Private use of company cars: higher deduction
In Switzerland, taxation of the use of the employer's vehicles must be on a flat-rate basis and must also include transport costs for…
Switzerland and… Global Commission for the Energy Future
Ahead of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, the new entity will draft recommendations that put humans at the center of a clean energy…
Online trade: more customs security between Switzerland and the EU
Bern will participate in the "Import Control System 2", whereby data will already be transmitted during shipment from the country of…
Apprenticeship and baccalaureate examinations in Switzerland: full steam ahead!
The Federal Council has issued precautionary exemptions in the event that tests can only be carried out at school in written or oral form.
Switzerland will reduce the environmental impact of food
Agroscope recommends imports from countries whose agricultural production is respectful of nature as well as avoiding losses and waste…
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…
Switzerland joins the UN in making children’s voices heard
Federal Council will subsidize organizations that raise awareness of children's rights and sector training providers for five years
Switzerland will aim to switch from diesel to electric buses
The Federal Council will consider three different scenarios for abandoning older coaches for battery-powered ones, according to CO2 and…
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…
Switzerland paradise of the purchase of goods and services online
In 2019, 97 percent of Helvetians used the Internet for shopping, a fact that placed them ahead of the Netherlands and Denmark even for top…
“Women’s Human Rights”: the application in Swiss version
In partnership with the Interdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies at the University of Bern, the federal government adapted the App…
Anti-COVID measures gone, Switzerland will start racing
Swiss GDP is expected to rise by 3% and unemployment to fall gradually to an annual average of around 3.3% by the end of 2021.
Innosuisse and the SNSF will strengthen their collaboration
The Innovation Promotion Agency and the National Fund aim to enhance the already very high performance of the Confederation of Science and…
Federal workforce: more to come for women and people with disabilities
At the end of 2020, the quotas of university apprentices and trainees and the representation of language communities among Swiss officials…
Army regulates use of expiring medical supplies
In agreement with its public health partners, Armée Suisse will sell medicines and other medical aids at greatly reduced prices to help the…
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…