elected cantonal legislature, as well as elected membersoftheFederalAssembly. Thecantonal legislatures are elected for four years, except in Fribourg, Vaud...
University of Fribourg was finally created in 1889 by an Act ofthe parliament ofthe Swiss CantonofFribourg. The University ofFribourg is Switzerland's...
There are 126 municipalities in thecantonofFribourg, Switzerland (as of January 2022[update]). Attalens Auboranges Autigny Avry Bas-Intyamon Belfaux...
(recorded in Fribourg in 1467), from a word for "edge, corner", at the time the literal translation of Early Modern High German ort. After 1490, canton was increasingly...
Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 20 October 2019 to elect all membersof both houses oftheFederalAssembly. This was followed by the 2019...
Courthouse in Lausanne in thecantonof Vaud. The two social security divisions oftheFederal Supreme Court (formerly Federal Insurance Court, as an organizationally...
country's seven-member executive. Elected by theFederalAssembly for one year, the President ofthe Confederation chairs the meetings oftheFederal Council...
April 1798, a cantonalassembly was called in thecantonof Zürich, but most ofthe politicians fromthe previous assembly were re-elected. The new régime...
assuaged the rural cantons' complaints, with Fribourg and Solothurn accepted into the confederation. While the treaty restricted freedom ofassembly (many...
concluding the period of political "restoration and regeneration" in Switzerland. The Sonderbund consisted ofthecantonsof Lucerne, Fribourg, Valais, Uri, Schwyz...
Council of Fribourg. In 1991 he became the president ofthecantonal parliament for one year. Between 1982 and 1996 Deiss assumed the mayorship of his home...
participates in the European single market and the Schengen Area. Switzerland is a federal republic composed of 26 cantons, with federal authorities based...
There are 300 municipalities in thecantonof Vaud, Switzerland, (as of January 2022[update]). Vaud is thecanton with the 2nd most municipalities (after...
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municipal levels. Each ofthe 32,000 party members are registered in a local section and thus are membersof both thecantonal and national parties. Local...
provided for thecantons' sovereignty, as long as this did not impinge on theFederal Constitution. The creation of a bicameral assembly was consciously...
Switzerland, is the head of Switzerland's seven-memberFederal Council, the country's executive branch. Elected by theFederalAssembly for one year, the officeholder...
December: Election of the Federal Council The 200 membersofthe National Council are elected fromthe 26 cantons, each of which constitutes a constituency...