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Modern Switzerland: Institutions and Neutrality
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- How many members does the Swiss Federal Council have?
- How many members does the National Council (Nationalrat) have?
- How many members does the Council of States (Ständerat) have?
- How many cantons does Switzerland have?
- In which year did women get the right to vote in federal elections in Switzerland?
- Which canton was the last to introduce women's voting rights at cantonal level, after a Federal Supreme Court ruling in 1990?
- In which year did Switzerland join the United Nations as a full member?
- Which agreement did Swiss voters reject in 1992, ruling out membership of the European Economic Area?
- Which Geneva-born businessman founded the movement that led to the Red Cross in 1863?
- Which general led the federal army in the Sonderbund War?
- Who was the commander-in-chief of the Swiss army during the Second World War?
- Which 1918 event was a nationwide strike in Switzerland?
- Which tunnel, opened in 1882, was the first railway link through the Alps in the Gotthard region?
- In which year did the Gotthard Base Tunnel open for traffic?
- What name is given to Swiss instruments of direct democracy through which citizens can demand a vote on a law?
- How many signatures are needed for a federal popular initiative within 18 months?
- How many signatures are needed for an optional referendum on a federal law within 100 days?
- Which Swiss political tradition is described by the 'magic formula' of 1959?
- Which Swiss political institution rotates its presidency every year?
- Which city in Switzerland is the seat of the Federal Supreme Court?
- Which international organisation has its headquarters in Geneva and coordinates global health policy?
- What is the date of the Swiss National Day?
- Switzerland has been a federal state with 'armed neutrality' since 1815. What does this mean?
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