In Switzerland, a federal act (German: Bundesgesetz, French: Loi fédérale, Italian: Legge federale) is a legislative law adopted at the level of the Confederation...

The Federal Council is the federal cabinet of the Swiss Confederation. Its seven members also serve as the collective head of state and government of...

The Federal Assembly is the federal bicameral parliament of Switzerland. It comprises the 200-seat National Council and the 46-seat Council of States...

spouses. The acquisition of Swiss citizenship is governed by the Federal Act on Swiss Citizenship, also known as Swiss Citizenship Act (SCA) (German: Bürgerrechtsgesetz...

The Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation (SR 10; German: Bundesverfassung der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft (BV); French: Constitution...

successes against Austria and Burgundy; the Federal Charter of 1291 is considered the country's founding document. Swiss independence from the Holy Roman Empire...

universities in Switzerland lists all public and private higher education institutions accredited and coordinated according to the Federal Act on Funding and...

The Federal Chancellery of Switzerland is a department-level agency of the federal administration of Switzerland. It is the staff organisation of the federal...

The Swiss intelligence community is a group of agencies with responsibilities to protect the interests and infrastructure of Switzerland. The Federal Intelligence...

The government of Switzerland is a federal state with direct democracy. The legislative branch is the Federal Assembly. The Federal Assembly has two parts:...

The Swiss Banking Act or Federal Act on Banks and Savings Banks (German: Bankengesetz, BankG, French: Loi sur les banques, LB, Italian: Legge sulle banche...

Parliament Act (ParlA) (German: Parlamentsgesetz, ParlG, French: Loi sur le Parlement, LParl, Italian: Legge sul Parlamento, LParl), is a Swiss federal law that...

Switzerland as federal "by nature" and considered it unwise to force the area into any other constitutional framework. On 19 February 1803, the Act of...

Tribunal penal federal) is a Swiss federal court. Since its inception in 2004, it has been located in Bellinzona. Article 191a para. 1 of the Swiss Constitution...

protection of personal data in Switzerland. It is established by the Federal Act on Data Protection and by the Federal Act on Freedom of Information in...

The Federal Palace is a building in Bern housing the Swiss Federal Assembly (legislature) and the Federal Council (executive). It is the seat of the government...

center of a square red field. The white cross is known as the Swiss cross or the federal cross. Its arms are equilateral, and their ratio of length to...

The Federal Statistical Office (FSO) is a Federal agency of the Swiss Confederation. It is the statistics office of Switzerland, situated in Neuchâtel...

least the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848, with a brief period of centralised government during...

of the Swiss Confederation, also known as the president of the confederation, federal president or colloquially as the president of Switzerland, is as...

3663733°E / 47.4216727; 9.3663733 The Swiss Federal Patent Court (German: Bundespatentgericht, French: Tribunal fédéral des brevets, Italian: Tribunale federale...

The Alcohol Act (German: Alkoholgesetz, AlkG, French: Loi fédérale sur l’alcool, LAlc, Italian: Legge sull’alcool, LAlc), is a Swiss federal law that regulates...

The Federal Act on the Reduction of CO2 Emissions (CO2 Act) (German: CO2-Gesetz, French: Loi sur le CO2, Italian: Legge sul CO2), is a Swiss federal law...

The Federal Consumer Credit Act (German: Bundesgesetz über den Konsumkredit, KKG, French: Loi fédérale sur le crédit à la consommation, LCC, Italian:...

The federal administration of Switzerland is the ensemble of agencies that constitute, together with the Swiss Federal Council, the executive branch of...

status as official languages at the national level within the Federal Administration of the Swiss Confederation, while Romansh is used in dealings with people...

The Asylum Act (AsylA) (German: Asylgesetz (AsylG), French: Loi sur l’asile (LAsi), Italian: Legge sull’asilo (LAsi)) is a Swiss federal law that governs...

European banking interests, Swiss banking secrecy was codified in 1934 with the passage of a landmark federal law, the Federal Act on Banks and Savings Banks...

Integration Act) came into force on January 1, 2008, replacing the Federal Act on the Residence and Establishment of Foreigners of 1934. Switzerland and Australia...

The Federal Diet of Switzerland (German: Tagsatzung, IPA: [ˈtaːkˌzatsʊŋ]; French: Diète fédérale; Italian: Dieta federale) was the legislative and executive...