The latest data on Swiss occupational pension plans
The inspiring charts prepared by the Federal Statistical Office of the new BVG or Pillar II pensions/retirements based on 2019 information
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,…
In advance more than 40 percent of LOB benefits…
In 2019, one in every 2.5 Swiss received a Pillar II lump sum or pension payment before the legal retirement age
The Swiss tourism to come in the words of Guy Parmelin
As part of the fifth vacation and leisure industry summit, the President of the Confederation informed the operators of the strategies for…
At the Nidwalden Museum stories of mercenaries and military exploits
In the rooms of the Salzmagazin in Stans, an articulate and lively exhibition on the profession of war exercised by one and a half million…
“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…
Switzerland’s plan of measures for clean water
At its meeting on April 28, the Federal Council launched a consultation on future measures to protect the life-giving liquid forever.
Consumer confidence in Switzerland at pre-crisis level
SECO's April survey shows that expectations about general economic developments and euphoria about employment have improved in particular
Damian Elsig new head of the Swiss National Library
The newly appointed director of the NL will take office Aug. 16, succeeding Marie-Christine Doffey, who has led the institution since 2005…
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…
A real prize to help “innovative” Start-Ups and SMEs
An investment fund will favor the 20 "smartest" ideas of the global competition wanted by Swiss Federalism, with the support of GCBL and…
More relief and less regulation for Swiss companies
On April 28, the Federal Council launched the consultation procedures for a law intended to streamline bureaucracy and relaunch EasyGov
Coronavirus: additional credits of CHF 614 million
The Swiss government's effort to combat the epidemic rises to 23.5 billion under four new measures: ACT-A, drugs, culture and events
Binding minimum wages for workers posted from the EU
Federal Council adopts message and bill to revise benchmark wage regulations for Union-based firms
Three hundred million francs for global health
Bern aims to improve access to vaccines, tests and medicines in developing countries and to strengthen local health systems in line with…
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…