Switzerland!
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Flying Doctors of Switzerland
April 27, 2012, 1 Comment
