Zurich Badis Open the Season to Cold Water and Long Queues
The first hot Sunday is a civic event in a city that treats the lake as public furniture.
May 2026
17 posts in the May 2026 file.
Sunday, 31 May 2026
Friday, 29 May 2026
Greens Prepare a Referendum Pledge If Parliament Lifts the Nuclear Ban
The legal door may open in June. The political door would then face a petition table.
Thursday, 28 May 2026
Summer Session Preview: A Ballot in Week Two and a Nuclear Vote in Week Three
June's sitting has a Sunday in the middle of it. That Sunday will set the tone for the floor.
Wednesday, 27 May 2026
Geneva Counts the Receipts After a Packed Health Fortnight
The badges leave. The overtime invoices stay.
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Geneva Hosts a Packed Health and Humanitarian Fortnight
The lake does not care about acronyms. The tram to Nations does.
Monday, 25 May 2026
Whit Monday Puts Lake Thun and the Oberland Back on Holiday Time
The second short holiday in a fortnight is how central Switzerland balances its May books.
Friday, 22 May 2026
Chiasso Morning Queue Still Sets Ticino's Labour Argument
The 10 million poster is national. The 6:40 a.m. queue is local.
Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Builders Say May Permit Figures Confirm a Financing Brake
The drawings are in the drawer. The loan is in committee.
Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Building Permits Lag Demand as Finance Costs Stay Sticky
The drawings exist. The credit committee is in no hurry.
Monday, 18 May 2026
Zurich Building Sites Pause for Money, Not for Lack of Drawings
The cranes that are still are waiting for a credit committee, not for an architect.
Friday, 15 May 2026
Emmental Producers Watch Milk Prices as Mercosur Talks Continue
The cheese has a name the world knows. The price conversation is local and grimly specific.
Wednesday, 13 May 2026
Ascension Weekend Fills Lake Steamers and Short Alpine Hops
A Thursday holiday is a gift to the lakes. It is a puzzle for the timetables.
Monday, 11 May 2026
Rhine Spring Levels Keep Basel Port on a Normal Loading Pattern
A river that behaves is not news, except that several recent summers trained everyone to treat it as news.
Friday, 8 May 2026
May Polls Show the 10 Million Initiative Short of a Majority
The number on the poster is popular. The legal cap is less so, once people hear what it would bind.
Wednesday, 6 May 2026
Army Staffing Argument Settles on the Civilian-Service Door
The barracks problem is being sold as a door problem.
Monday, 4 May 2026
Geneva Spring Lettings Still Open at the Top of the Market
The cranes are busy. The affordable queue is not any shorter.
Friday, 1 May 2026
Labour Day Marches Tie Wages to Premiums and Rents
The speeches named two bills that arrive at home: the premium and the rent.