Digital geodata from swisstopo available free of charge for use
From March 1, 2021, the Federal Office of Topography of Switzerland will make its services and official digital data available online free…
More UniNE-UST collaboration on analytics, megadata and AI
The University of Neuchâtel and the Federal Statistical Office will strengthen their cooperation in the field of big data science and…
Swiss students work (as well) ten hours a week
Three-quarters of young people studying in Switzerland are in employment, the remuneration of which accounts for 39 percent of their…
From Switzerland the suggestive proposal for a “digital euro”
A non-physical currency devised for the ECB by Christian Grothoff, a Bern-based computer scientist, David Chaum, an American cryptographer,…
Download the brochure “The Swiss Confederation in brief” 2021
The official guide on the functioning of Swiss democracy and its institutions, expanded and improved, will have a print run of 170,000…
The Presidency of the Helvetic Confederation from 1848 to the present day
Brief history of the highest office provided for by the Swiss Federal Constitution, assigned from time to time to the most senior Councilor…
2.6 billion in value from Zurich Innovation Park
A study by BAK Economics predicts that the operation of the IPZ will create 14,000 new jobs between Dübendorf and the Limmat, with a…
Hurray for the first “Romancia Week” in Swiss history!
Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis, together with the government of Chur, launches the inaugural "Emna Rumantscha" dedicated to the fourth…
Switzerland will have an ad hoc ambassador for the… science
For the first time, the Federal Council has chosen a special representative for scientific diplomacy in the person of High Representative…
Swiss Film Honor Award 2021 to “Lilo Pulver”
The recognition of the talented Bernese actress of world renown, born in 1929, will be streamed on March 26 from the RTS studios in Geneva…
More flexibility in promoting Swiss innovation
Innosuisse and the SNSF will have more room for manoeuvre and be more responsive in their support of renovation projects and start-ups.
Dairy products and agrotourism? Excellent in Switzerland
The Agroscope agency and an external partner examined in Ettenhausen data from 3,500 farms and three different strategies for dairy farms
Council of Europe: Who will represent the Swiss territories?
The names of the 12 members of the Swiss delegation to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities in Strasbourg for the period…
Professional titles more equivalent between Switzerland and Germany
A new Swiss-German bilateral agreement will reflect developments in work-based education in both countries and extend the scope of the…
In a coin 50 years of women’s suffrage in Switzerland
On April 29, 2021, the Federal Mint will issue a new gold coinage with a face value of 50 francs to celebrate half a century of women's…
Applications open for the “Marcel Benoist Science Prize”
After the low-profile centennial cause COVID, 250,000 francs will reward in 2021 the best studies carried out in the field of humanities…