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Switzerland’s mountainous geography and lack of natural resources historically led the Swiss to seek economic opportunities abroad. While some immigrants did settle in the region, the influx of significant migrant groups to Switzerland began primarily in the late 19th century, coinciding with industrialization.
An independent press, an effective judiciary, and a functioning democratic political system combine to ensure freedom of speech and of the press. A referendum on limits to free speech in Switzerland occurred on February 9, 2020 where the Swiss people voted 63.1% to 36.9% [5] to allow a 2018 anti-LGBT discrimination bill to be enacted. The bill ...
Europe in 1910 with World War I alliances highlighted. Switzerland (yellow) found itself surrounded by members of opposing alliances. During the First World War, Switzerland sustained its policy of neutrality despite sharing land borders with two of the Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary) and two of the Allied Powers (France and Italy).
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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.
Operation libero does not participate in political elections, but it is involved in referendum campaigns. It has a strong presence in social media through a team of "online warriors," [14] it organises activities at local level through its regional branches, and it is regularly invited at talkshows in the national talk shows.
The quarter of Hard in Zürich. Hard and Hardau buildings as seen from Uetliberg (November 2013) Hard is a quarter in the district 4 of Zürich. It was formerly a part of Aussersihl municipality, which was incorporated into Zürich in 1893. The quarter has a population of 12,715 distributed on an area of 1.46 km 2 (as of 2009).
Franconian Switzerland, an upland in Upper Franconia, northern Bavaria; Holstein Switzerland, a hilly area in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; Little Switzerland (disambiguation) Norman Switzerland, a hilly area in Normandy, France; Saxon Switzerland, a mountainous area and national park near Dresden in Saxony, Germany