In 2023, 37.4 million cubic metres of water were used for irrigation in Swiss agriculture. The cantons using the greatest volume of water were Valais (13.9 million m3), Vaud (4.3 million m3) and Bern ...
Premium increases from curbed growth in disposable income from 2023 to 2024 by 0.5 percentage points
Neuchâtel, 22.11.2024 - The health insurance premium index (KVPI) has registered an increase of 5.9% for premiums in 2024 compared with the previous year, reaching an index level of 213.9 points (base ...
Dübendorf, St. Gallen und Thun, 22.11.2024 - The Empa scientists Maksym Kovalenko and Zhanyun Wang are among the world's most frequently cited researchers in their fields. Their influential work has ...
Bern, 22.11.2024 - Markus Mäder, State Secretary for Security Policy, will represent Switzerland at the Halifax International Security Forum in Canada from 22 to 24 November. He will be discussing ...
Bern, 15.11.2024 - On 15 November 2024, Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin and his counterparts from Costa Rica, Iceland and New Zealand signed the Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability ...
Bern, 20.11.2024 - At its meeting on 20 November 2024, the Federal Council approved Switzerland’s participation in a NATO exercise that focuses on crisis management. The exercise will take place in ...
Eva Wildi-Cortés (49) is married with three children.
At the end of 2023, 63 125 enterprises in Switzerland were part of an enterprise group. They employed nearly 2.1 million people, which corresponds to more than 40% of the total number of jobs in the ...
In 2023, the costs of nursing homes increased by 5% compared with 2022 and those of home care services by 7%, reaching a total of CHF 15 billion. These are the largest increases recorded in the past ...
They impact the poorest population groups in developing countries particularly hard. To bolster their resilience and assist them in adapting to climate change, the head of the Federal, Ignazio Cassis, ...
Neuchâtel, 18.11.2024 - Since 2019, some 25 000 people per year have no longer been entitled to receive unemployment benefits. More than half of these people find employment in the first year after ...
Bern, 20.11.2024 - During its meeting on 20 November 2024, the Federal Council adopted the dispatch on the protocol of amendment to the double taxation agreement (DTA) with Hungary. The protocol ...
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