Switzerland Swiss voters approve stricter gun control laws to fit with EU rules Switzerland — one of the most heavily armed countries in Europe — voted to comply with stricter European Union gun laws in a referendum Sunday. 18/05/2019
Switzerland Landmark Swiss vote on a guaranteed basic income Exit poll suggests they have rejected a plan to give everyone 2,200 euros a month, whether working or not 05/06/2016
Switzerland New cabinet elected in Switzerland Switzerland has elected its new cabinet with a noticeable shift to the right. Wine-grower Guy Parmelin from country’s main anti-immigration party 09/12/2015
Switzerland Swiss government says will impose immigrant quotas if no EU deal reached Switzerland, not part of the EU but part of its free-trade and Schengen zones, has long been at the spearpoint of European-wide hesitation about the 04/12/2015
Switzerland Switzerland veers further to the right as SVP makes election gains Europe’s far-right seems to be a family affair. After the rise of Marine Le Pen in France, now billionaire Christoph Blocher’s billionaire daughter 19/10/2015
Switzerland Anti-immigration party SVP makes record gains in Swiss parliamentary poll Switzerland has taken a slide to the right according to political pundits after projections showed the anti-immigration Swiss People’s Party (SVP) is 19/10/2015
Switzerland Switzerland's new president to focus on 'people power' The new Swiss president faces the tough task of reconciling referendum votes with international commitments 03/12/2014
Business Middle East Swiss gold's S.O.S The Swiss National Bank currently faces one of its biggest challenges – Save Our Swiss Gold – a referendum on its gold holdings organised by the 25/11/2014
insiders Will the Swiss seek fresh curbs on immigration? Welcome to Aargau in German-speaking Switzerland. Behind its peaceful landscape and apparent calm lies a burning debate launched by the initiators of 21/11/2014
Switzerland Swiss set to vote on world's highest minimum wage Switzerland will go to the polls on Sunday (May 18) over whether to introduce the world’s highest minimum wage. The government, business leaders 16/05/2014
