In a country with four official languages and 26 cantons, federalism is a principle deeply rooted in the people and political ...

The government’s proposals also diverge from objectives defined by the Confederation and the cantons, jeopardise Switzerland’s capacity for innovation, shift costs to the cantons and call into ...

this area was one of the original three cantons that came together in 1291 to form the Swiss Confederation. According to legend, three leaders from Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden met in Rütli ...