Romoos and Splügen impressed the UN Tourism jury with their strong focus on the sustainable devel-opment of local tourism and various initiatives to preserve, promote and create value from their ...

They impact the poorest population groups in developing countries particularly hard. To bolster their resilience and assist them in adapting to climate change, the head of the Federal, Ignazio Cassis, ...

Bern, 15.11.2024 - On 15 November 2024, Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin and his counterparts from Costa Rica, Iceland and New Zealand signed the Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability ...

Bern, 15.11.2024 - The head of the FDFA, Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis, will travel to New York on 18 November 2024 to participate in two Security Council meetings organised by the United Kingdom ...

The four Geneva Conventions are fundamental treaties in international humanitarian law, and establish rules to protect people in wartime. Adopted in Geneva in 1949, the conventions aim to limit ...

Bern, 13.11.2024 - During its meeting on 13 November 2024, the Federal Council approved the strategic objectives of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) for 2025 to 2028.

In the 3rd quarter of 2024, the number of people in employment in Switzerland rose by 0.7% compared with the same quarter of the previous year. During the same period, the unemployment rate as defined ...

The work is far from over: The researchers want to make their soft ceramic sensors even more sensitive and intelligent. This involves combining new ceramic materials and soft polymers and optimizing ...

In 2023, the costs of nursing homes increased by 5% compared with 2022 and those of home care services by 7%, reaching a total of CHF 15 billion. These are the largest increases recorded in the past ...

Dübendorf, 12.11.2024 - A nuclear waste storage facility needs to be secure, even if glaciers were to churn down from the Alps into the midlands in a distant future. This is why Nagra arranged for a ...

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 ...

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).