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 ...

Bern, 05.11.2024 - The Federal Office for Defence Procurement armasuisse has completed the evaluation for a new artillery system and selected a type. It is planned to apply to Parliament for the ...

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). Compared with the same ...

Bern, 04.11.2024 - The fifth European Political Community (EPC) Summit will take place in Budapest on Thursday, 7 November. President Amherd will represent Switzerland at the meeting, which will be ...

This year's Empa Innovation Award goes to a team from Empa and ETH Zurich led by Alexander Jessernig, Alexandre Anthis and Inge Herrmann for their SensAL technology for the early detection of ...

Neuchâtel, 04.11.2024 - More than half of the 16- to 25-year-olds with an asylum background who arrived in Switzerland in 2017 had completed a post-compulsory programme within five years. This is much ...

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 ...

The portal, which is available in five languages, receives around 20 million queries a year. It laid the foundations for citizen-centred communication on the part of Switzerland’s authorities and will ...

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 ...

In December 2016, the OAG initiated criminal proceedings against VW AG and AMAG AG on suspicion of corporate criminal liability (Art. 102 para. 1 Swiss Criminal Code [SCC] in conjunction with Art. 146 ...

This year, the Cyber Start-up Challenge took place for the fifth time. The Cyber-Defence Campus called for innovative solutions in the area of “Safety of artificial intelligence” in May 2024. The ...

As an employer, the public sector has a duty to set an example in promoting workplace equality between women and men. It was in this spirit that the Charter for equal pay in the public sector was ...