Konkordanz
This is a German post, the first one in this blog. Sorry to all my English readers. It is however an issue concerning strictly Swiss politics only, and one that I have trouble expressing in English, due to mainly the difficulty to translate the terms that have been thrown around in the political discussion lately.
Ich [...]
Samuel Schmid is leaving
Disclaimer: Swiss politics, so many links lead to German pages.
Samuel Schmid, member of the Swiss Federal Council (Bundesrat), is stepping back as per December 31th, as he just announced 10am this morning. It was, as sad to say as it is, inevitable.
The SVP, which was Schmids party until the end of last year, was partially [...]
mymuesli – Awesome Cereals
So I finally found my perfect mymuesli, allowing me to finally make that post I was planning to do for quite some time already!
The mixes I made so far (you can order them as well, or expand upon them, by entering their codes here – unfortunately, there’s no way to link directly to a mix [...]
Swiss RFID Referendum: Nearly There!
We’re nearly there, but the referendum against biometric Swiss passports is still lacking 4′500 signatures, and there’s only a few days left. So if you haven’t printed, signed, and sent in a signature sheet yet, please do so now!
In short, again, the reasons why I think biometric passports as per the current proposal are not [...]
Stop RFID in Swiss Passports!
The Swiss government has decided that our passports, like a few before ours, should store data on RFID chips. Meaning, the following data would be stored in that chip:
fingerprints
a digital photograph
all the data that’s also available in printed form (name, gender, date of birth, eye color, and so on)
All this data could then be read [...]
I’m Green!
I had pondered the thought for quite some time, now it happened: I am now a proud member of the Green Party of Switzerland – today the welcome letter of the national party arrived, the cantonal party’s information material should arrive within the next couple of days.
We’ll see how this turns out and how far [...]
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