In Switzerland, it is compulsory for adults from the age of 18 to be insured under the old-age and survivors’ insurance (AHV) as well as the invalidity insurance (IV) schemes and to pay contributions.

The Romansh-speaking people are another ethnic group, amounting to 35’095 inhabitants of Switzerland (first language; census 2000). However, no political party is primarily based on claims …

The proportion of foreign-born people planning to stay in Switzerland indefinitely has remained the same between 2014 and 2021. The percentage of those who plan to stay for a fixed period has slightly …

There was a dramatic moment in the birth of Switzerland. Rights, privileges; claims, struggles, all the turmoil of that age—we can never know completely, as we can never know

man Empire. Switzerland is one of the world's oldest . emocracies. The founding of the Swiss Confederation took place on 1 August 1291, when the mountain territories, or cantons, of Uri, …

In the following, it will be shown how cultural diversity is shaped in Switzerland. First, the geo- graphical, historical, and political aspects will be discussed. Then, it will be explained how Switzerland became …

In 2011, 1,815,994 foreign citizens lived in Switzerland (22.8% of the permanent resident population). Almost two thirds (63.3%) of them came from an EU27 or EFTA country.