Innovation Park East in the Swiss National Circuit
Government approval for the Lerchenfeld and Buchs Campus facilities, supported by the cantons of St. Gallen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden and…
Ongoing Federal Council Commitment on Commodities
Took stock of progress on competitiveness, innovation, integrity, and sustainability of practices in use daughters of 16 2018…
IPI and Swiss export industry join forces
In 2020, the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property acted in 280 cases of violation of "Swissness" legislation, but now there are…
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…
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
Switzerland and Liechtenstein in full agreement about the future
Inaugural meeting in Lugano between the Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis and the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of the tiny Alpine…
Switzerland is in the front line against enforced disappearances
From April 13-15, 2021, the federal government submitted to the UN Committee the report on the implementation of the 2006 Convention on…
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 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…