Active the European Committee for the prevention of torture
During their 11-day stay, the delegation visited various detention facilities in the cantons of Geneva, Vaud, Aargau, Solothurn, Bern and…
The people of Moutier have chosen: Canton Jura and no longer Berne
Thanks also to tighter controls than in the 2017 vote, guaranteed by the federal government, the French-speaking city will change state on…
Switzerland is not today… a temporal island, but in the future?
In Berne, daylight saving time will be introduced on March 28 and will last until October 31, but discussions continue in neighboring…
Here for free the volume “Public Finance 2020” of Switzerland
The new brochure of the Federal Finance Administration (FFA) presents the most important figures of the Confederation, cantons,…
Direct access to EU databases for the Swiss police
The Spontaneous Accession Agreement in Prüm and the EURODAC Protocol will make it possible to strengthen cooperation against cross-border…
COVID19 & Switzerland: reopenings yes, but free exams for all
Il Consiglio Federale desidera che la Confederazione si assuma l'intero costo dei test fai-da-te per incentivare la popolazione a farsi…
Karin Keller-Sutter’s journey to the divided city of Moutier
Ahead of the March 28 vote, the head of the Federal Department of Justice saw the City Council and the cantonal authorities of Bern and…
The three topics on the Swiss ballot on March 7, 2021
To the people the choice on the ban on hiding the face, the law on electronic identification systems and the economic partnership agreement…
To Christine Burgener the State Secretariat for Migration
Former United Nations special envoy for the former Burma, the well-known Swiss diplomat will take over from the retiring Mario Gattiker at…
From Switzerland the suggestive proposal for a “digital euro”
A non-physical currency devised for the ECB by Christian Grothoff, a Bern-based computer scientist, David Chaum, an American cryptographer,…
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…
Yes of the Federal Council to the Oberburg bypass
The government is asking the Swiss parliament for 77 million Swiss francs to improve the road network in the Burgdorf conurbation as part…
Council of Europe: Who will represent the Swiss territories?
The names of the 12 members of the Swiss delegation to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities in Strasbourg for the period…
Up to CHF 6 billion for Switzerland and the cantons from the National Bank
New profit distribution agreement (and doubled amounts for fiscal years 2020-2025...) between the Federal Department of Finance and the SNB
Growing Administrative Center at Guisanplatz in Bern
Modern workstations in Building D from 2026 for 1,200 officials of the Federal Department of Defense, Population Protection and Sports
Cantonal French Language School in Bern under scrutiny
On January 20, the Federal Council launched a consultation on the total revision of the Swiss law concerning the ad hoc subsidy to the ECLF…