NRP and federalism: strengthening cohesion between cities and the countryside
The Swiss New Regional Policy (NRP) aims for balanced development across urban, rural, and mountainous areas, reducing regional disparities…
September 28, 2025 a popular vote between innovation and tradition
September 28, 2025 will remain a historic day for Switzerland: the people cast their vote on important federal issues, while in several…
German-speaking Switzerland removes French from primary schools
Some German-speaking cantons are removing French from primary school to focus on English. But in the other linguistic regions the situation…
August 15, the peak of summer
On August 15, religious and civic traditions unite worldwide, celebrated under different names and meanings but connected by themes of…
August 1st Swiss Celebrate Homeland
On 1 August, Switzerland celebrates the birth of the Confederation in 1291 by uniting traditions, communities and the Swiss Psalm and is…
AI and federalism in Switzerland
The challenge of artificial intelligence meets the complexity of the Swiss federal system. An analysis of the opportunities for effective…
The Elvetic Federalism between autonomy and cohesion
From medieval alliances to modern challenges: how federalism has shaped multilingual Switzerland and continues to be at the heart of its…
80 billion profit for the SNB in 2024
CHF 3 billion will be distributed to the Confederation and the cantons, while the distribution reserve is back in the positive
Swiss vote result of 24 November 2024
In the federal vote on 24 November 2024, the Swiss say yes to the uniform financing of healthcare, but reject the expansion of motorways…
Swiss Municipalities Ranking 2024: Central Switzerland Leads the Way
The best municipalities for living in Switzerland are in Central Switzerland, with Meggen (LU) in first place, followed by Hergiswil (NW)…
Federalism: A comparative analysis between Switzerland and other federal countries
Federalism is a system of government in which powers are divided between a central government and various sub-national units of government,…
Federalism Award 2022 to the Forum for Italian in Switzerland
The Forum for Italian in Switzerland wins the Federalism Award for its commitment to the Italian language and culture taking into account…
Switzerland is the world champion of… “human freedom”
The "Human Freedom Index 2021" measured 165 countries, through 82 different personal and economic indicators, and recorded the Swiss…
How the “Digital Switzerland” Committee feeds on federalism
Federal Councillor Ueli Maurer, Federal Chancellor Walter Thurnherr, economists and scientists lean over the three levels of digitization
Differentiated regionalism? A compelling dissertation
On sale on "Swiss Federalism" the book that, in a clear and precise way, illustrates fiscal federalism and the opportunity of regional…
Giancarlo Pagliarini: “Federalism would facilitate Italy”
The 79-year-old politician, now active with the "October 22 Network", remembers Gianfranco Miglio, thinks of the lira for the South and…