I am an American, but I have lived in Switzerland before. I speak some German and know my way around. I have been back in the US going to school for court reporting, but I really want to return to S...
We will visit Switzerland in July and August and have bookes an apartment in Andermatt for part of that period. Except train trips are there other nice things to do (we are 2 grown ups and three kids ...
Hi I will be in Switz. in Feb 2009 and can't decide whether to visit Gimmelwald or Grindewald or Lauterbrunnen? Also the gondola to Gimmelwald looks treatcherous in the winter, is it a pretty ...
I'm making a photo slideshow for my uncle and his family who live in Switzerland. The photos are mostly about their out of the country and out of town vacations, family get-together, and the ...
I am currently in Cologne Germany andI am planning a weekend trip this weekend or the next. I am looking for suggestions adout switzerland or germany and or possibly Paris. Which would would you ...
The "head of state" in Switzerland is a council of seven people called the Federal Council.
To be elected Federal Councillor, the only requirement is that you're a Swiss citizen, but in practice, Federal Councillors are very rarely elected from a pool of random schmucks and are rather picked by members of parliament.
Swiss citizens vote for people to represent them in parliament, and those same people in turn elect Federal Councillors.
Typically and in order to be elected into such offices in Switzerland, you have to speak two or more of the country's official languages.