Bern, 27.11.2024 - At its meeting on 27 November, the Federal Council appointed Jürg Rötheli as Chairman of the Board of Directors of RUAG MRO Holding AG (RUAG MRO). Mr Rötheli will take up his ...

Bern, 27.11.2024 - At its meeting on 27 November, the Federal Council decided to evaluate the possibility of converting RUAG MRO Holding AG (RUAG MRO) into a public-law entity. The DDPS will now ...

Bern, 27.11.2024 - At its meeting on 27 November 2024, the Federal Council adopted the dispatch on the popular initiative 'Safeguarding Swiss neutrality' (Neutrality Initiative). It recommends that ...

Bern, 27.11.2024 - From 1 January, Croatian nationals coming to work in Switzerland will benefit once again from full freedom of movement. At its meeting on 27 November, the Federal Council adopted an ...

Mathias Gantenbein will take on his new role as deputy director from 1 January 2025, taking over from Martin Schmid Ding. From 1 April 2025, Mr Schmid Ding will be succeeded in his role as head of ...

Increasing the defence capabilities and resilience of the Armed Forces requires an armaments policy that takes greater account of Switzerland’s defence needs and the opportunities for cooperation in ...

Bern, 25.11.2024 - After almost twenty years of negotiations, the Design Law Treaty (DLT) was adopted last Friday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, by the member states of the World Intellectual Property ...

Bern, 26.11.2024 - Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis, head of the FDFA, will travel to Rome on 28 and 29 November to open the Forum for Dialogue between Switzerland and Italy together with Italian ...

In the 2021–2024 education, research and innovation (ERI) funding period, SERI agreed various accompanying measures with several institutions, including the University of Geneva, the EPFL, the Swiss ...

Neuchâtel, 26.11.2024 - In 2023, the transport performance of goods transport dropped considerably compared with the previous year by both road (–6.1%) and rail (–5.7%). At 15.5 billion ...

The Federal Finance Administration (FFA) plans to issue bonds with a face value of CHF 4 billion in 2025. Taking account of bonds maturing in 2025, the volume of Confederation bonds outstanding will ...

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Federal Councillor Baume-Schneider presented the interim report on Switzerland's National Action Plan for the implementation of ...