Article: AROUND THE WORLD: Swiss ditch citizen 'law'.(News)

Article: Swiss vote to join EU passport free zone
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  June 6, 2005 ;     422 words ...GENEVA -- Swiss voters on Sunday approved plans to join...unemployment and crime. On Sunday, Swiss voters also agreed to allow homosexual couples...The government acknowledges that Swiss voters are still far from backing membership...

Article: Swiss voters approve GMOs ban
Xinhua News Agency;  November 28, 2005 ;     186 words ...Swiss voters approve GMOs ban GENEVA, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Swiss voters approved a proposal calling for a five-year ban on the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Swiss agriculture. Exit polls conducted by the gfs Bern polling institute...

Article: Swiss voters to decide payout to new EU members
Xinhua News Agency;  July 12, 2006 ;     306 words ...Swiss voters to decide payout to new EU members GENEVA, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Swiss voters will have the final word on whether the country should pay a financial contribution to the 10 newest European Union countries. The rightwing Swiss People's...

Article: Swiss voters projected to have given razor-thin yes to joining United Nations
AP Worldstream;  March 3, 2002 ;     69 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: GENEVA After sitting on the global sidelines for more than five decades, Swiss voters appeared Sunday to have approved joining the rest of the world as members of the United Nations. The popular vote appeared to running...

Article: Swiss voters appear to be rejecting social security revision, radio exit polls say
AP Worldstream;  May 16, 2004 ;     161 words ...AP Worldstream 05-16-2004 Dateline: BERN, Switzerland Swiss voters Sunday appeared to be rejecting a package aimed at keeping...made to raise the retirement age to 67. Some 4.7 million Swiss voters were eligible to take part. (agh) Copyright 2004, AP News...

Article: Swiss voters take hard line on asylum, immigration
Xinhua News Agency;  September 24, 2006 ;     302 words ...Swiss voters take hard line on asylum, immigration GENEVA, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved on Sunday tougher regulations on asylum seekers as well as new limits on immigration for people from outside the European Union...

Article: Swiss voters approve economic aid for newest EU members
Xinhua News Agency;  November 26, 2006 ;     237 words ...Swiss voters approve economic aid for newest EU members GENEVA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Swiss voters on Sunday approved government plans for 1 billion Swiss francs (about 800 million U.S. dollars) in aid to the 10 newest European Union member states...

Article: Swiss vote for closer ties with the EUPassport controls will be dismantled at borders in region
International Herald Tribune;  June 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ......International Herald Tribune 06-06-2005 Swiss voters on Sunday approved plans to join the...the frontier.Since the early 1990s, Swiss voters have twice rejected plans to begin negotiations...European Union. The government admits that Swiss voters are still far from backing ...

Article: Swiss approve links with EU Joining passport-free zone is endorsed in a referendum
International Herald Tribune;  June 7, 2005 ;     700+ words ......International Herald Tribune 06-07-2005 Swiss voters have approved plans to join the European...the frontier.Since the early 1990s, Swiss voters have twice rejected plans to begin negotiations...European Union. The government admits that Swiss voters are still far from backing ...

Article: Swiss Plan to Curb Foreign Trucks
Chicago Sun-Times;  February 21, 1994 ;     278 words ...ZURICH, Switerzland Swiss voters Sunday approved a proposal to protect the Alps by banning foreign...coming in the first test of its push for closer ties since Swiss voters rejected membership in the European Economic Area market in...

Article: Swiss voters approve expanded labor accord with EU
Xinhua News Agency;  February 8, 2009 ;     181 words ...Swiss voters approve expanded labor accord with EU GENEVA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Swiss voters on Sunday approved the expansion of a key labor accord with the European Union which will allow Romanians and Bulgarians to live and work in Switzerland...

Article: Swiss voters ease restrictions on Sunday shopping
Xinhua News Agency;  November 28, 2005 ;     169 words ...Swiss voters ease restrictions on Sunday shopping GENEVA, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Swiss voters narrowly approved an amendment to the labor law on Sunday to ease restrictions on Sunday trading at the country's main railway stations and airports. Slightly...

Article: SWISS BACK JOINING WORLD BANK, IMF.(Business)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  May 18, 1992 ;     295 words ...Byline: Associated Press Swiss voters on Sunday reversed decades of reluctance to join global organizations...Swiss also might be willing to join the European Community. Swiss voters have realized that the world has changed since the fall of...

Article: Swiss voters reject social security revision
AP Worldstream;  May 16, 2004 ;     323 words ...AP Worldstream 05-16-2004 Dateline: BERN, Switzerland Swiss voters Sunday overwhelmingly rejected a package aimed at keeping...made to raise the retirement age to 67. Some 4.7 million Swiss voters were eligible to take part. (agh-eb) Copyright 2004, AP News...