Swiss Abroad Congress: 'e-voting isn't enough'
The political involvement of the diaspora took central stage as the Congress of the Swiss Abroad 2023 kicked off on Thursday.
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The political involvement of the diaspora took central stage as the Congress of the Swiss Abroad 2023 kicked off on Thursday.
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The Federal Council has authorised three cantons to trial electronic voting in the October elections for a limited number of voters.
Deutsche Post is not allowed to increase postage for letters and postcards in 2024. The Federal Network Agency rejected an application by the Bonn-based group for an early postage increase. Swiss Post is making a profit in the mail business with private customers. The price for a standard letter is currently 85 cents, according to the Federal Network agency. The fact that Deutsche Post has not yet been able to freely decide on its letter prices is due to its high market power: The former state-owned company transports 85 percent of all letters in Germany.
Swiss Post has announced that it intends to acquire the two Swiss logistics companies Quickmail and Quickpac.