Dübendorf, St. Gallen und Thun, 04.02.2025 - Empa researcher Eve Ammerman wants to bring quantum technologies one step closer to application by combining quantum effects with light. This should enable ...
The Swiss Residential Property Price Index (IMPI) rose in the 4th quarter 2024 by 1.8% compared with the previous quarter and reached 120.2 points (4th quarter 2019 = 100). Compared with the same ...
Bern, 23.01.2025 - On 23 January, at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland and Ukraine sign ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Invited guests also included WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and representatives of the private sector. The meeting emphasised the important role of the WTO and the rules-based international ...
Bern, 29.01.2025 - At its meeting on 29 January, the Federal Council approved the negotiating mandate for an international treaty between Switzerland and Ukraine. In the process of rebuilding Ukraine, ...
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 ...
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.
At its meeting on 29 January 2025, the Federal Council approved the signing of a memorandum of understanding that will allow Switzerland to participate in the OSINT Centre of Excellence. This will ...