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…
In Ticino an observatory against organized crime
The Institute of Law of USI and Swiss Radio and Television have launched a center of expertise on mafias, based on a hundred facts and 400…
364.3 million requested for federal buildings
The government has adopted the 2021 dispatch on constructions that are useful to Switzerland, from the Swimming Centre in Tenero to the…
“More science in diplomacy, more diplomacy in science.”
On the sidelines of USI's 25th Dies Academicus, Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis outlined the strategy that will inform Swiss foreign…
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,…
“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…
SFIVET is on its way to full academic status
In 2022, the Federal College of Applied Sciences in Zollikofen, attended by 16,000 people a year ago, will be even more attractive
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…
Canton of Ticino says yes to payments to the state in Bitcoin
With the support of UDC, Lega dei Ticinesi, FDP and some PPD members, the Grand Council approved the motion on cryptocurrencies of 2017 by…
Nicola Zanni: “In Zug, if you want and work hard, you get a lot”
The Ferrara entrepreneur, who has headed an established financial firm since 2015, enjoys in Switzerland the paradise on earth denied him…
Heavy goods traffic: controls in Switzerland despite the pandemic
Inspected in 2020 on Swiss soil as many as 38848 transport vehicles, including trucks, articulated trucks, vans and buses, with 22519…
At Easter the Swiss Customs Museum reopens its doors
On April 4, 2021, two exhibits on AFD activity during the pandemic and wartime smugglers will reactivate the Cantine di Gandria facility
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…