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Alexandre Fasel, the state secretary of the FDFA, was in Berlin on 1 July 2025 to hold political consultations with his German counterpart, the state secretary of the Federal Foreign Office, Géza Andreas von Geyr. Talks focused on current geopolitical developments, bilateral issues and the opening of the consultation procedure in Switzerland on the agreements in the new Swiss-EU package. Mr Fasel also met with the state secretary of Germany's Federal Chancellery, Jörg Semmler.

On Tuesday, 1 July, Federal President Karin Keller-Sutter was received by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace. The meeting provided an opportunity to exchange views on bilateral relations, cooperation in Europe, European competitiveness and geopolitical challenges.

From today, Switzerland will be taking over the chairmanship of the intergovernmental Eureka initiative for one year. With its 45 member countries, Eureka is the world’s largest network for innovation.

Agroscope has monitored the biodiversity of the Swiss agricultural landscape since 2015. Taken as a whole, the situation has not changed over this period. Individual improvements can be observed in the ecological focus areas in particular.

In its concluding statement for the annual country review, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) commends the resilience of the Swiss economy. The IMF identifies challenges for the authorities mainly in the areas of government expenditure and the strengthening of financial stability.

You could be interested by new pages which have been published on the OFCOM website between 15.06.2025 and 30.06.2025.

The Office of the FDPIC has significantly increased resources to combat data protection violations and has clarified his approach to the new Data Protection Act by concluding the first proceedings. Although mediation settlement rates are very high, the surge in applications for access and requests for mediation under the Freedom of Information Act is causing processing backlogs.

A new final report (aviation) is available on the website of the Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board STSB.

Switzerland will be participating in the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Seville, Spain, from 30 June to 3 July 2025. Organised under the auspices of the United Nations, this global event aims to address financing challenges in order to help achieve the 2030 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals. The conference will cover a wide range of issues relating to development policy, environmental, economic and social sustainability, and macroeconomics. The Swiss delegation is being led by Patricia Danzi, director general of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).

Empa is one of the winners of the Building Award 2025. A team from Empa's Concrete and Asphalt lab was recognized for its CO₂-storing concrete – a promising approach to significantly curbing emissions in the construction industry. The award ceremony took place at the KKL Lucerne in late June.

Presented for the first time by Swissmint at the World Money Fair, the latest special coin 100 years 100-franc Vreneli will go on sale on 1 July 2025.

The Federal Tax Administration has updated the course listings and bonus shares 2024 and 2025.