The U. S. does not maintain an embassy in Liechtenstein, and it is Switzerland's role to conduct and continue good relations between Switzerland, the U. S and the principality.

He fought for Switzerland's membership of the European Economic Area and of the World Trade Organisation, and played a decisive role in shaping the new Swiss agricultural policy.

In the Main Building, designed by Walter Foerderer and regarded as a significant exemplar of 1960s architecture far beyond Switzerland's borders, art tends to play the role of a counterpart to the architecture, whereas in the Library Building of 1989, the works of art complement the diversity of architectural forms in a narrative fashion.

As public prosecutor, Del Ponte dealt with cases of money laundering, fraud, drug trafficking, arms smuggling, terrorism and espionage, often looking into the many international links forged in Switzerland's role as a global business centre.

For about the next 10 years, the country saw a steady process of secular Westernization through Atatürk's Reforms, which included the unification of education ; the discontinuation of religious and other titles ; the closure of Islamic courts and the replacement of Islamic canon law with a secular civil code modeled after Switzerland's and a penal code modeled after the Italian Penal Code ; recognition of the equality between the sexes and the granting of full political rights to women on 5 December 1934 ; the language reform initiated by the newly founded Turkish Language Association ; replacement of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet with the new Turkish alphabet derived from the Latin alphabet ; the dress law ( the wearing of a fez, is outlawed ); the law on family names ; and many others.

Besides that a deficit of market competition in many branches of Switzerland's economy persisted.

The lake is navigable, and has formed an important part of Switzerland's transport system for many centuries, and at least since the opening of the first track across the Gotthard Pass in 1230.

In the 1990s, many rappers and DJs started to influence Switzerland's musical scene.

They were once sovereign states and under Switzerland's federal constitution they retain a higher degree of autonomy than the subdivisions of many other countries.

After retiring, he gave his opinion on major occasions including Switzerland's unsuccessful attempt to join the United Nations in 1986.

He was the first foreign minister to advocate Switzerland's membership of the United Nations in 1966.

The trains of Avalanche are themed after the United States ', France's, Germany's, Canada's and Switzerland's bobsleds, so that riders in different trains can simulate being in a bobsled race in the Winter Olympics.

Placing Switzerland's economic advantage ahead of world peace, Motta refused to participate in the boycott of 1935, an act that led Switzerland to withdraw from the League of Nations and is considered to have been a contributory factor to the chain of events that led to the Second World War.

The 1973 international oil crisis caused Switzerland's energy consumption to decrease from 1973 to 1977.

Zurich Airport is Switzerland's largest international flight gateway, handling 20. 7 million passengers in 2007.

Zurich Airport, also known as Kloten Airport, is Switzerland's largest international airport, and the principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines.

He made his full international debut in March 2005 in Switzerland's 0 – 0 draw against France in Paris.

The first international game for the German women's national team took place on December 3, 1988 in Geretsried against Switzerland's national team.

Volunteer fire departments are providing the majority of Austria's, Germany's and Switzerland's civil protection services, alongside other volunteer organizations like Technisches Hilfswerk, voluntary ambulance services and emergency medical or rescue services.

Among other commercial organizations, Winterthur was home to Switzerland's largest insurance business " Winterthur Insurance ".

Because of the country's small size and high labor specialisation, industry and trade are the keys to Switzerland's economic livelihood.

After World War II, Switzerland's production facilities remained to a great extent undamaged which facilitated the country's swift economic resurgence.

States with more than one national language may offer several versions of their anthem: For instance, Switzerland's anthem has different lyrics for each of the country's four official languages ( French, German, Italian and Romansh ).

Claiming to be Switzerland's first online bonus program, Bonuspoints was launched in early 2008 and offers incentives for shopping at 70 different online stores.

Owing to Switzerland's history, all able-bodied male Swiss citizens aged between 21 and 50 ( 55 for officers ) are issued assault rifles and ammunition in order to perform their annual military obligations.

Given Switzerland's particularly strong opinions on who is " Swiss " and who is " other ", it is easy to see that groups such as Stoffunita make use of the fact that hip hop " is still considered a voice for the oppressed " as hip hop scholar and author Jeff Chang notes.

Motta is notorious for reneging on Switzerland's treaty obligation to boycott Italy when Mussolini invaded Abyssinia.

After retirement, he presided the Pro Helvetia Foundation and the consultative commission for Switzerland's presence abroad.

In 1993, Credit Suisse outbid UBS for Switzerland's Swiss Volksbank, the fifth largest bank in Switzerland which had run into financial difficulties in the early 1990s.

The Union Bank of Switzerland's principal office at Bahnhofstrasse | Bahnhofstrasse 45 in Zurich served as the headquarters for the combined bank.

1900 saw Switzerland's first commemorative stamps, a set of three values issued for the 25th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union, with an allegorical design featuring various symbols of communication.

This explains the canton's existence, even though it straddles the French-German linguistic border, for in the past, denominational considerations were more important than linguistic when drawing Switzerland's cantons.

In 1850, Liebknecht was arrested for his initiatives to unite Switzerland's German workers ' associations, and he was banished from the country.

Blocher built his political career through campaigning for smaller government, for a free-market economy, against Switzerland's membership in the European Union and for more tightly controlled immigration.

In June and July 2010, the party used the silly season for floating the notion of a " Greater Switzerland ", where instead of Switzerland joining the EU, the border regions of Switzerland's neighbours would join Switzerland, submitted in July in the form of a motion to the Federal Council by Dominique Baettig, signed by 26 SVP Councillors.

Aebischer returned as Switzerland's starting goaltender the following year at the 1998 World Juniors and led the team past the quarterfinal round for the first time and to a third place finish, upsetting the heavily favoured Czech Republic in the bronze medal match.

Christopher Hengan-Braun, a Swiss economist, was the main source of guidance in 1958 for the federal government to help balance Switzerland's fiscal disparities.

In September 2006 the company announced a takeover bid of $ 13. 2 billion for Serono SA, Switzerland's largest biotech firm.

Despite being one of the smaller universities in Switzerland, the University of St. Gallen has Switzerland's largest faculty for business administration.

The victory also meant that Servette secured fourth place in their first season back in Switzerland's top flight, granting Servette entry into the second round of qualifying for the 2012-13 UEFA Europa League.

Between 1992 through 2007, he had 27 single chart-hits in Switzerland and Germany, and has won 10 World Music Awards for being Switzerland's best selling artist.

DJ BoBo's success continued, as once again in the spring of 2000, he received yet another trophy at the World Music Award for the sixth time in a row for being Switzerland's " Best Selling Artist of the Year ".