A group of experts will improve the Swiss fiscal centre
On behalf of Federal Councillor Ueli Maurer, experts from the Confederation, the cantons and the economic and scientific world are working…
Council of Europe: Who will represent the Swiss territories?
The names of the 12 members of the Swiss delegation to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities in Strasbourg for the period…
Professional titles more equivalent between Switzerland and Germany
A new Swiss-German bilateral agreement will reflect developments in work-based education in both countries and extend the scope of the…
Between what is given and what is received, there is the fiscal residue
In 1950, economist James Buchanan defined the yardstick against which to assess the adequacy of the overall redistributive activity of the…
In a coin 50 years of women’s suffrage in Switzerland
On April 29, 2021, the Federal Mint will issue a new gold coinage with a face value of 50 francs to celebrate half a century of women's…
The pillar insurance companies of the Zurich marketplace
In 2019, the security branch of the financial sector generated one in six francs of added value and provided one in ten jobs on the banks…
Applications open for the “Marcel Benoist Science Prize”
After the low-profile centennial cause COVID, 250,000 francs will reward in 2021 the best studies carried out in the field of humanities…
Bologna will give new life to electrical and electronic waste
A groundbreaking project of Emilia-Romagna, unique in Europe, to collect WEEE, prepare it for reuse and sell it at large commercial chains
Switzerland’s long-term climate strategy
On January 27, the Federal Council deliberated on all the modalities for submitting a neutral greenhouse gas emissions budget by the year…
Draghi in 2011: “Federalism helps public accounts”
The Governor of the Bank of Italy evoked local taxes associated with a reduction of taxes at the center and new decentralized tasks subject…
Up to CHF 6 billion for Switzerland and the cantons from the National Bank
New profit distribution agreement (and doubled amounts for fiscal years 2020-2025...) between the Federal Department of Finance and the SNB
Switzerland and UK much closer in financial matters
Bern and London are targeting the cross-border market for numerous services in the areas of insurance, banking, asset management and…
How the Swiss export industry focuses on innovation
Following the agreement between the European Free Trade Association and Indonesia, Switzerland will help companies maintain modernizing…
An App to unbureaucratize the work of Swiss farmers
The "My agricultural data sharing" application, which was successfully tested in late 2020 in the canton of Fribourg, will speed up the…
Switzerland-Liechtenstein pact on scientific innovation
Cooperation agreement between Bern and Vaduz on the promotion of research-based modernization renewed on January 26 through Innosuisse
Growing Administrative Center at Guisanplatz in Bern
Modern workstations in Building D from 2026 for 1,200 officials of the Federal Department of Defense, Population Protection and Sports