The Producer and Import Price Index fell in November 2024 by 0.6% compared with the previous month, reaching 106.3 points (December 2020 = 100). Lower prices were seen in particular for pharmaceutical ...

Both as a material and as an energy source, wood and its numerous components offer alternatives to fossil fuels and materials. It is therefore hardly surprising that many sectors of industry plan to ...

In 2023, 249 700 persons in Switzerland received social assistance in the form of a financial benefit on at least one occasion. In comparison with the previous year, this represented a decline of 0.1 ...

Neuchâtel, 16.12.2024 - In 2021, transport in Switzerland generated economic costs of around CHF 102 billion, which in addition to expenditure on mean ...

Bern, 13.12.2024 - On 13 December, the Federal Council re-elected André Kudelski as president, and Sergio Ermotti, Aude Pugin and Anna Valente as members to the Innosuisse Board for the 2025–28 term ...

In Switzerland, dual-use goods are regulated by the Goods Control Act (GCA; SR 946.202) and require an export licence. The Federal Council determines whether the Goods Control Act applies in cases ...

Bern, 13.12.2024 - On 13 December 2024, the Federal Council adopted the revised National Action Plan (NAP) 2024–27 on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. This ...

Bern, 13.12.2024 - At its meeting on 13 December, the Federal Council elected Professor Philipp Schweighauser, Professor of North American and General Literature at the University of Basel, to the ...

At its meeting on 13 December 2024, the Federal Council adopted the dispatch on financing for earthquake damage to buildings for the attention of Parliament. It proposes that building owners should ...

Bern, 12.12.2024 - On 12 December, Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin, Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER), received China’s Vice Minister of Education Wang ...

Titles published by associations and foundations will benefit from a support of 22 centimes per copy, an increase of 2 centimes compared to this year. The Federal Council set these amounts at its ...

Bern, 13.12.2024 - On 13 December, the Federal Council adopted the updated Digital Switzerland Strategy for 2025 and selected new focus themes, thereby setting its current priorities.