A meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors will take place in the run-up to the Annual Meetings. During this, Switzerland will advocate the strengthening of global financial ...

Bern, 23.10.2024 - The Federal Council was informed about the current extrapolation on 23 October 2024. The Confederation is reckoning on a financing deficit of CHF 900 million for this year. The ...

As part of his case investigation, opened on 4 September 2017 and carried out under the previous Data Protection Act, the FDPIC analysed the data-related procedures and processes in detail, from the ...

At its meeting on 23 October 2024, the Federal Council adopted Switzerland's second voluntary report on its implementation of international humanitarian law (IHL), against a very different global ...

Bern, 22.10.2024 - President Viola Amherd will chair the annual open debate on women, peace and security (WPS) in New York on Thursday, 24 October, as part of Switzerland's presidency of the UN ...

On 21 and 22 October 2024, Thomas Rothacher, Head of armasuisse Science and Technology, will take part with a delegation in a meeting of the research directors from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Bern, 18.10.2024 - After the member states of the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI) agreed to Switzerland’s application for admission, Chief of Armament Urs Loher signed the MoU and the unilateral ...

The EU adopted its 14th package of sanctions against Russia on 24 June in response to Russia's continued military aggression against Ukraine and its destabilising actions undermining Ukraine's ...

Further topics included geopolitical developments, in particular the situation in the Middle East, the state of multilateralism, and Switzerland's second presidency of the UN Security Council this ...

October 2024 in Lausanne for the Ukraine Mine Action Conference 2024 (UMAC2024). At the end of the first high-level day, the Lausanne Call for Action was adopted, calling for concrete action by states ...

Bern, 16.10.2024 - At its meeting on 16 November, the Federal Council appointed Vincenzo Mascioli as the new State Secretary for Migration. Vincenzo Mascioli is currently Vice Director of the State ...

Neuchâtel, 17.10.2024 - The number of employed persons in Switzerland rose sharply between 1970 and 2023, from 2.843 million to 4.848 million. The percentage of professionals in the workforce (people ...