Swiss lawmakers voted this week to reject a historic ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that accused the country of not doing enough to fight climate change, a vote that legal observers said sets a “concerning precedent” for global climate action, the...
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Around 60 years ago, when rabies was widespread in Europe’s fox population, Switzerland invented an innovative way to stop the disease. Officials in the wealthy Central European country stuffed chicken heads with vaccines and dropped them from helicopters. The vulpine scavengers gobbled up the laced meat,...
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A referendum in Switzerland this week resulted in voters refusing to push back the retirement age and giving themselves an extra month’s pension each year, a rare victory for trade unions in the wealthy country, the BBC reported. The Swiss were asked two questions at the...
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The right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP) scored one of its best results ever in national elections, capitalizing on a campaign that stressed concerns over immigration and other domestic issues, Bloomberg reported Monday. The SVP won 28.6 percent of votes in Sunday’s election, up from 25.6 percent...
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Polls show that Switzerland’s right-wing People’s Party will garner the most votes in parliamentary elections on Oct. 22 on vows to address immigration fears, climate activism and “woke” excesses, reported Bloomberg. That’s though Switzerland avoided the worst economic impacts of Covid-19. Inflation runs at about 2.4...
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Swiss voters backed a referendum proposing a series of carbon-cutting measures in the country amid worries that Switzerland’s famous glaciers are melting away at an alarming rate, the Evening Standard reported Monday. More than 59 percent of voters supported Sunday’s referendum, which would require Switzerland to...
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Switzerland’s highest court ordered German supermarket chain Lidl to destroy its chocolate bunnies after the retailer lost a copyright lawsuit brought by Swiss chocolate maker Lindt, Business Insider reported this week. The case is connected to Lindt’s well-known chocolate rabbits – the company has held a...
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Much has been written about the benefits and dangers of democracy. Some in Europe and the Americas fear that their democracy is under threat. Others say that is nonsense. Chinese leaders, meanwhile, view the US as a decadent democracy while celebrating their Communist Party-led version...
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