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With 84 lodges and 3’350 members, the Grand Lodge Alpina of Switzerland (GLAS) is a Swiss Masonic obedience founded in 1844.. It is the oldest and most numerous Grand Lodge in Switzerland, but other so-called liberal Grand Lodges exist on Swiss territory, including the Droit Humain Suisse, [1] the Mixed Grand Loge of Switzerland, [2] the Grand Lodge Symbolique Helvétique, [3] the Grand ...
In 1959, the Free Democrats joined the other major parties in agreeing the 'magic formula' to divide up the seats of the Federal Council, with the FDP permanently receiving two of the seven seats. After the 2003 elections , lawmakers of FDP and Liberal Party formed a common parliamentary group in the Federal Assembly .
Television in Switzerland was introduced in 1950, with regular broadcasts commencing in 1953.People who live in Switzerland are required by law to pay a television licence fee, which is used to finance the public radio and television service SRG SSR.
Feuille d'Avis de Lausanne, 12 January 1900. 24 heures was founded in 1762 by David Duret (1733–1803) as the Annonces et avis divers, a weekly collection of announcements and classified ads like many at the time.
The Swiss People's Party (German: Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP; Romansh: Partida populara Svizra, PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (French: Union démocratique du centre, UDC; Italian: Unione Democratica di Centro, UDC), is a national-conservative [13] [14] and right-wing populist [15] political party in Switzerland.
Gotthard line in 1882 Development of real GDP per capita, 1851 to 2018. Switzerland as a federal state was established in 1848. Before that time, the city-cantons of Zürich, Geneva, and Basel in particular began to develop economically based on industry and trade, while the rural regions of Switzerland remained poor and underdeveloped.
The Swiss Psalm (German: Schweizerpsalm [ˈʃvaɪtsərˌpsalm] ⓘ; [a] French: Cantique suisse [kɑ̃tik sɥis]; Italian: Salmo svizzero [ˈsalmo ˈzvittsero]; Romansh: Psalm Svizzer [ˈ(p)salm ˈʒviːtser]) is the national anthem of Switzerland. It was composed in 1841, by Alberich Zwyssig (1808–1854). Since then, it has been frequently ...