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January 8, 2025
Romania and Bulgaria in the Schengen Area
Romania and Bulgaria are fully in the Schengen area as of 1 January 2025 with the consequent abolition of border controls. A boost to travel, trade and tourism, strengthening the internal market.
January 5, 2025
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 message with a charming fairy-tale tone and an important reflection on the relationship between food, health and folk…
Other news
Switzerland prepares to celebrate its birthday
July 28, 2022
Borderless money in a hot, flat and crowded world
July 22, 2022
Heatwave: hot weather alert in Europe
July 20, 2022
A new coin dedicated to solar energy
July 19, 2022
The role of copper in Parkinson’s disease
July 17, 2022
Euro in freefall
July 13, 2022
On focus
February 13, 2025
Febbraio – February
Zaira Sellerio's poem Febbraio is a short composition that, with simplicity and lightness, captures the essence of this unpredictable month, between rain, snow and the joy of Carnival.
February 8, 2025
Why countries worldwide are cautious of Chinese exports
Beijing’s aggressive export strategy faces mounting resistance worldwide. Even countries friendly to China are erecting barriers to safeguard their industries.
Highlights
August 15 holiday with different traditions
August 13, 2022
The value of data
August 11, 2022
The night of St. Lawrence between traditions and legends
August 8, 2022
How small Swiss firms keep innovating
August 7, 2022
Work pioneering Stuttgart-Degerloch bridge awarded
August 5, 2022
North Africa’s natural gas: No panacea for the EU
August 3, 2022
Top news from Switzerland
February 19, 2023
Presentation of the “FederItaly 100% Made in Italy” Brand
On Feb. 15, a press conference was held to present the "Federitaly 100% Made in…
February 8, 2023
History and traditions of the Swiss Carnival
Carnival is celebrated in many different ways: carnival parades, music, masks…
February 1, 2023
Renovation of the Monte Generoso Railway completed
The last section of the new track on the line leading to the peak was laid on…
January 30, 2023
Annual siren test
Le 1er février 2023, les sirènes d'alarme de toute la Suisse seront testées…
Top News from Europe
March 8, 2021
Direct access to EU databases for the Swiss police
The Spontaneous Accession Agreement in Prüm and the EURODAC Protocol will make…
March 7, 2021
It is “contact” between Kingdom of Bahrain and Milton Friedman Institute
Alessandro Bertoldi and Adriano Teresi, also CEO and Head of International…
March 3, 2021
Andermatt, until 2040 “easy” sale of funds abroad
The Swiss government has extended by 10 years the stop of the permit…
February 28, 2021
From Switzerland the suggestive proposal for a “digital euro”
A non-physical currency devised for the ECB by Christian Grothoff, a Bern-based…
February 16, 2021
Switzerland and six other EU countries together for the Nutri-Score
Transnational coordination mechanism on the "food traffic light" with Bern and…
February 11, 2021
Professional titles more equivalent between Switzerland and Germany
A new Swiss-German bilateral agreement will reflect developments in work-based…
February 10, 2021
Between what is given and what is received, there is the fiscal residue
In 1950, economist James Buchanan defined the yardstick against which to assess…
February 7, 2021
Applications open for the “Marcel Benoist Science Prize”
After the low-profile centennial cause COVID, 250,000 francs will reward in…
February 5, 2021
Bologna will give new life to electrical and electronic waste
A groundbreaking project of Emilia-Romagna, unique in Europe, to collect WEEE,…
February 3, 2021
Draghi in 2011: “Federalism helps public accounts”
The Governor of the Bank of Italy evoked local taxes associated with a…







































