Germany's federal administration is massively oversized and inefficient with 500,000 employees across 946 different agencies. A current paper from the Konrad Created: 29.11.2025 10:06
Switzerland has a security architecture from 1848 that is no longer adequate to address current threats from organized crime, cyberattacks, and hybrid warfare. Created: 29.11.2025 05:09
SP Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider accomplishes a remarkable political turnaround: After massive criticism as asylum minister, she proves herself Created: 28.11.2025 17:49
Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider calls for comprehensive, dignified access to palliative care as a social responsibility and quality indicator. The Created: 28.11.2025 10:19
Margit Wennmachers, pioneer of technology PR and influential venture capitalist in Silicon Valley, delivers fundamental criticism of Europe's digital Created: 28.11.2025 02:48
In 2024, Germany paid 13.1 billion euros more into the EU budget than it received back – almost three times as much as France in second place. The net Created: 28.11.2025 02:38
The Swiss government is launching a restart of the electronic patient record under the new name "Dossier électronique de santé" (DES). Following the failure of Created: 27.11.2025 17:49
The Federal Council is avoiding structural interventions in the AHV reform and instead relying on tax increases – VAT is to rise by up to 0.9 percent. Despite Created: 27.11.2025 17:07
Switzerland's second-largest railway operator BLS has received excessive subsidies from federal and cantonal governments for years – and is now attempting to Created: 27.11.2025 07:51
The CDU-SPD coalition under Chancellor Friedrich Merz, governing since May 2025, faces its most severe crisis: Young CDU parliamentarians from the Junge Union Created: 27.11.2025 07:41