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…
“Swiss city statistics 2021” and urban dynamics
In the last twenty years, three quarters of the Swiss population have chosen to live in the centers: this is explained by the latest…
How much does Switzerland consume? 87 million tons per year
Researchers at EMPA, the Swiss Federal Laboratory for Materials Science and Technology, have studied the entire flow of the Swiss economy
Racism emerged in counseling activities in Switzerland
A trilingual federal report documented and analyzed the 572 cases of 2020 racial discrimination in the workplace or neighborhood
Sustainable vegetables: there’s the “Horticulture” test station
An advanced federal and experimental facility dedicated to the fundamental issues of "ecological" agricultural production has opened in…
In Italy, the tax burden has risen to 43.1%
In 2020, annus horribilis of the tricolor economy, the weight of taxes and contributions returned to the level of 2014, 0.3 percent below…
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…
Change of direction at the Federal Office of Sport
From this April, in view of a management renewal, the former Head of Sport Policy and Resources Sandra Felix, will lead the FOSPO
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