Immigration Dominates Swiss Vote
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This Sunday's national elections have been overshadowed by accusations of racism amid a loud and ugly campaign
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Swiss voters endorsed restrictive legislation on stem cell research Sunday that forbids the cloning of human embryos and put Switzerland on a par with some other continental European countries.
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The nationalist Swiss People's Party received the highest vote ever recorded for an individual political party in Switzerland after a bitter campaign blaming foreigners for much of the country's crime
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Neutral Switzerland, home to   humanitarian agencies and the International Committee of the   Red Cross, on Sunday voted heavily in favor of making it harder   for asylum-seekers to gain entry to the rich Alpine state.
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Immigration and race relations are also prime issues for voters, the FT said Friday, citing a Mori opinion poll.
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Swiss voters were set to reject plans to loosen the country's tough rules on naturalizing foreigners, according to initial results in a national referendum Sunday.
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Dashing the chance for almost 200,000 youngsters to get citizenship easily, voters in Switzerland yesterday rejected two government proposals to loosen tough naturalization rules.
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American expatriates in Germany are turning out in record numbers for the presidential election, spurred on by the German public, U.S. military commanders or a newfound sense that every vote could be decisive.
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Republicans are finding that a hard-line stance on immigration resonates with a wide swath of voters.
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Big gains on the right and left in Swiss elections point to some of the bizarre contradictions in this Alpine nation that takes pride in being a cradle of humanitarian work, yet whose famed neutrality is often a mask for stubborn insularity.
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GENEVA  - Dashing the chance for almost 200,000 youngsters to get citizenship easily, voters in this Alpine country rejected two government proposals to loosen tough naturalization rules in a referendum Sunday.
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PARIS -- France has the most immigrant-friendly population of the major European powers, with more than half saying the number of immigrants in their country is "about right," according to an international survey.
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Swiss voters go to the polls Sunday to vote in a referendum on making it easier for children and grandchildren of foreigners living in the country to gain citizenship.
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According to Swiss authorities, history was made Sunday when 2723 people in four communities in canton Geneva, Switzerland, voted online in a national federal referendum.
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Swiss voters rejected controversial reforms making it easier for children and grandchildren of immigrants to gain citizenship in the country, official results showed.
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In refusing to loosen their country's tough naturalization rules, Swiss voters revealed their reluctance to embrace the country's growing Balkan community, experts said.
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Switzerland's biggest political party has come under fire for racist and xenophobic campaigning after its posters featured black sheep and its proposals to deport immigrants were likened by anti-racism campaigners to Nazi practices.