Cybersecurity is a prerequisite for digitalisation, which is why the Federal Council has designated cybersecurity as one of the three focus topics for the ‘Digital Switzerland Strategy’ for 2024.

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 ...

As of the end of October, the NCSC was receiving a report of a cyberincident from members of the public and businesses every 8.5 minutes via its reporting form. In the first half of 2024, the NCSC ...

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.

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).

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 ...

Bern, 07.11.2024 - The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has filed an indictment with the Federal Criminal Court against two Swiss nationals for qualified money laundering. The OAG ...

Marlen Müller, what exactly is technology transfer? Applied to Empa, technology transfer means bringing research results from our laboratories to industry. At Empa, this happens primarily through ...

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 ...

Neuchâtel, 01.11.2024 - The consumer price index (CPI) fell by 0.1% in October 2024 compared with the previous month to 107.1 points (December 2020 = 100). Inflation was +0.6% compared with the same ...

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 ...

Bern, 29.10.2024 - Next week the Federal Council, led by President Viola Amherd, will receive the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, for a state visit. The Federal Council’s invitation to ...