The “Basel Declaration” for the federalism of the future
Following the similar profession of will in Montreux in 2017, the federal government, cantons, cities and municipalities have signed a new…
The five topics on the ballot in Switzerland on June 13, 2021
To the people the choices on clean water and anti-pesticide initiatives and the COVID19, CO2 and anti-terrorism policing Acts
Electronic Identification: Federal Council accelerates
Departments of Justice and Police and Finance, Chancery, Cantons, and academia urged to work together for EI despite March 7, 2021 no vote
The institutional agreement between Switzerland and the EU will not happen
That's how a seven-year negotiation process, in which the rocks always outweighed the opportunities, ended amid ups and downs on May 26,…
In Switzerland twenty-four months of reduced work allowance
On May 12, 2021, the Federal Council decided to extend the right to ILR, to which is added the extension of the summary procedure for…
Jean-Philippe Gaudin will no longer be the head of Swiss 007
The Government and the Divisionary at the top of the Information Activities Service will mutually terminate the employment relationship for…
Ignazio Cassis at the Council of Europe for digital rights
In Hamburg, the Federal Councillor and head of the FDFA underlined the risks associated with digitalisation, without wanting to put…
The number of prisoners in Switzerland is the lowest since 2011
The federal government reports a total of 6316 people incarcerated, occupying 85.4 percent of the available places in the 92 deprivation of…
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…
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…
