On Wednesday, 6 November, the second day of the state visit, the president of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, and First Lady Eva Pavlová were received on Bundesplatz by the federal government, led by ...

The IOM is based in Geneva's Morillons district in a building that it has owned since 1984 and that has never been renovated. As the structure no longer meets today's standards, the IOM has opted for ...

The Federal Council has taken stock of the state of negotiations and has noted that substantial progress has been made in most areas of the package, particularly on institutional issues and state aid.

Bern, 06.11.2024 - On 7 November 2024, Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter will meet the United Kingdom's finance minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, for a working visit. The ...

Zurich-Reckenholz, 05.11.2024 - Agroscope is launching a field trial with winter wheat bred using a new method. Researchers are hoping to find new disease resistances that are useful for further ...

The social partners signatory to Switzerland's main collective labour agreements (CLA) agreed a nominal rise in real wages of 2.1% and a nominal rise in minimum wages of 2% for 2024. The average real ...

Neuchâtel, 04.11.2024 - The Swiss residential property price index (IMPI) rose in the 3rd quarter 2024 compared with the previous quarter by 0.5% and reached 118.2 points (4th quarter 2019 = 100).

New psychoactive substances are synthetic substances with narcotic-like effects. They are sold as intoxicants and also called designer drugs. Their consumption is a health risk: it is not known how ...

Bern, 05.11.2024 - The Federal Office for Defence Procurement armasuisse has completed the evaluation for a new artillery system and selected a type. It is planned to apply to Parliament for the ...

Bern, 04.11.2024 - The fifth European Political Community (EPC) Summit will take place in Budapest on Thursday, 7 November. President Amherd will represent Switzerland at the meeting, which will be ...

This year's Empa Innovation Award goes to a team from Empa and ETH Zurich led by Alexander Jessernig, Alexandre Anthis and Inge Herrmann for their SensAL technology for the early detection of ...

Neuchâtel, 04.11.2024 - More than half of the 16- to 25-year-olds with an asylum background who arrived in Switzerland in 2017 had completed a post-compulsory programme within five years. This is much ...