Here’s why people don’t like insurance against pandemics
Companies have conveyed to the Federal Council their opposition to annual premiums that are parafiscal in nature and useful only if they…
“Swiss city statistics 2021” and urban dynamics
In the last twenty years, three quarters of the Swiss population have chosen to live in the centers: this is explained by the latest…
How much does Switzerland consume? 87 million tons per year
Researchers at EMPA, the Swiss Federal Laboratory for Materials Science and Technology, have studied the entire flow of the Swiss economy
Sustainable vegetables: there’s the “Horticulture” test station
An advanced federal and experimental facility dedicated to the fundamental issues of "ecological" agricultural production has opened in…
In Italy, the tax burden has risen to 43.1%
In 2020, annus horribilis of the tricolor economy, the weight of taxes and contributions returned to the level of 2014, 0.3 percent below…
Switzerland, the consolidated balance sheet 2020 says -14.2 billion
The Federal Council had to approve a high federal deficit due to the coronavirus pandemic, which is particularly hard on railroads
In Italy the crisis hits above all the economy of the South
According to a survey by ISTAT on the blue economic system, the regions of Abruzzo, Campania, Basilicata, Calabria and Sardinia are at high…
Comparison between the five German-speaking countries in Lugano
Scientific Diplomacy and Cross-Border Cooperation at Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and…
COVID, financial markets and digital growth according to the SNB
Andréa Maechler and Thomas Moser, analysts at the Swiss National Bank, have carried out a comprehensive study on the effects of the…
The withholding tax is… in the crosshairs of the Federal Council
The reform provides for the abolition of the tax on Swiss interest, with the exception of interest on the assets of natural persons…
Anglo-Swiss agreement on authorized economic operators
A deal aims to make it easier for companies with AEO status to trade between the UK and Switzerland and reduce barriers to trade
How Bern intends to moderate health insurance reserves
In 2020, health insurers had 11.3 billion in their pockets, 203 percent of the minimum, set to shrink in favor of premium payers
Greenhouse gas emissions fall slightly throughout Switzerland
The 'output' of tonnes of CO2 equivalent (46.2 million) is 14 per cent lower than in the sample year 1990, but only 0.3 per cent lower than…
Swiss Post from the present into the future
The Federal Council has chosen Christian Levrat as the new Chairman of Swiss Post, continuing its modernization efforts
Swiss weekly economic activity at pre-crisis levels
In early March, the so-called AES index recovered strongly and temporarily exceeded pre-pandemic values in week 12 of 2020
Two numismatic world records are from Switzerland
The Guiness Book of World Records has validated the gold coin "Albert Einstein" from a quarter franc issued in 2020 and the minting of 10…