June 2, 2021
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…
June 1, 2021
From ch Foundation a journalistic podcast on federalism
A project of the Bernese Stiftung will focus on the innovative power of the division of powers in Switzerland, but also on the difficulties…
May 31, 2021
Alex Kuprecht: “Federalism on the brink causes pandemic…”
On the sidelines of the Basel Conference, the President of the Council of States spoke in a video about his idea of Switzerland and the…
May 29, 2021
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…

May 28, 2021
The “Basel Declaration” for the federalism of the future
Following the similar profession of will in Montreux in 2017, the federal government, cantons, cities and municipalities have signed a new…
May 26, 2021
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…
May 25, 2021
Jean-Philippe Gaudin will no longer be the head of Swiss 007
The Government and the Divisionary at the top of the Information Activities Service will mutually terminate the employment relationship for…
May 25, 2021
Video, the presentation of the “Innovative Start Up/SME Award”
The competition aimed at new companies and small and medium-sized enterprises most capable of innovation has "visited" May 25 the Chamber…
May 24, 2021
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…
May 20, 2021
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…
May 19, 2021
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…
May 19, 2021
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…
May 17, 2021
BAK Economics: “No strong inflation in Switzerland…”
Rising prices are creating unease and concern, but the institute with offices in Basel, Zurich and Lugano believes the fears are unfounded,…
May 17, 2021
The comic book ‘Le Guardie del Papa’ now available in Italian
Published by "Edizioni Dehoniane Bologna" and available on the web shop www.guardiasvizzera.ch, the 50 plates of Marc's story gain a…
May 16, 2021
How the voting record of citizens’ initiatives changes
The government decided to temporarily revise the COVID-19 ordinance on signature lists to be collected for bills in analogy to referendums
May 15, 2021
Driver’s licenses: the Switzerland-Italy Agreement is renewed
Bern and Rome signed on May 13 the five-year renewal of the convention for the mutual recognition and conversion of driving licenses




















