Wine consumption increased in 2021 in the Swiss Confederation
After the dip in wine consumption in 2020 due to the health crisis, consumption increased in 2021 to 255 million liters. Despite the…
Free entry to Italian museums and parks for AIRE registered Italians
Italian citizens living abroad who are registered in the Italian Registry Office (AIRE) are entitled to free admission to museums,…
New equipment and measurements in the radioactivity field
The Federal Council has decided to modernize the system for measuring radioactivity in the air at high altitudes at the research station on…
The USA becomes Switzerland’s top export market in 2021
Foreign trade between Switzerland and the USA is booming. Exports have tripled in the last twenty years, reaching their current peak of CHF…
Swiss libraries launch new national platform
The Library Am Guisanplatz (BiG), the Alexandria Library Network, together with 490 libraries are now part of the National Library Network…
The Federal Office of Transport starts the first hydrogen tests for public vehicles
Hydrogen vehicles are a tool that can contribute to the decarbonisation of traffic. The Federal Office of Transport (FOT) has given the…
On the way to climate-neutral road traffic
If 60% of the conventional gasoline- and diesel-powered passenger cars in Switzerland were to be converted to "electricity-based" vehicles…
Swiss Customs Museum opens exhibition season
The Customs Museum presents the tasks of the FCA and explains what the borders and border guards are used for, in the past and today.
First hydrogen-powered train for Bavaria
From mid-2023, a hydrogen train will run through Bavaria for the first time on a test route between Augsburg and Füssen. Siemens Mobility…
Association founded to increase the cyber-resilience of the Swiss financial centre
On 5 April 2022, the Swiss Financial Sector Cybersecurity Centre (Swiss FS-CSC) association was founded in Zurich in the presence of…
Hardy Grazing Livestock: Protectors of the Mountain Landscape
Biodiverse mountain pastures are being overgrown by green alder shrubs. A study conducted by Agroscope and ETHZ shows that hardy sheep and…
Only 100 days left – Send now the best projects for the Watt d’Or 2023
On January 12, 2023, the prestigious Watt d'Or award will be presented for the sixteenth time. The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) is…
SWISS to be the world’s first airline to use Synhelion solar fuel
SWISS and the Lufthansa Group have concluded a strategic collaboration with the Synhelion company to bring its solar aviation fuel to…
SWISS adopts new AeroSHARK riblet film technology to further reduce its flights’ carbon emissions
SWISS is to become the first passenger airline in the world to take advantage of the new AeroSHARK aircraft skin technology to further…
CircuBAT improves eco-balance of e-mobility
The research project CircuBAT aims to create a circular business model for the production, application and recycling of lithium-ion…
Great success for the Swiss Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020
Presence Switzerland is pleased with its participation in the Swiss Pavilion at the Dubai World Expo. Switzerland presented itself as a…