Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Bern, 31.01.2025 - Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis will visit Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil from 3 to 7 February 2025. As part of its Ameri ...
Federal Department of Justice and Police. Bern, 30.01.2025 - Federal Councillor Beat Jans attended a meeting of EU justice and home affairs ministers in Warsaw on 30 January. Disc ...
On 30 January, Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin, vice president of the Federal Council and head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER), welcomed the president of ...
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Bern, 30.01.2025 - Every four years, Switzerland presents to the other UN member states how it is progressing in implementing the 2030 Agend ...
On 1 July 2025, the 100th anniversary of the CHF 100 gold Vreneli will be marked by the issuance of a commemorative coin. This special coin 100 Years 100-Franc Vreneli echoes the design and history of ...
After years of at times strong growth, the all-electric vehicle share of new registrations fell slightly in 2024. For passenger cars this figure fell to 19.0% (down from 20.7% in 2023) and for goods ...
Data centers consume vast amounts of energy – around 40 percent of it for cooling microprocessors alone. Novel cooling methods using ionic wind could drastically curb energy consumption. These are ...
While foreign trade was still negative in both directions in the previous year, exports reached a new high of +3.2% in 2024. However, this record was achieved almost exclusively thanks to the ...
In December 2023, the Federal Council brought the minimum tax of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) into force for domestic companies with effect from 1 January 2024.
As regards bilateral development cooperation, the SDC will phase out its bilateral development programmes in Albania, Bangladesh and Zambia by the end of 2028. This decision was based on the actual ...
For the Federal Council, it is clear that there must be no more irregularities of this kind. For this reason, it commissioned an independent group of experts to examine whether and how a revision of ...
Bern, 23.01.2025 - On 23 January, at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland and Ukraine sign ...