“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…
One in eight residents in the cantons of Schwyz and Zug is a millionaire
According to an article in the periodical "SonntagsBlick, two central Swiss states have been able to make the most of tax competition with…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Swiss monuments? A “hidden” treasure to be exploited…
Protecting Switzerland's real estate heritage of 270,000 historic buildings creates positive spillover effects for culture, tourism and…
Schwyz and Glarus, Lost Semicantons of Swiss History
Until the Sonderbund War, the separation between conservatives and liberals in the Swabian region of Germany and between Protestants and…
Slight decline in tax burden of Swiss cantons and municipalities
The 2021 exploitation index, calculated by the Federal Finance Administration, shows a decline in two-thirds of the states, particularly in…
Switzerland and the “fantastic four” of direct democracy
Popular initiatives for the total or partial revision of the Constitution and abrogative or optional referendums embody the salt of a…
The ethics of competitiveness and the spirit of federalism
The success of the Swiss model appears to lie in the competition between the 26 cantons in the areas of efficiency, income distribution and…
Waldstätte and the “forest” cantons at the dawn of the Swiss…
"An artificial area where meadows, pastures, fields and forests are mixed" identified, from 1289, the territories of Uri, Schwyz and…
Switzerland “free port” for highly qualified workers
Despite increased payroll tax competition, the burden of Switzerland's 26 cantons, led by Obwalden and Uri, is lower than the 37.9% global…