New Customs Rules 2025: Franchise Reduced to 150 Francs
Federal Council reduces deductible limit to combat shopping tourism
Europe’s biggest challenge comes from within
Europe’s diverse cultures and shared Christian heritage have driven its historical success, but its identity is falling by the wayside.
European elections 2024
The 2024 European elections were held in the 27 member states of the European Union between June 6 and June 9, as unanimously agreed by the…
Value Added Tax (VAT) Rates Worldwide: Overview of Consumption Taxes
The Value Added Tax (VAT) is one of the primary revenue collection tools in many countries around the world and can vary significantly from…
Trinational Airport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg
The Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg EuroAirport is the only tri-national airport in the world, built by Switzerland on French territory in the…
France announces that roofs will have to be covered with plants or solar panels
The French Parliament has passed a law requiring all new buildings in commercial zones to be partially covered by plants or solar panels.…
August 15 holiday with different traditions
Of very ancient pagan origins, this holiday is celebrated in many Catholic countries as the Feast of Mary's Assumption into Heaven.
Electric power prices rising sharply in Switzerland
The Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom) predicts a significant increase in electricity tariffs next year and possible supply disruptions…
Alpine Convention
The Alpine Convention was the first international treaty in the world to consider a transnational mountain area in its entirety
Quo vadis, Europe?
In the aftermath of the catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan, Europe has been brutally confronted with its inability as a geopolitical…
What is the “General Council of Italians Abroad”?
Let's discover the international body that advises the Government and Parliament on major issues of interest to Italians who do not live in…
The inhumanity of the first revolutionaries germ of catastrophes
On the anniversary of the Révolution Française, it is time to ask serious historiographic questions about what it really represented
Home ownership: strong rise in demand and prices
Zurich and Zug, the Lake Geneva arc and the Bern agglomeration have seen a rapid drying up of the rental market, with obvious results...
Europe remains the “second home” of the Swiss abroad
In 2020, more than one in ten Swiss citizens lived outside the national borders, particularly in France, with an increase in women and the…
At Easter the Swiss Customs Museum reopens its doors
On April 4, 2021, two exhibits on AFD activity during the pandemic and wartime smugglers will reactivate the Cantine di Gandria facility
Direct access to EU databases for the Swiss police
The Spontaneous Accession Agreement in Prüm and the EURODAC Protocol will make it possible to strengthen cooperation against cross-border…