Good offices and economic agreements in the Russia-Switzerland summit
Guy Parmelin and Vladimir Putin talked about the development of bilateral relations, security issues in Europe and the activity of a…
Federal guarantee for five revised cantonal constitutions
The Swiss government asks the two branches of parliament to approve the changes to the basic maps of Uri, Schaffhausen, Aargau, Ticino and…
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…
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
Aargau, Geneva and Ticino in the foreign test on voting by mail
For the June 13 round, the 1,600 residents of Australia, Brazil and Thailand will receive half ballots from the motherland and half from…
Active the European Committee for the prevention of torture
During their 11-day stay, the delegation visited various detention facilities in the cantons of Geneva, Vaud, Aargau, Solothurn, Bern and…
The UNHRC will adopt two Swiss initiatives
Ignazio Cassis obtained in Geneva to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment and that all Member…
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,…
New protected assets in the cantons of Geneva and Grisons
The Federal Council has adapted two inventories of Swiss settlements to be protected as well as useful to promote the culture of quality…
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…
Here’s how Switzerland’s roads and highways will change in 2021
The federal government will invest 2.9 billion francs for maintenance, operations, improvements and construction, including 396 million for…
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…
900 commodity traders in Switzerland
Swiss companies that import and export materials used in the manufacture of other goods employ 9,800 people, primarily in the cantons of…
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…
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…