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• Becoming paper) Swiss: in 2007, after five years in Switzerland, my B-permit was ready to be turned into a C-permit. So naturally, a thoughtful letter arrived in the post to remind me of how to apply for this and to warn me of the dire consequences of not doing so! Dermot White tells us about the year he spent getting his hands on that famous red passport.

...No citizenship ceremony, no swearing allegiance, no shaking hands with dignitaries--just a small p...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2010, Février 2010

• Armistead Maupin: Michael Tolliver Lives.

... in Florida, and finally reaffirms his allegiance to a wise octogenarian who was once his landlady. ...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2007, Avril 2007

• Secret Sunrise.

... could, at the very last moment, switch allegiance to the US and Great Britain in order to jointly re...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2002, Juin 2002

• The Cots revolution.

..."It requires no long term allegiance to the manufacturer, or the purchase of expensive ...

• Armada International
• Vol. 26 Num. 5, Octobre 2002

• Not So Fast.

... more cautious in pledging his or her allegiance to larger political or governmental bodies. This m...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2001, Juin 2001

• Being Geneva: those unfamiliar with the custom of having a human embodiment of the State present on ceremonial occasions are astonished to see Geneva's top officials accompanied by a person wearing a cape and Napoleon-style hat. Swiss News talks to Paul-Henri Perrin about the ins and outs of personifying Geneva.

... for and that a new citizen is swearing allegiance to" at naturalisation ceremonies. . Historic Relic...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2005, Janvier 2005

• Swiss politics for dummies.

..., men of three mountain valleys swore allegiance--the so-called Reutli Oath--affirming their commit...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2002, Juin 2002

• Playing a subtle hand; President Bush's visit to Poland and Hungary.

...Should he lose their allegiance, glasnost and perestroika would end as abruptly as...

• Armada International
• Vol. 13 Num. 4, Août 1989