“Prize for Federalism” 2021: finalists selected
The fifty or so very different applications from various parts of Switzerland that were in the running for the CHF 10,000 from the…
The “von Wattenwyl talks” and the search for a compromise
Since February 1970 in the "old town" of Bern, the Federal Councillors have been meeting with the leaders of the parties in the Executive…
Switzerland’s plan of measures for clean water
At its meeting on April 28, the Federal Council launched a consultation on future measures to protect the life-giving liquid forever.
Consumer confidence in Switzerland at pre-crisis level
SECO's April survey shows that expectations about general economic developments and euphoria about employment have improved in particular
In Italy in a year of COVID lost 345000 “not guaranteed”
The CGIA Studies Office recalls that, between February 2020 and last March, the employment of the "people of VAT numbers" fell by 6.6…
Damian Elsig new head of the Swiss National Library
The newly appointed director of the NL will take office Aug. 16, succeeding Marie-Christine Doffey, who has led the institution since 2005…
Alessandro Bertoldi: “Before asking, it is necessary to give!”
The entrepreneur from Cuneo, who has made the care of human resources and good training a reason for living with the brand "EVE", reveals…
In Basel on 27-28 May the “Conference on Federalism”
The intersection of the Swiss system of power-sharing and dynamism is the theme of the sixth tri- or quadrennial happening expected in the…
A real prize to help “innovative” Start-Ups and SMEs
An investment fund will favor the 20 "smartest" ideas of the global competition wanted by Swiss Federalism, with the support of GCBL and…
More relief and less regulation for Swiss companies
On April 28, the Federal Council launched the consultation procedures for a law intended to streamline bureaucracy and relaunch EasyGov
Coronavirus: additional credits of CHF 614 million
The Swiss government's effort to combat the epidemic rises to 23.5 billion under four new measures: ACT-A, drugs, culture and events
Binding minimum wages for workers posted from the EU
Federal Council adopts message and bill to revise benchmark wage regulations for Union-based firms
Even a wrong idea of State can generate holocausts
The terrible genocides of the twentieth century are children of nationalist and integralist visions of statehood and nation: it is the…
Meeting between Guy Parmelin and Pope Francis at the Vatican
The President of the Swiss Confederation will see the Pontiff and the Swiss Guards on May 6 in Rome, where 34 of the 135 new soldiers in…
Three hundred million francs for global health
Bern aims to improve access to vaccines, tests and medicines in developing countries and to strengthen local health systems in line with…
One in eight residents in the cantons of Schwyz and Zug is a millionaire
According to an article in the periodical "SonntagsBlick, two central Swiss states have been able to make the most of tax competition with…