Migros is cutting prices on 1,000 products across Switzerland; Bern will vote on minimum wage; and other Swiss news in our ...

This content was published on Jun 9, 2024 Two initiatives to tackle rising healthcare costs in Switzerland failed at the ballot box on Sunday. Read more: Swiss voters reject limits on healthcare ...

Switzerland's system of direct democracy means all major decisions in the Alpine nation are taken at the ballot box. Campaigners simply have to gather 100,000 signatures to ensure a nationwide vote.

However, voters in cantons Bern, Solothurn and Aargau recently rejected proposals at the ballot box. In June, Swiss voters threw out a reform of the CO2 law which targeted road vehicles ...

Democracy is a simple concept: People exercise their collective agency to rule themselves so they can ensure their own ...

Early voting began for the 2024 November general election on Monday. Thousands of people in north Texas got out to have their voices heard at the ballot box.

One in three eligible voters can’t be bothered to have a say in US presidential elections. Yet voting can – and should – be a ...

Bondholders of GZO Hospital Wetzikon are opposing a proposed substantial debt cut, while shareholder municipalities are ...

Ohio voters should support Bernie Moreno and reject Issue 1, if they want to preserve the Senate filibuster and avoid a ...

As we near Election Day, local advocates for Prop 1 are making their calls known to vote in favor on the ballot Nov. 5.

On January 5, 2024, President Joe Biden kicked his reelection campaign into gear with a rally in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. ...

In a joint statement, the diplomatic missions of the United States, Canada, Norway, Switzerland and Britain ... misuse of public resources, that ballot boxes had been stuffed, that voters were ...