Number of businesses in the cultural sector growing faster than in the economy as a whole. Neuchâtel, 11.09.2026 — Switzerland num ...

State Secretary Martina Hirayama represents Switzerland at the International Space Summit in Paris. Bern, 11.09.2026 — The Internat ...

Press release Published on 10 September 2026. OSCE press release: OSCE opens 32nd Economic and Environmental Forum in Prague. Bern, 10.09.2026 — The 32nd Economic and Environmen ...

For the first time, Empa researchers, in collaboration with researchers from Eawag and Agroscope, have systematically investigated how much microplastic enters the environment in Switzerland via the ...

First nationwide measurements in Switzerland show low levels of microplastics entering the environment from wastewater treatment plan ...

Dwelling vacancy rate falls below 1% in 2026. Neuchâtel, 10.09.2026 — On 1 June 2026, there were 45 493 vacant dwellings in Switze ...

The Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) is publishing the Josef Mengele file held in the Swiss Federal Archives (SFA). The file is therefore now available to anyone interested. Certain passages have ...

Novel flame-retardant and recyclable fiber-reinforced composite: Making trains and airplanes recyclable. Dübendorf, ...

Patents relating to plant breeding are to be disclosed in future. This will give breeders greater certainty in their breeding of new varieties. On 9 September 2026, the Federal Council acknowledged ...

Swiss participation at opening of UN General Assembly in New York. Bern, 09.09.2026 — Swiss President Guy Parmelin and Federal Counc ...

The Federal Council wants to improve access to high-speed internet in sparsely populated areas. To this end, it adopted the dispatch to Parliament on the Broadband Promotion Act at its meeting on 9 ...

Scientists from Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have used an electric field to reverse the handedness of atomic vibrations known as chiral phonons. Chiral phonons link magnetism with atomic motion. The ...