https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Here's how the Swiss national press reacted to the huge defeat for the Swiss People’s Party and its ‘Swiss law first’ initiative on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181126/press-round-up-swiss-law-first-result-a-slap-in-the-face-for-svp Mon, 26 Nov 2018 12:12:07 +0100 press-round-up-swiss-law-first-result-a-slap-in-the-face-for-svp An initiative designed to stop Swiss farmers dehorning cows and goats has been rejected by voters at a referendum. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181125/cow-horn-initiative-rejected-by-swiss-voters Sun, 25 Nov 2018 17:34:57 +0100 cow-horn-initiative-rejected-by-swiss-voters Swiss voters have rejected the 'Swiss law first' initiative with an overwhelming majority saying no to the initiative in a referendum, projections show. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181125/swiss-voters-hand-overwhelming-defeat-to-swiss-law-first-initiative Sun, 25 Nov 2018 15:30:20 +0100 swiss-voters-hand-overwhelming-defeat-to-swiss-law-first-initiative This coming Sunday, Swiss voters will vote on whether to accept changes to the social security law which give 'social detectives' extensive powers to observe people suspected of welfare fraud. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181118/switzerland-votes-key-facts-about-the-social-detective-referendum Sun, 18 Nov 2018 20:41:56 +0100 switzerland-votes-key-facts-about-the-social-detective-referendum On November 25th Swiss voters will be casting their ballots in what is one of the country's most significant referendums in recent years: the so-called 'Swiss law not foreign judges' initiative. Here we take a look at the key issues. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181029/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-swiss-law-first-initiative Mon, 29 Oct 2018 19:52:17 +0100 what-you-need-to-know-about-the-swiss-law-first-initiative