Browse Anderson, Robert (American businessman and engineer)

Title	Type	Date	Words
New year, new referenda: Swiss voters once again marched up to the ballot box on February 8, kicking off the first of four referenda in 2004. Despite the recent changes in the country's political landscape, the citizenry reaffirmed that they have the last word.		Mar 1, 2004	1029
Political sea change? In the wake of the recent Federal Council elections, Swiss politics has sailed into more conservative waters. The traditional so-called magic formula has been cast overboard and a new political concoction may be on the horizon.		Jan 1, 2004	929
Swiss politics swings right: Swiss voters have steered the country's politics a little towards the right-wing conservative side, bringing Switzerland's so-called 'magic formula' into the limelight.		Nov 1, 2003	811
Will the 'magic formula' change? The upcoming parliamentary elections could put the Swiss system of consensus and the so-called 'magic formula' to test. If politics changes course toward a system of government and opposition, the country could sail into uncharted waters.		Oct 1, 2003	838
Managing migration: the Swiss government is striving to prompt the international community to join hands with respect to a pact on migration, sponsoring the so-called Bern Initiative. Swiss News takes a closer look.		Aug 1, 2003	1330
Busy ballot box. (Politics).		May 1, 2003	1349
More power to the people. (Politics).		Mar 1, 2003	871
Expanding direct democracy. (Politics).		Feb 1, 2003	892
"Yes" and "no" but. (Politics).		Jan 1, 2003	1050
Decisions: asylum and unemployment laws. (Politics).		Dec 1, 2002	648
"No" "no" "no". (Politics).		Nov 1, 2002	1023
What to do with a pot of gold? (Politics).	Brief Article	Sep 1, 2002	941
Swiss politics for dummies. (Politics).		Aug 1, 2002	1014
Yes to UN, no to less work: The March 3rd initiatives produced a highly anticipated "yes" to Swiss accession in the United Nations and a hardly surprising "no" to a shorter workweek. (Politics).	Brief Article	May 1, 2002	627
Time to vote: The March 3rd initiatives mark the first of four dates the Swiss will be called to the polls in 2002. What will be decided?	Brief Article	Mar 1, 2002	514
New man in town: Mercer Reynolds, U.S. ambassador to Switzerland. (Close-up).	Interview	Jan 1, 2002	1215