Between 2012 and 2023, the Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development (r4d programme) of the SDC and the SNSF funded research partnerships between Switzerland and countries in ...

Neuchâtel, 25.04.2024 - The Swiss nominal wage index rose by an average of 1.7% in 2023 compared with 2022, to 102.4 points (base 2020 = 100). Given an average annual inflation rate of +2.1%, real ...

On 24 April 2024, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution enabling the funding of an independent institution based in Geneva to investigate cases of missing persons in Syria. The establishment of ...

Bern, 24.04.2024 - The Federal Council approved the annual report of the Swiss Innovation Agency – Innosuisse on 24 April and concluded that the agency is on track to achieve the objectives set for ...

As decided by Parliament in December 2023, disbursements for the Middle East under the 'Humanitarian operations' credit for 2024 will be made in instalments and only after consultation with the ...

Bern, 23.04.2024 - The value of financial assets frozen in relation to sanctions against Russia was CHF 5.8 billion on 31 December 2023. This is CHF 1.7 billion lower than the figure reported for ...

Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis, head of the FDFA, received Austrian Federal Minister for European and International Affairs Alexander Schallenberg in Bern today. Their discussions focused on the ...

The "2024 fiscal sustainability report for Switzerland" provides a basis for this. Based on various assumptions, it projects the long-term development of public finances at all levels of government up ...

Dübendorf, St. Gallen und Thun, 22.04.2024 - At the final of the Not-a-Boring Competition 2024 in Bastrop, Texas, the team from Swissloop Tunneling came out on top thanks to a successful drilling ...

On 9 June Swiss voters will decide on the federal popular initiative ‘For lower premiums – a cost brake in the health-care ...

Bern, 18.04.2024 - On 22 April 2024, Swissmint is issuing the new Schilthorn cable car silver coin, the third in the three-part series on Swiss glaciers. The new special coin honours the history and ...

In 2009, Switzerland and Brazil signed a bilateral agreement on cooperation in science and technology. On this occasion, the Switzerland–Brazil Joint Committee on Science and Technology was ...