FocusThe quartet of predators is complete againSwitzerland is becoming wilder – indigenous but eradicated predatory animals are returning. City dwellers far removed from nature are thrilled at the…Read moreOur highlights“Large predatory animals remind us of where we come from.”FocusConcordance – a synopsis with question marks PoliticsSwitzerland shifts to the rightPoliticsA mountaineer as Mr EuropePoliticsHis task is to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for Switzerland in Brussels – State Secretary Jacques de Watteville was appointed chief negotiator…The Swiss Abroad Act sets out the duties of all parties concernedPoliticsThe act does not contain anything revolutionaryPolitics
Plans for the futureEditorialLife sometimes springs unpleasant surprises on us, leaving us wondering what we could have prevented had we only paid closer attention and recognised…Letters to the editorMailbagArno Camenisch | The pessimist and the dreamerBooks“The dead are dancing too tonight” or “you feel an outsider in your own living room, and you are happy when you can leave again”. These are sentences…A portrait of workImagesMore candidates, more listsPoliticsStability in the Council of StatesPoliticsA second round of voting will be required in many cantons: 19 seats were not allocated in the first round. Tensions run high over the Federal Council elections on 9 DecemberPoliticsThe complete re-election of the Federal Council promises to be exciting. The victorious SVP is demanding a second Federal Council seat.The emergency plan for policy on EuropePoliticsThe popular initiative “out of the cul-de-sac” is to be put to the vote. It is intended as “a kind of insurance policy” if the initiative on mass…Ella Maillart | The sea and the vast expanse of Asia were her homeLiterature seriesTraditional mountaineering is in declineSportOSA adviceSwissCommunityI’ve been away from Switzerland and have been domiciled abroad for the past few years and have not made contributions to the old-age and survivors’…New OSA PresidentSwissCommunityThe Youth Service’s winter offers SwissCommunityThe Youth Service of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA) is offering young people various programmes again this winter. These include two…Summer camps for 8 to 14-year-oldsSwissCommunityThe Foundation for Young Swiss Abroad (FYSA) will again be organising various holiday camps next summer for Swiss youngsters abroad aged 8 to 14.Frequently asked questions about education in SwitzerlandSwissCommunityFederal government’s cost-saving programmesNotes from the Federal PalaceFederal government posted a deficit – for the first time in almost ten years – of 124 million Swiss francs in 2014. Shortfalls running into billions…The “Swiss Review” of the future Notes from the Federal PalaceElections et votationsNotes from the Federal PalaceWell-protected feetDiscoveriesAn insight into the very “little freedom” of the YenicheDiscoveriesPolyphonic but harmonious ParliamentDiscoveriesEchoEchoQuotesQuotes