Empa's start-up support has received an additional boost through this year's Empa Entrepreneur Fellowship. This fellowship has been awarded for the third time to young researchers who want to turn ...

Bern, 15.10.2024 - Alexandre Fasel, the state secretary of the FDFA, met with the deputy foreign minister of Brazil, Maria Laura da Rocha, in Brasilia. The political consultations centred on bilateral ...

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Bern, 14.10.2024 - The foreign ministers of the five German-speaking countries met today in Luxembourg to discuss cross-border and multilate ...

Bern, 14.10.2024 - President Viola Amherd will travel to Warsaw this week. During her visit, she will meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda on 17 October and also hold talks with the heads of Poland ...

The talks between Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider and her counterpart Mónica García Gómez focused on healthcare digitalisation, and in particular on the electronic patient record. The ...

The Producer and Import Price Index fell in September 2024 by 0.1% compared with the previous month, reaching 107.2 points (December 2020 = 100). Falling prices were seen in particular for petroleum ...

Bern-Wabern, 11.10.2024 - Switzerland and the US today signed a new agreement in Bern on the exchange of trainees and young professionals. The agreement will make it easier for young Swiss people to ...

Bern, 10.10.2024 - On 10 October, Federal Councillor Beat Jans attended a meeting of justice and home affairs ministers of the (EU and) Schengen states in Luxembourg. The talks focused on better ...

Bern, 09.10.2024 - Switzerland was elected today to the UN Human Rights Council by the UN General Assembly in New York with 175 votes. It will serve as a member of the UN's most important ...

Bern, 10.10.2024 - The Competition Commission (COMCO) terminates the investigation against Novartis without consequences.

Bern, 09.10.2024 - The DDPS has agreed to Germany’s request to postpone the delivery of some of the RGW90 shoulder-launched anti-tank guided missiles ordered by both countries. This is compatible with ...

Berne, 16.10.2024 - Lors de sa séance du 16 octobre 2024, le Conseil fédéral a fixé l’entrée en vigueur de la loi fédérale sur l’imposition du télétravail dans le contexte international au 1er janvier ...