News flash – Fear 1:0 Hope
November 28, 2010, 6 Comments
In the end it wasn’t even close. The SVP spent its millions on racist posters to promote its politics of fear, and...
LEARN MORE ›Currently browsing Swiss politics
Is today a good day for the real Switzerland?
November 28, 2010, 3 Comments
A year and one day ago the Swiss shocked the world, and themselves, by voting in favour of banning new minarets. Today they...
LEARN MORE ›Is Switzerland the black sheep of Europe?
November 17, 2010, 10 Comments
Racism and xenophobia are alive and kicking in Switzerland, as this poster clearly shows. That black-sheep advert first appeared during the general election campaign...
LEARN MORE ›A week in Swiss politics
September 30, 2010, 11 Comments
Earthquakes don’t happen very often in Swiss politics, which has a reputation for being rather boring – in Switzerland as much as in...
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Tears of outgoing Bundesrat minister Merz
September 20, 2010, 11 Comments
With only two days to go before his successor is elected by the Swiss parliament, outgoing Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz was today...
LEARN MORE ›Swiss Watching trivia, No 20: Parliament
August 20, 2010, 1 Comment
Switzerland may be 719 years old but its parliament only dates back to the Federal Constitution of 1848; the building itself (in Bern)...
LEARN MORE ›All you need to know about Switzerland: government
July 10, 2010, 10 Comments
The Swiss TV news last night spent 15 minutes reporting and analysing the resignation of Moritz Leuenberger, the transport minister. True, he...
LEARN MORE ›Swiss air gets a little cleaner with today’s smoking ban
May 1, 2010, 6 Comments
When I first started visiting Switzerland ten years ago, every train carriage had a dividing wall a third of the way along:...
LEARN MORE ›All you need to know about Switzerland: elections
March 21, 2010, 2 Comments
Public spaces and squares all across Bern are currently hosting a new form of street furniture: large metal stands, each shaped like...
LEARN MORE ›Libya declares war on Switzerland?
February 27, 2010, No comments
So much for neutrality. Despite famously sitting on the fence over almost any issue, Switzerland is seemingly now at war with millions of...
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