Seats in the National Council: Zurich +1, Basel-Stadt -1
Adopted the Ordinance on the distribution of seats for the full renewal of the "lower chamber" of the Swiss Parliament of October 22, 2023
Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology in the world top 15
Good performance of Swiss universities in the latest QS World University Ranking, with ETH eighth and EPFL 14th for internationality and…
From ch Foundation a journalistic podcast on federalism
A project of the Bernese Stiftung will focus on the innovative power of the division of powers in Switzerland, but also on the difficulties…
The federalism that awaits us according to Karin Keller-Sutter
During the Conference on Federalism 2021, the Federal Councillor offered an interesting point of view on the Swiss system of distribution…
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…
“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…
In Basel on 27-28 May the “Conference on Federalism”
The intersection of the Swiss system of power-sharing and dynamism is the theme of the sixth tri- or quadrennial happening expected in the…
After six years… the “Swiss Aviation Platform”.
The actors of the national aviation, from Swiss to the four airport cantons, met virtually with Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga
Leases and rentals in Switzerland: light decrease in litigation
In the second half of 2020, there were more than 300 fewer conciliation proceedings in the federal government than in the first six months,…
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…
The Swiss Districts? Still children of a minor federalism
Neither Cantons nor municipalities, Bezirk or Amtsbezirk in German and District in French are not used to apply for citizenship and are not…
Law against facial dissimulation: the ball passes to the cantons
The Federal Bureau of Justice will assist states, which have two years to do so, in drafting at the local level the implementing rule for…
Pratteln-Augst tramway: the Swiss government gives its approval
BLT Baselland Transport AG will have until 2025 to extend the public railroad and connect the development centers "Grüssen" and "Salina…
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.
Digital geodata from swisstopo available free of charge for use
From March 1, 2021, the Federal Office of Topography of Switzerland will make its services and official digital data available online free…
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…