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Direct democracy (also known as pure democracy) is a form of democracy in which people decide (e.g. vote on, form consensus on) policy initiatives directly.

This differs from the majority of modern democracies, which are representative democracies.

SWI swissinfo.ch (swissinfo.ch) is a ten-language news and information platform produced by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation.

Its content is Swiss-centred, with top priority given to in-depth information on politics, the economy, the arts, science, education and tourism.

Switzerland's international political, economic and cultural relations are other key points of focus.

The website has ten language versions (German, French, Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Chinese and Japanese), and also features blogs.

Arabic (' or ') is a Central Semitic language that was first spoken in Iron Age northwestern Arabia and is now the lingua franca of the Arab world.

Arabic is also the liturgical language of 1.7 billion Muslims.

It is one of six official languages of the United Nations.

It is named after the Arabs, a term initially used to describe peoples living from Mesopotamia in the east to the Anti-Lebanon mountains in the west, and from northwestern Arabia to the Sinai in the south.

Portuguese (or, in full) is a Romance language and the sole official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola, and São Tomé and Príncipe.

It also has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau.

As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese and Portuguese creole speakers are also found in Goa, Daman and Diu in India; in Batticaloa on the east coast of Sri Lanka; in the Indonesian island of Flores; in Malacca of Malaysia; and the ABC islands in the Caribbean where Papiamento is spoken, while Cape Verdean Creole is the most widely spoken Porteguese-based Creole.

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a federal republic in Europe.

It consists of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities.