President Viola Amherd has been invited to pay a state visit to Portugal, which will take place next week. At the meeting with President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luís Montenegro on ...

Bern, 12.12.2024 - The Confederation has developed Logib, its tool for analysing equal pay for men and women. It is now possible to take even greater account of job diversity within certain companies ...

Dübendorf, St. Gallen und Thun, 12.12.2024 - To achieve net zero, we need to reduce our CO₂ emissions quickly and efficiently. An EU project involving Empa has selected Zurich as one of three pilot ...

Since September 2024, developments in the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel have led to the displacement of thousands of people inside Lebanon, depriving them of access to drinking water in ...

In Caroline Perriard, the IPI's Institute Council is gaining a proven expert from the private sector. Since June 2023, Caroline Perriard has been the Director of Data Protection & Privacy at BRP ...

Finland, Japan, Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands had the highest scores in all three test areas – literacy, numeracy and adaptive problem-solving – in international comparison. Switzerland’s scores ...

In the third quarter of 2024, Switzerland's GDP adjusted for sporting events grew by 0.2%, following 0.4% in the previous quarter.*/** Parts of the services sector, construction and consumption ...

Swiss Innovation Promotion Agency. Bern, 10.12.2024 - Companies that engage in innovation projects create significantly more jobs. And their revenue also grows more ...

In 2022, Switzerland and the UK signed a memorandum of understanding as a basis for cooperation in science and innovation. The latest discussions at ministerial level included science and innovation ...

Around half of those who complete a professional education programme take on more responsibility in their company in the first year following completion. They are often supported during their studies ...

Jürg Lauber, who currently heads the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations Office and to the other international organisations in Geneva, has been elected to preside over the Human ...

Bern, 09.12.2024 - The interdepartmental Coordinating Group on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (CGMF) has published a report on the latest findings concerning the risk of ...