Call for Applications ILA Scholars Scheme Athens 2024 Deadline 15 January 2024 Call for Applications: ILA Scholars Scheme Athens 2024 Deadline 15 January 2024 ..read more

Switzerland and Angola sign double taxation agreement Bern, 30.11.2023 – On 30 November 2023 in Luanda, Switzerland and Angola signed an agreement on the avoidance of double taxation (DTA) with respect to income tax. This will ensure the requisite legal certainty for the ongoing development of bilateral economic relations and tax cooperation between the two countries. More: https://www.sif.admin.ch/sif/en/home/dokumentation/fachinformationen/dba-schweiz-angola.html ..read more

Le Département fédéral des affaires étrangères DFAE recherche un/e: Stagiaire académique, Section du désarmement, Mission permanente de la Suisse à Genève – 100% / Genève Stagiaire dans la section désarmement de la Division multilatérale au sein de la Mission Permanente de la Suisse auprès des Nations Unies et des autres organisations internationales à Genève. Vos tâches Soutien à la Section désarmement dans l’ensemble de ses activités, Participation aux réunions multilatérales portant sur le désarmement à Genève, accompagnement des délégations suisses à ces processus, Préparation de documen ..read more

Le Laboratoire de Spiez distingué pour sa contribution au désarmement chimique Berne, 27.11.2023 – Le Laboratoire de Spiez a été honoré par le prix The Hague Award 2023 de l’OIAC pour ses prestations exceptionnelles dans le domaine du contrôle global des armes chimiques et de la non-prolifération. Cette distinction souligne l’importance du laboratoire dans la mise en œuvre de conventions internationales de premier plan concernant le contrôle des armements NBC. Plus: https://www.admin.ch/gov/fr/accueil/documentation/communiques.msg-id-98951.html ..read more

Switzerland: Entry into force of the amending protocol to DTA with Tajikistan Bern, 23.11.2023 – The amending protocol to the double taxation agreement (DTA) between Switzerland and Tajikistan has entered into force on 2 November 2023. The protocol implements the BEPS minimum standards for double taxation agreements. More: https://www.sif.admin.ch/sif/en/home/documentation/specialist-information/dba_protokoll_tadschikistan_ikt.html ..read more

Groups with the highest turnover are majority foreign-controlled (international investment) Neuchâtel, 23.11.2023 – At the end of 2022, 61 870 enterprises in Switzerland were part of an enterprise group. They employed over 2 million people, which corresponds to more than 40% of the total number of jobs in the market economy sector. Within the category of the groups with the highest turnover, foreign-controlled multinationals had a dominant position. These are the latest results from the enterprise groups statistics of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). Voir: https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/star ..read more

Federal Council adopts dispatch on additional agreement supplementing double taxation agreement with France Bern, 22.11.2023 – During its meeting on 22 November 2023, the Federal Council adopted the dispatch on the approval and implementation of an additional agreement supplementing the double taxation agreement (DTA) with France. The additional agreement regulates in particular the taxation of cross-border remote working of up to 40% of working hours per year and thus takes account of developments in the area of remote working. See: https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-relea ..read more

Federal Council adopts dispatch on amendment of double taxation agreement with Slovenia Bern, 22.11.2023 – During its meeting on 22 November 2023, the Federal Council adopted the dispatch on the protocol of amendment to the double taxation agreement (DTA) with Slovenia. The protocol implements the OECD’s minimum standards from the base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project with regard to double taxation agreements. See: https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-98823.html ..read more

About the job Deputy Secretary General to the Financial Stability Board (FSB) The FSB’s mission is to promote international financial stability; it does so by coordinating national financial authorities and international standard-setting bodies as they work toward developing strong regulatory, supervisory and other financial sector policies. The Deputy Secretary General supports this mission by assisting the Secretary General in their responsibility for the strategic direction of the FSB, assisting the Secretary General in the running of the FSB Secretariat, assisting in the management of the ..read more

Le Secrétariat d’Etat à l’économie SECO recherche, pour le 1er février 2024 ou une date à convenir et pour une durée limitée de 5 mois, un/e stagiaire universitaire – 80%-100% / Berne Rattaché au centre de prestations Coopération et développement économiques (WE), le secteur Promotion commerciale (WEHU) apporte, dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre des mesures de politique économique et commerciale en faveur des pays en développement ou en transition, un soutien aux PME, aux organisations locales et aux entités gouvernementales dans l’acquisition et le renforcement des compétences en matière de c ..read more