Unlike Switzerland however ( where citizens rejected membership in a referendum ), Liechtenstein is part of the European Economic Area.

On September 10, 2002, Switzerland became a full member of the United Nations, after a referendum supporting full membership won in a close vote six months earlier ;

Drawing upon Switzerland and its use of the initiative, the Uruguayan Constitution also allows citizens to repeal laws or to change the constitution by popular initiative which culminates into a nation-wide referendum.

* February 1 – A referendum in Switzerland turns down female suffrage.

** A referendum in Switzerland is favorable to joining the League of Nations.

When Umberto II left Italy after a referendum abolishing the monarchy in 1946 ( see also birth of the Italian Republic ), the Savoy family lived in exile, mostly in Switzerland and Portugal.

In 1918 after the First World War a referendum was held in Büsingen in which 96 % of voters chose to become part of Switzerland.

Switzerland is often cited as an example where only 50, 000 signatures are required for a nationwide referendum.

Switzerland was the first nation to pass a same-sex union law by referendum.

In particular, during the referendum of September 2004, Swiss voters rejected proposals to give some long-resident Swiss-born persons aged between 14 and 24 the right to apply for facilitated naturalisation ( which bypasses canton and community requirements ) and grant automatic Swiss citizenship to persons born in Switzerland with a parent also born in Switzerland

However, Switzerland did not join the EU customs regime and customs checks are still conducted at or near the crossings.

This interpretation is now generally discarded, as Poseidonios ' narrative makes it more likely that the country some of the Helvetians left in order to join in the raids of the Teutones, Cimbri, and Ambrones was in fact southern Germany and not Switzerland.

In 2005, Switzerland agreed to join the Schengen treaty and Dublin Convention by popular vote.

The 2002 vote made Switzerland the first country to join based on a popular vote.

In 1863, he left to join the insurrection in Poland, but he failed to reach his destination and spent some time in Switzerland and Italy.

After a sojourn in Switzerland, where she waited in vain for Ludwig to join her, she made one brief excursion to France and then removed to London in late 1848.

Switzerland also decided to join Schengen using SISone4ALL before SIS II deployment.

He gained less support for his actions regarding the " Vorarlberg question "-on May 11, 1919, 80 % of the Vorarlberger had voted that their state should join Switzerland, and Calonder advocated these plans as well.

He completed his education between 1936 and 1938 in different diplomatic posts in Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and went on to join the Diplomatic Service.

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.

He became interested in the military at an early age, and the poor prospects for advancement in Switzerland led him to join foreign armies.

In 1936, Dillwyn invited the Fishers to join him in creating an artists ' colony at Le Paquis-a two-story stone house that Parrish had bought with his sister north of Vevey, Switzerland.

After he completed secondary school, Luhn moved to Switzerland to learn the printing trade so he could join the family business.

When Sanz Briz was removed from Hungary to Switzerland in November 1944, he invited Perlasca to join him to safety.

Many Malgré-nous deserted the Wehrmacht in order to join the French Resistance or escape to Switzerland, thereby running the risk of having their families sent to work or concentration camps by the Germans.

On June 9, 2011, Borghezio was arrested by Swiss policemen after attempting to join the 2011 annual Bilderberg conference at St. Moritz ( Switzerland ).

First members complete to join the seven founding members were Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Spain and Switzerland.

In 1952 he met cellist Pablo Casals, who invited Végh to join him in giving summer classes in Zermatt, Switzerland ( 1953 – 62 ), and to appear annually in Casals ' Prades Festival ( 1953 – 69 ).

In 1816 Calvos broke off his affair and went to join Foscolo in Switzerland.

His position atop the Australian league attracted attention in Europe, particularly in Switzerland with an offer to join Grasshoppers accepted, before later signing to FC Aarau.

Eugenie was to join her in 1892 remaining there until 1912 when she joined her sister Marie in Switzerland.

And he had good cause for such concern, since at the time when the distances covered by railway tracks in Europe were steadily increasing, driving economic development as they did, Switzerland was doing little to join in.

Three of the EFTA countries are part of the European Union Internal Market through the Agreement on a European Economic Area ( EEA ), which took effect in 1994 ; the fourth, Switzerland, opted to conclude bilateral agreements with the EU.

LTU offers 11 Master programmes and is one of few universities which does not charge fees for students from within the EU / EEA and Switzerland

In its foreign policy the SVP opposes increased involvement of Switzerland in intergovernmental and especially supranational organisations, including the UN, EEA, EU, Schengen and Dublin treaties, and closer ties with NATO.

It contained the text " British Citizen " and was a valid travel document for entry into any EEA state and Switzerland until its invalidation in 2010 ( see below for others ).

Until midnight on 21 January 2011, the National Identity Card was officially recognised as a valid travel document by the EEA and Switzerland, following which the United Kingdom instructed immigration authorities therein to cease accepting it as a valid travel document.

It was the only travel document valid for use by UK nationals throughout the EEA and Switzerland, other than a valid British citizen passport or a pink Gibraltar identity card.

Under the law as it existed between 2 October 2000 and 29 April 2006, a citizen of an EEA state or Switzerland could be granted permanent residence on application after four years ' residence in the United Kingdom exercising Treaty rights ( five years from 3 April 2006 ).

Until Spring 2007, she was Chairwoman of the delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and the European Economic Area ( EEA ) Joint Parliamentary Committee and remains a full member of that Committee.

* Switzerland and Liechtenstein FTA ( 1973 ), Liechtenstein is now member of EEA

Members of equivalent bodies in other European Economic Area member states and Switzerland may also be admitted to membership after passing an aptitude test, provided they are a citizen of an EEA state or Switzerland.

Members of equivalent bodies in other European Economic Area countries and Switzerland may also be admitted to membership after passing an aptitude test, provided they are a citizen of an EEA state or Switzerland.

Tuition fees for citizens of EU and EEA countries and citizens of Switzerland are currently ( as of December 2004 ) lower than at Austria's public universities, at EUR 100 per semester ( i. e., EUR 200 per academic year ).

The CE marking is mandatory for certain product groups in the European Economic Area ( EEA ), consisting of the 27 Member States of the EU and EFTA countries Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

The European Health Insurance Card ( or EHIC ) is issued free of charge and allows anyone who is insured by or covered by a statutory social security scheme of the EEA countries and Switzerland to receive medical treatment in another member state for free or at a reduced cost, if that treatment becomes necessary during their visit ( for example, due to illness or an accident ), or if they have a chronic pre-existing condition which requires care such as kidney dialysis.

As of 2012, 31 countries in Europe participate: the countries in the European Economic Area ( EEA ) plus Switzerland.

He is a substitute for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, a member of the Delegation for relations with the United States and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area ( EEA ) Joint Parliamentary Committee.

She is a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, a member of the Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area ( EEA ) Joint Parliamentary Committee.

He is a substitute for the Committee on Transport and Tourism, a member of the Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area ( EEA ) Joint Parliamentary Committee and a substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee.

He is a substitute for the Committee on Budgets, a member of the Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area ( EEA ) Joint Parliamentary Committee and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand.

Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area ( EEA ) Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Janowski is also a member of the Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area ( EEA ) Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area ( EEA ) Joint Parliamentary Committee.