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SwissCore is Switzerland's Brussels-based liaison and information office for cooperation in ERI and is funded by the SERI, the Swiss National Science Foundation and Innosuisse. [14] Swissuniversities coordinates the Swiss activities of EURAXESS, a European initiative that supports researcher mobility and career development, which are funded by ...
Martina Hirayama has been State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation (SBFI) since 1 January 2019. In this role, she is the head of 280 employees and is responsible for an annual budget of CHF 4.5 billion. [7] Martina Hirayama has held dual German-Swiss citizenship since 2009. In 2019, Martina Hirayama took part in the Bilderberg ...
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state [1] with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848. Each canton has its own constitution, legislature, government and courts. [2]
The Federal Constitution adopted in 1848 is the legal foundation of Switzerland's federal state. [93] It is regularly modified by referendum and has been completely revised twice, in 1874 and 1999. The constitution outlines rights of individuals and citizen participation in public affairs, divides the powers between the confederation and the ...
Chancellor of Switzerland This page was last edited on 1 January 2025, at 13:48 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Each canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy, formerly also Ort ('lieu/locality', from before 1450), or Stand ('estate', from c. 1550), was a fully sovereign state with its own border controls, army, and currency from at least the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848, with a brief period of ...
The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Switzerland a "full democracy" in 2022. [5] [needs update] According to Freedom House, an American NGO, Switzerland is among the freest countries in the world, with a 2020 score of 39/40 on political rights and 57/60 on civil liberties (for a combined score of 96/100). [20]
This is an alphabetical list of towns or cities (these English terms can be used interchangeably, as there is no official differentiation), which follows the FSO's definition (German: Statistische Städte 2012, French: Villes statistiques 2012), as well as places with historic town rights (h) and/or market towns (m).