Poltical Parties in Switzerland

Europe: Swiss to Vote on Marijuana Decriminalization, Heroin Prescription

Swiss voters will go to the polls November 30 to decide whether to approve marijuana decriminalization and the government's ongoing "four pillars" drug strategy, which includes the prescription of heroin to hard-core addicts. A...

Defence Minister Schmid announces resignation

Samuel Schmid announced he would leave his post as defence minister at the end of the year (Keystone) Weakened by controversy and under attack from adversaries, Defence Minister Samuel Schmid on Wednesday announced he would...

UBS executives urged to pay back bonuses

Directors of UBS could be forced to repay bonuses they have already been awarded as Switzerland's biggest bank, which has been severely damaged by the credit crunch, comes under intense pressure over executive compensation.

Swiss People’s Party Gaining Ground

The ultra-nationalist Swiss People’s Party (SVP) remains the most popular political organization in Switzerland, according to a poll by Isopublic. 24.2 per cent of respondents—all likely voters—would support the SVP in the next...

Pupils "hyperventilating" after energy drinks

Energy drinks are creating a pile of headaches in some Swiss schools (Ex-press) Fearing strung out students and disorder in the classroom, certain schools in Switzerland have placed restrictions or outright prohibitions on...

UBS’ top guns will not get bonuses

ZURICH: UBS, the European bank with the highest losses from the US subprime crisis, said its top executives won’t get any bonus payments for 2008. The 12 members of the executive board, including chief executive officer Marcel...

Putting food and health on menu of EU talks

Food is likely to get cheaper if access to the market is liberalised (Jürgen Held/travelstock44.de) Switzerland and the European Union are due to launch negotiations this week on a free-trade accord on agriculture, including...

New political party takes its first steps

Let the new party begin! (Keystone) A new party will enter the political arena as of Saturday formalising the divisions within the rightwing Swiss People's Party over the past two years. Few people could have foreseen that...

People's Party reverses stand on labour treaty

Toni Brunner had to make the case for the party's change of heart (Keystone) The Swiss People's Party, which holds the most seats in parliament, says it will fight the continuation and extension of a labour treaty with the...

Swiss people's party against visa-free regime for Bulgaria & Romania

The Swiss people's party, also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (UDC) proclaimed itself against the enlargement of the scope of application of the agreement between Switzerland and the EU for free movement so that...

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