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21Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation — The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is an office level agency in the federal administration of Switzerland, and a part of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Together with other federal offices, SDC is responsible for… …
22Swiss Guard — Papal Swiss Guards in uniform Swiss Guards or Schweizergarde is the name given to the Swiss soldiers who have served as bodyguards, ceremonial guards, and palace guards at foreign European courts since the late 15th century. They have had a high… …
23Swiss International Air Lines — Infobox Airline airline = Swiss International Air Lines logo size = 150 fleet size = 78 (+11 orders) destinations = 76 IATA = LX ICAO = SWR callsign = SWISS parent = Deutsche Lufthansa AG founded = 2001 after bankruptcy of Swissair headquarters …
24Swiss copyright law — The copyright law of Switzerland is based on the concept of author s rights ( Urheberrecht in German, droit d auteur in French), which is similar to the French copyright law, instead of the concept of Copyright used in common law jurisdictions.… …
25Swiss Psalm — Schweizerpsalm Cantique suisse Salmo svizzero Psalm svizzer English: Swiss Psalm National anthem of …
26Swiss identity card — The front and reverse of a Swiss identity card The present Swiss identity card dates to July 1994. It is in the form of a plastic photocard. The Swiss identity card was blue and first introduced in 1955 when the European travel was starting to be …
27confederation — confederationism, n. confederationist, n. /keuhn fed euh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of confederating. 2. the state of being confederated. 3. a league or alliance. 4. a group of confederates, esp. of states more or less permanently united for… …
28Swiss federal election, 2003 — Legislative elections in the Swiss Confederation were held on 19 October 2003. Although in Switzerland s peculiar political system, in which all four major parties form a coalition, it is very difficult to achieve a change of government, this… …
29Swiss National Bank — The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is the central bank of Switzerland. It is responsible for Swiss monetary policy and for issuing Swiss franc banknotes.The names of the institution in the four official languages of the country are: de. Schweizerische …
30Swiss University Conference — The Swiss University Conference (SUC) is the joint organization of the cantons and the Swiss Confederation for university politics. The legal basis for the organization was laid down, on the one hand, in the Law on Promotion of the Universities… …
