Christmas Services For those who want to celebrate Christmas with a church service there are several services in English to be enjoyed in Lucerne, Zug and Zürich. Although Christmas is much more today, it is at heart a celebration of the birth of Jesus, and …
As a special treat, we have put together this Swiss advent calendar for you to make the very most of this holiday season. Enjoy! 1. From November 19: Rudolf’s Christmas at Lucerne’s Inseli-Park. Embrace the winter vibe with food, Christmas market, children’s activities, and more. …
Last week we wrote about today’s referendums (You can read that post here). The results are in and reserving some surprises. Ja zum Verhüllungsverbot – Yes to forbiding face covering This motion was voted in by 52%, meaning that women will no longer be allowed …
As of January 1st 2021, Switzerland will enforce the following driving rules: Highways: Overtaking on the right: During traffic jams, accidents or slow downs it will now be allowed to overtake on the right lane, but only as part of the traffic flow. Going into …
Yesterday the Swiss went to the urns to decide on a series of issues on the national, cantonal and local levels. We wrote about the various topics recently and you can read about them here. Here are the results: Für verantwortungsvolle Unternehmen – zum Schutz …
On Sunday November 29th the citizens of Switzerland are once more called to take part in the direct democracy system by voting on the following initiatives: On a national level two initiatives have been put forward: Für verantwortungsvolle Unternehmen – zum Schutz von Mensch und …
With the growing number of cases of people being infected, the odds of each one of us being infected or knowing someone who is, is growing exponentially. This is why we thought we would try to clarify when to quarantine or isolate and what this …
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Around 800 000 adults struggle to read and write correctly in Switzerland. The Swiss government wants to tackle the problem of adult illiteracy and lack of basic knowledge in spoken and written language as well as in mathematics and computer skills. When the new Continuing …
Today Switzerland voted on several motions and 59% of the voting population turned up at the urns. You can read up on the content of the motions in these two posts: The Begrenzungsinitiative explained, The Other Referendums explained. The results are: The Limited Immigration – …
This Sunday September 27 is going to be a busy day at the urns. Not only have we 5 issues to vote on nationally (which you can read about here and here) but another 3 topics to vote on specific to Lucerne. We explain these …
