Every year, the general meetings of the limited companies controlled by the federal government set the upper limits for senior management remuneration for the following year. This say-on-pay process ...

Bern, 15.01.2025 - From 4 February, citizens of Vanuatu will no longer be able to enter the Schengen area (which includes Switzerland) without a visa. According to the EU, citizenship programmes in ...

The aim of the Swiss data ecosystem is to break down the silo structures used to hold and manage data by creating common spaces for data sharing. These are environments in which data on specific ...

Dübendorf, St. Gallen und Thun, 14.01.2025 - For years, start-ups have been able to count on the support of the business incubators glatec and Startfeld. They accompany Empa's young companies on their ...

In 2023, business enterprises invested CHF 18 billion in their R&D activities in Switzerland, an annual increase of 3.5% over 2021, which was the last time the survey was carried out. At almost CHF 5.

In 2024, the Marcel Benoist Prize was awarded in the field of humanities and social sciences. In 2025, leading figures in Swiss research from the fields of mathematics, engineering or natural sciences ...

Dübendorf, St. Gallen und Thun, 09.01.2025 - A battery that needs feeding instead of charging? This is exactly what Empa researchers have achieved with their 3D-printed, biodegradable fungal battery.

Innovative Swiss companies and universities are successfully and boldly living the energy future and putting new technologies into practice. To honour these efforts, the Swiss Federal Office of Energy ...

Bern, 08.01.2025 - The Swiss Confederation issued two bonds by auction on 08.01.2025: 0.25%, maturity 23.06.2035 (reopening) and 0.50%, maturity 28.06.2045 (reopening). The issuance volume (excluding ...

Bern, 08.01.2025 - Darko Savic, Director department Procurement Integrated Air Defence, will leave the Federal Office for Defence Procurement armasuisse at the end of April 2025 after around 16 years.

Neuchâtel, 08.01.2025 - Research and development (R&D) is key to a country’s competitiveness and economic dynamism. How much money is devoted to R&D in Switzerland? Who are the main stakeholders? What ...

Bern, 15.01.2025 - Überschuldete Personen sollen eine zweite Chance auf ein schuldenfreies Leben erhalten. Die zwei neuen Verfahren zur finanziellen Sanierung für natürliche Personen haben sowohl posi ...