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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 is very different.
Banks vs. fintechs: The battle over customer data
JPMorgan’s new data access fees threaten fintechs, potentially increasing costs for users and fueling the debate over who owns financial data.
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AI and the future of energy policy
As artificial intelligence drives energy demand to new highs, tech giants are turning to a sector long sidelined in the push for a green transition.
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 and enhancing local specificities through dialogue between…
Highlights
Top news from Switzerland
Schengen entry for non-EU tourists changes
The ETIAS, an electronic authorisation system similar to the US ESTA for…
L’uomo sulla neve – The man in the snow
‘The Man in the Snow’ is a poignant poem that takes its inspiration from a…
80 billion profit for the SNB in 2024
CHF 3 billion will be distributed to the Confederation and the cantons, while…
La vittoria dell’aglio e della cipolla – The garlic and onion victory
“The Garlic and Onion Victory” is a poem-narrative that weaves an educational…
Top News from Europe
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…
Belarus: Significant tightening of Swiss sanctions
On August 11, the Federal Council adopted almost immediate limitations on trade…
In Bologna a stumbling stone for the only Swiss victim
The memory of Irene Breton, watchmaker from Jura, among the 85 cobblestones…
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…
Innovative Start Up/SME Award event also in attendance
On 18 September the winners of the "Swiss Federalism, GCBL and Milton Friedman"…
EDU Court: more margin of appreciation for Member States
An amendment to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and…
Free trade “to the max” between the United Kingdom and Liechtenstein
Minister Dominique Hasler signed in London the most comprehensive agreement…
The inhumanity of the first revolutionaries germ of catastrophes
On the anniversary of the Révolution Française, it is time to ask serious…
Home ownership: strong rise in demand and prices
Zurich and Zug, the Lake Geneva arc and the Bern agglomeration have seen a…
International Conference
“AI, Art & Media and the New AI Economy”
11 June 2026 – 6:00 PM
Liceo Artistico Italo Svizzero / Italian Swiss Art High School
Parkring 30, 8002 Zurich
