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Pierre Alain Schnegg, president of the Bern cantonal government, wants to succeed Guy Parmelin on the Federal Council. The SVP of the Canton of Bern announced his candidacy on Thursday.
News Switzerland » Bern » Government: Switzerland's President Guy Parmelin says he will quit government at end of year
A winegrower by trade, Parmelin is from the French-speaking western canton of Vaud. He is from the hard-right Swiss People's Party (SVP), which is the biggest in the country. View on euronews ...
News Switzerland » Bern » Government: Switzerland’s neutrality vote puts Russia sanctions on the line
Voters will decide in a referendum on Sunday on whether to make Switzerland’s historic neutrality even more legally binding.
News Switzerland » Bern » Government: Swiss vote on tightening neutrality rules, ending peacetime cooperation with NATO
Switzerland trains and conducts joint exercises with NATO, even though it is not a member of the security alliance. Read more at straitstimes.com.
News Switzerland » Bern » Government: Swiss canton of Bern votes to study Bitcoin mining feasibility
Bern’s Bitcoin Parliamentary Group is calling the commissioning of the report a victory, although the executive branch is opposed to it. The parliament of the Swiss canton of Bern has passed a motion ...
News Switzerland » Bern » Government: Switzerland Drops Plan to Tie Wine Import Rights to Purchases of Domestic Grapes
Switzerland has dropped plans to tie wine import rights to purchases of domestic grapes, a decision that has drawn a strong response from winegrower groups that say the federal government is not doing ...