March 3, 2024
Swiss voting results of March 3, 2024
Citizens and citizens of the Swiss Confederation approve the 13th OASI and clearly reject raising the retirement age. An overview of the…
July 26, 2023
Everybody ready to celebrate the Swiss national holiday
The Swiss national holiday is celebrated each August 1 and commemorates the birth of the Confederation in 1291.
April 1, 2022
First “Renewable Heating” consultation now free of charge
Now, more than ever, it makes sense to heat with renewable energies: from April, property owners and condominium owners throughout…
March 30, 2022
EasyGov.swiss: saving time and costs for businesses
According to a SECO study published on 29 March, the EasyGov.swiss online service desk is highly appreciated by users from the business…
March 29, 2022
Swiss Earnings Structure Survey (ESS) 2020
In 2020, the median wage of a full-time job in the Swiss economy as a whole (private and public sector) was CHF 6665 gross per month. The…
March 26, 2022
The cow as ambassador of Switzerland
The cow is a symbol in Switzerland and can be found everywhere in different forms: in addition to seeing it grazing a bit 'everywhere in…
March 19, 2022
Swiss Railways celebrates 175 years
Swiss Federal Railways, a model of efficiency in terms of passengers, punctuality and safety are considered the best in Europe
February 20, 2022
Cohesion between town and country has strengthened in Switzerland
The 2016-2023 multi-year program of the New Regional Policy (NPR) already makes an important contribution to the development of the…
January 21, 2022
Swiss cantons improve their fiscal attractiveness
The "BAK Taxation Index" unveiled a drop from 16.9 percent to 13.9 percent in ordinary burden, using 2017 as the "pre-RFFA" baseline year
December 16, 2021
“Pandemic as a learning curve for federalism”
An interim report on the approach of the cantons to the crisis from COVID19, carried out by Avenir Suisse, saw Zug, Ticino and Grisons at…
June 4, 2021
Andreas Voigt: “In Appenzell the best of Emilia and Germany”
A united family and a Web Agency migrated from Italy to Switzerland in the story of a volcanic and courageous entrepreneur as well as…
May 28, 2021
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…
May 7, 2021
Forty years of the Conference of Alpine Cantonal Governments
The 1981 association that defends rural people and mountain areas covers Uri, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Glarus, Appenzell Innerrhoden,…
May 5, 2021
“Prize for Federalism” 2021: finalists selected
The fifty or so very different applications from various parts of Switzerland that were in the running for the CHF 10,000 from the…
April 21, 2021
Innovation Park East in the Swiss National Circuit
Government approval for the Lerchenfeld and Buchs Campus facilities, supported by the cantons of St. Gallen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden and…
March 20, 2021
Division of tasks between Switzerland and the cantons: halt to the project
COVID stops adjusting responsibilities on individual premiums, supplementary OASI/DI benefits, regional passenger traffic and rail…