February 27, 2021
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…

February 25, 2021
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…
February 22, 2021
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…

February 21, 2021
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…
February 20, 2021
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…
February 20, 2021
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.
February 19, 2021
At the Federal Office of the Environment there will be Petra Zimmermann
In the summer, the 50-year-old manager will take over from Christine Hofmann at the end of a long career in IT and sustainability, in the…
February 19, 2021
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…
February 18, 2021
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…
February 18, 2021
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…
February 18, 2021
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…
February 17, 2021
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.
February 17, 2021
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)
February 16, 2021
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…
February 16, 2021
Dairy products and agrotourism? Excellent in Switzerland
The Agroscope agency and an external partner examined in Ettenhausen data from 3,500 farms and three different strategies for dairy farms
February 15, 2021
Taxation, sixteen fields of action for the Switzerland of the future
Amidst lights and shadows, experts have developed new principles on which to guide tax policy debates through a dialogue based on trust