There is a customs memorandum of understanding between Russia and Switzerland
The primary objective of the MoU signed by Bern and Moscow, although not binding, is to advance technical collaboration and the exchange of…
Reduced work in Switzerland: will fight against abuses
The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of the Confederation has tripled the staff dedicated to the fight against abusive collection and…
In a webinar the revolution of the (re)insurance industry
Thursday, June 10, at 4 p.m., an engaging online meeting on the topic of the new IFRS 17 standard, featuring top experts from EFFAS, SFAA…
Transport insurance against war risks, goodbye
Abrogation of the Federal Ordinance of May 7, 1986 which protected Switzerland's sea supplies from war, piracy, riots and terrorism.
Okay to drive with professional license plates in Germany
The Federal Roads Office and the German Federal Ministry of Transport have signed an agreement on the mutual recognition of traffic…
When the real problem is not the “how much” but the “why”
The issue of tax pressure in Italy is never addressed from the point of view of the people, but always and only from the technical point of…
The federalism that awaits us according to Karin Keller-Sutter
During the Conference on Federalism 2021, the Federal Councillor offered an interesting point of view on the Swiss system of distribution…
Electronic Identification: Federal Council accelerates
Departments of Justice and Police and Finance, Chancery, Cantons, and academia urged to work together for EI despite March 7, 2021 no vote
The institutional agreement between Switzerland and the EU will not happen
That's how a seven-year negotiation process, in which the rocks always outweighed the opportunities, ended amid ups and downs on May 26,…
In Switzerland twenty-four months of reduced work allowance
On May 12, 2021, the Federal Council decided to extend the right to ILR, to which is added the extension of the summary procedure for…
The number of prisoners in Switzerland is the lowest since 2011
The federal government reports a total of 6316 people incarcerated, occupying 85.4 percent of the available places in the 92 deprivation of…
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…
New inheritance law effective January 1, 2023
In future, Swiss heirs will be able to freely dispose of a larger portion of the estate, with a reduction for their children from three…
In Switzerland, 11% less criminal convictions in 2020
The Federal Statistical Office has observed a decrease in violations of foreigners' and traffic laws as well as in sentences of more than 2…
