January 23, 2021
Digital tax return in Appenzell Ausserrhoden
After four years of a mixed system, with the need to send a signed receipt to the tax offices, the canton with capital Herisau is changing…
January 20, 2021
The withdrawal of the DDL “Autonomy” disrespect to Italy that works
Combined with a non-referendable Budget Law, diversified regionalism would have entrusted Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and Veneto with the care…
January 20, 2021
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…
January 19, 2021
The agreements between Italy and Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and Veneto
"Differentiated regionalism and Italy's agreements with Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and Veneto" in a volume of the Study Center of the Senate…
January 17, 2021
Schwyz and Glarus, Lost Semicantons of Swiss History
Until the Sonderbund War, the separation between conservatives and liberals in the Swabian region of Germany and between Protestants and…
January 15, 2021
In Switzerland the first truck equipped with the “EU Telepass”
A lorry equipped with an SET device, intended for the payment of tolls in Europe, crossed the Swiss border on January 15 in Chiasso.
January 15, 2021
Booming Swiss alpine economy depends on unions
According to a survey by Agroscope, high mountain farming operations perform better if they are managed by political municipalities or if…
January 12, 2021
Three states divided in half, but with the same dignity as the others
Although with half the federal representation, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Basel City and Country, and Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Appenzell…
January 11, 2021
One out of every eight Swiss francs is the child of financial activity
A gross value added of 88 billion and 345,000 full-time jobs are the result of the work of Swiss banks and insurance companies
January 9, 2021
Slight decline in tax burden of Swiss cantons and municipalities
The 2021 exploitation index, calculated by the Federal Finance Administration, shows a decline in two-thirds of the states, particularly in…
January 3, 2021
That Italian Confederation born and buried in Zurich
The Piedmontese violation of the Peace between Austria and France of November 10, 1859 denied the Peninsula an alliance led by the Pope and…
December 14, 2020
Veneto candidate to host EU “anticoronavirus” authority
Sent by the "governor" Luca Zaia the dossier for the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority to the President of the Italian…
December 3, 2020
Tägermoos, and an ancient treaty between Baden and Thurgau…
A unique agricultural border area of only 1.54 square kilometers is, at the same time, a district of a Swiss municipality and a district of…

November 29, 2020
Switzerland and the “fantastic four” of direct democracy
Popular initiatives for the total or partial revision of the Constitution and abrogative or optional referendums embody the salt of a…




















