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…
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…
Up the income of Swiss households, but…
Bank Cler's "Swiss Income Monitor" analysis found increases of CHF 3,500 and CHF 5,400 on median and average earnings, alongside greater…
Food in Switzerland: 30 billion turnover
According to the Federal Office of Agriculture, compared to 2019, the turnover of the trade of food and beverages recorded an increase of…
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…
Swiss SMEs have saved more than 2 billion on duties
Thanks to Free Trade Agreements, 140,000 Swiss companies have made use of special reduced rates, 55,000 of them for all transactions.
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…
Yes of the Federal Council to the Oberburg bypass
The government is asking the Swiss parliament for 77 million Swiss francs to improve the road network in the Burgdorf conurbation as part…
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.
COMCO survey of ATM systems in Switzerland
The Competition Commission opened an investigation against Mastercard on Feb. 8 for allegedly impeding SIX's National Cash Scheme (NCS)
Switzerland and six other EU countries together for the Nutri-Score
Transnational coordination mechanism on the "food traffic light" with Bern and the authorities of Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the…