Guy Parmelin saw the heads of state of the German-speaking countries
Two days in Potsdam for the President of the Swiss Confederation and his counterparts from Germany, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Belgium and…
Gotthard Base Tunnel: Up in passengers and dynamism
More 28 percent in traffic on the main Alpine tunnel between 2016 and 2019, as well as positive data for stations in the cantons of Ticino…
“Patrouille des Glaciers” on the march for future editions
Agreement between the Confederation, Valais and the ASPdG Association for the international military ski mountaineering competition open to…
Facilitating access to public data: a must for Switzerland
The Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation adopted the report "Authorisation system for open government data" for economic actors
Health care crisis: debate over present and future management
Guy Parmelin took part in two panel discussions (local institutions and social partners) focused on the next steps in the management of the…
Social networking & social media: there will be a lot more Switzerland…
A new audiovisual center will be located at the Federal Chancellery as part of a three-phase strategy that will also provide 14 additional…
Switzerland will focus on strengthening competence in SMEs
The Bern government has instructed the EAER to optimise the framework conditions for participation in training courses for adults and for…
Increase of 1000 tons of the customs quota of butter
High demand for dairy products since 2020 has led to a shortage of edible fat in Switzerland, and the FOAG has taken corrective action
Federal Council approves Obwalden Master Plan
Bern has given Sarnen the decisive green light in the areas of "Transport", "Nature and Landscape", "Tourism and Leisure", and "Other Land…
Switzerland is the country with the greatest capacity for innovation
The Alpine country achieved the highest score in all seven indicators used to compile the "European Innovation Scoreboard", carried out by…
In five books “Das Stoffe-Projekt” by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
The great Swiss writer's masterpiece goes online and on paper for its centennial, along with 30,000 pages of manuscripts from a…
Culture and economy: a truly winning combination in Ticino
A study by BAK Economics and two cantonal departments has shown that every franc of public subsidy for culture is worth 2.58 of added…
Switzerland gives “guarantees, trust, autonomy and neutrality”
These are the findings of the "Security" study published by the Military Academy (ACMIL) and the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH…
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…
Tenancy law: a roundtable discussion with Guy Parmelin
Federal President discussed rents and rents with interest group representatives and other experts based on new study
The economic restart of Switzerland? A journey in three stages
The Federal Council has defined the contents of a transition strategy for the economy: normalisation, accompaniment of recovery and…