UBS-USA: the Federal Tax Administration has issued the initial 500 conclusive decrees and sent them off. Bern, 24.11.2009 - Within the scope of a re ...

Switzerland to reopen its borders with all EU/EFTA states on 15 June. Bern, 5.6.2020 - Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter informed the F ...

Swiss Confederation Bonds are subject to important legal restrictions, including selling restrictions, which can be accessed via the following link: ...

Switzerland and United Kingdom seek closer cooperation on financial services. Bern, 30.6.2020 - The Swiss and UK finance ministers, Federal Councillor U ...

Top-up tax: temporal application and exercise of elections of the administrative guidance of 5 January 2026 on the Side-by-Sid ...

The Swiss Confederation issued two bonds by auction on 08.04.2026: 0.50%, maturity 27.05.2030 (reopening) and 1.50%, maturity 26.10.2038 (reopening). The issuance volume (excluding own holdings) ...

On 13 December, the Federal Council adopted the updated Digital Switzerland Strategy for 2025 and selected new focus themes, thereby setting its current priorities.

Dispatches and reports to parliament, answers to parliamentary questions, amendments to ordinances, expenditure, elections: ...

The first Federal Assembly met in November 1848, elected the first Federal Council and made Bern the federal capital. With ...

The Radicals were the clear winners in the first ever elections to parliament. They won the first elections to the Federal ...

Ukraine: Adoption of further EU sanctions against Russia and Belarus. Bern, 13.4.2022 - On 13 April, the Federal Council took the decision to adopt the ...

Unlike in other countries, in Switzerland no one person is ever head of state. The president of the Confederation is ‘primus inter pares’ – first among equals – for one year, but with the office there ...