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Pope Leo XIV (Robert Francis Prevost) Image by Edgar Beltrán,The Pillar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The election of Pope Leo XIV: Geopolitics of the papacy

In a world teetering between authoritarianism and apathy, the new pope has a choice – challenge injustice or repeat the mistakes of silence and compromise.

Sad girl Image by Manfred Antranias Zimmer from Pixabay

Respiro – Breath

"Respiro" (Breath) by Zaira Sellerio is a poem that touches the deepest chords of the soul, recounting with sweetness and poignancy the bewilderment that follows the loss of a loved one.

On focus


Tree on the beach Image by Pam Patterson from Pixabay

La casa dei sogni (o degli incubi) – The house of dreams (or nightmares)

A modern, ironic fable about the misadventures of a pensioner obsessed with saving, between fragile houses and life lessons.

AI in Innovative Switzerland

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 and sustainable multilevel governance.

Top news from Switzerland


Colle del Teodulo Image by Franco56, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Melting glaciers shift the border between Italy and Switzerland

The two countries have reached an agreement to revise the border that separates…

Time and dreams flying into the future Image by beasternchen from Pixabay

The autumn of my time, the spring of yours

The poem, dedicated by a grandmother to her grandson, is a profound reflection…

Meggen (LU) - Lake Lucern Image by Jozsef Farago from Pixabay

Swiss Municipalities Ranking 2024: Central Switzerland Leads the Way

The best municipalities for living in Switzerland are in Central Switzerland,…

Nuova patente Laser FAK Image by ASA

Switzerland says goodbye to the paper driving licence

From 1 November the credit card format will be compulsory and the old blue…

Top News from Europe


I Musei Vaticani all'interno dell'omonimo Stato sovrano a Roma

Bern will strengthen diplomatic relations with the Holy See

The Swiss Confederation will establish an embassy for the Vatican City State,…

Il Ministro dei trasporti tedesco Andreas Scheuer e la Consigliera Federale della Svizzera Simonetta Sommaruga

More regional and night trains between Switzerland and Germany

Agreement on rail traffic signed by Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga and…

Dal 2020 Dejan Štancer è Chairman dell'organizzazione Global Chamber of Business Leaders (GCBL)

Dejan Štancer: “There is only one planet Earth and it feeds all of us”

The president of the Global Chamber of Business Leaders talks about himself in…

Gli italiani hanno un rapporto ambivalente con lo Stato e con l'idea stessa di Nazione

A Nation orphaned, first and foremost, of self-awareness….

The total lack of sense of the State has made the Italian people a dangerously…

What the COMITES are, the antennas of the Italian spirit abroad

Discovering the representative bodies of the Italian community outside the…

La Svizzera ha innalzato un muro più alto con la Bielorussia

Belarus: Significant tightening of Swiss sanctions

On August 11, the Federal Council adopted almost immediate limitations on trade…

La pietra d'inciampo collocata in memoria dell’orologiaia giurassiana Irene Breton, vittima della strage di Bologna

In Bologna a stumbling stone for the only Swiss victim

The memory of Irene Breton, watchmaker from Jura, among the 85 cobblestones…

Il Consigliere Federale Ueli Maurer con Mathias Cormann, neo Segretario dell'Organizzazione per la Cooperazione e lo Sviluppo Economico

Meeting in Bern between the heads of the Confederation and the OECD

Guy Parmelin and Ueli Maurer on taxation with Mathias Cormann, new Secretary of…

Lo Schweizerisch-italienisches Kunstgymnasium di Zurigo

Innovative Start Up/SME Award event also in attendance

On 18 September the winners of the "Swiss Federalism, GCBL and Milton Friedman"…

La Corte Europea dei Diritti dell'Uomo e delle Libertà Fondamentali di Strasburgo

EDU Court: more margin of appreciation for Member States

An amendment to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and…

The real Made in Italy in Zurich on September 10th 2022

Un negozio di prodotti tipici italiani Foto di Robert Allmann da Pixabay

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