BAK Economics: “There is alarm about the outlook for exports.”
According to the Basel-based research institute, increased technical barriers between Switzerland and the EU would lead to industry…
What if Soccer is the most reliable social marker?
In Italy, football matches determine in people picturesque and dangerous socio-pathological phenomena, which are easily measured on social…
More federalism means higher Gross Domestic Product
The outcome of an analysis by BAK Economics for the Assembly of European Regions and the Institut für Föderalismus on six leading…
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…
In Ticino an observatory against organized crime
The Institute of Law of USI and Swiss Radio and Television have launched a center of expertise on mafias, based on a hundred facts and 400…
364.3 million requested for federal buildings
The government has adopted the 2021 dispatch on constructions that are useful to Switzerland, from the Swimming Centre in Tenero to the…
New inheritance law effective January 1, 2023
In future, Swiss heirs will be able to freely dispose of a larger portion of the estate, with a reduction for their children from three…
In Switzerland, 11% less criminal convictions in 2020
The Federal Statistical Office has observed a decrease in violations of foreigners' and traffic laws as well as in sentences of more than 2…
“EU market access if it serves Swiss competitiveness”
The Swiss Arts and Crafts Union has formulated a series of specific and comprehensive proposals designed to overcome the stalemate in…
BAK Economics: “No strong inflation in Switzerland…”
Rising prices are creating unease and concern, but the institute with offices in Basel, Zurich and Lugano believes the fears are unfounded,…
The comic book ‘Le Guardie del Papa’ now available in Italian
Published by "Edizioni Dehoniane Bologna" and available on the web shop www.guardiasvizzera.ch, the 50 plates of Marc's story gain a…
How the voting record of citizens’ initiatives changes
The government decided to temporarily revise the COVID-19 ordinance on signature lists to be collected for bills in analogy to referendums
Still very little interest in the carry-over procedure
Direct VAT payments for imports to the Federal Tax Administration instead of the Federal Customs Administration do not take off
Driver’s licenses: the Switzerland-Italy Agreement is renewed
Bern and Rome signed on May 13 the five-year renewal of the convention for the mutual recognition and conversion of driving licenses
Greater working flexibility for federal staff
Employees will be given more autonomy to determine their place of work and working hours as well as extended guarantees for the over 55s.