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4 days ago · Switzerland’s administrative capital is Bern, while Lausanne serves as its judicial centre. Switzerland’s small size—its total area is about half that of Scotland —and its modest population give little indication of its international significance. Switzerland. A landlocked country of towering mountains, deep Alpine lakes, grassy valleys ...
- History
Switzerland - Alps, Neutrality, Confederation: Switzerland’s...
- Cantons
canton, political subdivision in France, Switzerland, and...
- The Ancien Régime
Switzerland - Alps, Confederation, Cantons: Switzerland’s...
- Labour and Taxation
Switzerland - Labour, Taxation, Economy: Services, including...
- Cultural Institutions
Switzerland - Museums, Libraries, Universities: The arts are...
- Daily Life and Social Customs
Switzerland - Multiculturalism, Cuisine, Alps: Switzerland...
- Agriculture and Forestry
Switzerland - Dairy, Alpine, Fruits: About one-third of...
- Settlement Patterns
Switzerland - Alpine, Multicultural, Federalism: The...
- Climate
Switzerland - Alpine, Temperate, Precipitation: Four major...
- Relief and Drainage
Switzerland - Alps, Lakes, Rivers: Situated at the...
- History
2 days ago · History The First Geneva Convention (1864). Geneva is the city that hosts the highest number of international organisations in the world.. Article 54 of the Swiss Constitution of 1999 declares the safeguarding of Switzerland's independence and welfare as the principal objective of Swiss foreign policy.
3 days ago · Switzerland covers an area of 15,944 square miles. A quarter of the country consists of glaciers, mountains, and lakes; another quarter is covered by forests. Switzerland has a varied topography from an altitude of 633 feet above sea level in the Ticino Canton to 15,203 feet — the Monte Rosa peak — in the Alps.
1 day ago · Elections. This is a list of the next general elections around the world in sovereign states. The general elections listed are for the government of each jurisdiction. These elections determine the Prime Minister and makeup of the legislature in a parliamentary democracy, or the president and then the legislature in a system where separate ...
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3 days ago · Item 1 of 2 The Swiss Parliament House (Bundeshaus) is seen in Bern, Switzerland, November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File photo [1/2] The Swiss Parliament House (Bundeshaus) is seen in ...
3 days ago · Geneva. 1 hour ago. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged President Biden to attend a peace summit due to be held in Switzerland in mid June. Mr Zelensky said his key ally’s ...
2 days ago · AMSTERDAM, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2024--Stryker (NYSE:SYK), a global leader in medical technologies, announced that the first surgeries using the Gamma4 Hip Fracture Nailing System in Europe were completed at the Luzerner Kantonsspital LUKS, at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) in Lausanne, Switzerland, and at Les Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg in France.
