March 6, 2021
Switzerland-Indonesia: Cooperation in the four-year period 2021-2024
SECO will provide $65 million in grants to support Jakarta in becoming a more competitive, resilient, and equitable economy
March 6, 2021
COVID19 & Switzerland: reopenings yes, but free exams for all
Il Consiglio Federale desidera che la Confederazione si assuma l'intero costo dei test fai-da-te per incentivare la popolazione a farsi…
March 6, 2021
Karin Keller-Sutter’s journey to the divided city of Moutier
Ahead of the March 28 vote, the head of the Federal Department of Justice saw the City Council and the cantonal authorities of Bern and…
March 5, 2021
Five new participants for “Exemplary Energy and Climate”
PostBus, Flughafen Zürich AG, PostFinance, RUAG MRO Holding AG and SRG SSR join the top ten projected adherents of the 2050 climate…
March 5, 2021
The three topics on the Swiss ballot on March 7, 2021
To the people the choice on the ban on hiding the face, the law on electronic identification systems and the economic partnership agreement…
March 4, 2021
To Christine Burgener the State Secretariat for Migration
Former United Nations special envoy for the former Burma, the well-known Swiss diplomat will take over from the retiring Mario Gattiker at…
March 4, 2021
China-Switzerland talks on financial markets
Virtual meeting on March 3 between Federal Councillor Ueli Maurer and Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Liu He on stock exchange,…
March 4, 2021
Michael Schöll at the head of the Federal Office of Justice
The current Deputy Director of the Office and Head of Private Law will take up his post on September 1, succeeding the retiring Martin…
March 3, 2021
Yes to Swiss tonnage tax consultation
Berne proposes a flat rate based on net tonnage, multiplied by a staggered tariff and the number of days of operation.
March 3, 2021
WEF: Federal aid to the Canton of Graubünden from 2022 to 2024
The Swiss government will invest 2.55 million francs a year for three years and deploy 5,000 military personnel for the security of the…
March 3, 2021
Peter Düggeli is the new Head of Communication at the FDFA
SRF's Washington correspondent has been appointed to head the Department of Foreign Affairs media by Federal Councilor Ignazio Cassis
February 28, 2021
From Switzerland the suggestive proposal for a “digital euro”
A non-physical currency devised for the ECB by Christian Grothoff, a Bern-based computer scientist, David Chaum, an American cryptographer,…
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 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…



















