Lex Netflix – Swiss to vote on streaming tax, European border agency
Swiss voters decide on Sunday whether to make global video streaming services support Swiss filmmakers and on spending more money on Europe’s Frontex border security...
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Swiss press freedom dealt blow in bid for overhaul of bank secrecy rules
Lawmakers blocked a bid to overhaul strict Swiss banking secrecy rules on Friday in a blow to freedom of information advocates seeking an exemption for...
Swiss vote in favour of country’s Covid pass in referendum
Swiss voters on Sunday backed the government’s pandemic response plan by a bigger than expected majority in a referendum, paving the way for the continuation...
Switzerland votes to make same-sex marriage legal by near two-thirds majority
Switzerland agreed to legalise civil marriage and the right to adopt children for same-sex couples by a nearly two-thirds majority in a referendum on Sunday, making...
Spain reach Euro semi-finals with penalties win v Switzerland
Spain reached the Euro 2020 semi-finals on Friday after prevailing 3-1 in a nervy penalty shootout against dogged Switzerland who were reduced to ten men by...
Swiss to launch Covid-19 certificates next week to ease travel
Switzerland will start distributing “COVID-19 certificates” next week to people who have been vaccinated, tested negative or recovered from infection as a way to ease...
Swiss agree to outlaw facial coverings in “burqa ban” vote
A far-right proposal to ban facial coverings in Switzerland won a narrow victory in a binding referendum on Sunday instigated by the same group that organised a...
Swiss to vote on banning face veils in referendum criticised as Islamophobic
“Stop Extremism!” urges a red billboard in a quiet village outside Zurich above an image of a scowling woman wearing a black headscarf and face...
Swiss plough ahead with skiing despite neighbours’ fears
Swiss ski resorts are ploughing ahead with preparations for the year-end holiday season despite pressure from neighbouring Italy, France and Germany to shut until the...
Swiss voters clearly reject curbs on EU immigration
Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected on Sunday a right-wing party’s attempt to scrap a pact allowing the free movement of people from the European Union, opting...
