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Swiss Review
October 5/23

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Swiss Alps less than rock-solid

We like to view our beautiful Swiss Alps as an immovable, unyielding natural barrier, but they are less rock-solid than we thought. The earth seems to…

The elections to the Council of the Swiss Abroad (CSA), the “Parliament of the Fifth Switzerland”, are to proceed in line with contemporary,…

Emma, Emma & Emma

Swiss statistics

The Council of the Swiss Abroad wants more political participation for the “Fifth Switzerland”

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“At the age of 15, I returned to Switzerland alone”

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Swiss culture – an international success story

SwissCommunity

Discussion: comments on the “Swiss Review” election survey

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Several readers responded to one of the answers in our election survey (“Swiss Review” 4/2023). We quoted the SVP as follows: “Compared to other…

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Swiss ReviewOctober 5/23

Swiss Alps less than rock-solid

Our highlights

Switzerland and its bench culture

Switzerland’s champion voters

Recycling is not the panacea for Switzerland’s plastic addiction

When continents collide

Expatriate voters double down or deviate – but they never tip the scales

Lia Wälti

EU negotiations: time to try again

CBD oil in Switzerland – popular but banned

Four summer camps full of fun, sport, mobility and socialising

A utopian one hundred years ahead of his time

The tale of a valley

The music of a mid-life free of crisis

Switzerland moves one step closer to NATO

Working for Switzerland: two reports from Haiti and Venezuela

Votes and Elections

A more democratic “Parliament of the Fifth Switzerland”

Emma, Emma & Emma

The Council of the Swiss Abroad wants more political participation for the “Fifth Switzerland”

News

“At the age of 15, I returned to Switzerland alone”

Swiss culture – an international success story

Discussion: comments on the “Swiss Review” election survey

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Swiss Review
October 5/23