News 2017/06/19 FAQ: Introduction of Value Added Tax in the United Arab Emirates Recently, the six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have agreed on the introduction of Val...
News 2017/03/29 Billions of euros for Morocco's infrastructure Morocco is investing in the expansion of its infrastructure: Comprehensive transport projects and an expansion of ports and airports are to be co...
News 2017/03/24 Switzerland simplifies trade with developing countries Switzerland wants to simplify trade with developing countries. With this in mind it is introducing a new system, REX. So from January 1, 2017, ne...
News 2016/10/17 Saudi FDA to regulate borderline products as pharmaceuticals The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) now regulates some borderline products as drugs rather than medical devices. For affected products curre...
News 2017/03/24 Certificates of origin from Iran have bear a handwritten signature The Swiss Federal Customs Administration has increasingly found that certificates of origin from Iran have been provided with a printed signature...
News 2016/09/07 Swiss food products score with high quality The Swiss food industry always shines with its premium products. Whether it's neighboring markets like Scandinavia or regions further afield like...
News 2016/09/05 Food market in GCC: Swiss SMEs score points in the premium food segment The quality expectations for Swiss food products are high in the Gulf countries. Philipp Straehl has been living in Dubai for over 10 years and k...
News 2017/09/15 Sanctions against Iran lifted Iran has reentered the international economic community. Switzerland has also lifted sanctions against the Islamic Republic in line with the UN a...
News 2018/01/30 World’s biggest start-up accelerator comes to Switzerland MassChallenge, the largest-ever start-up accelerator, will develop a presence in the Lake Geneva region.
News 2017/07/11 SERV covers export transactions to Iran again Following the Federal Assembly’s amendment of the Iran Act, SERV is again able to offer insurance for transactions in Iran.
News 2018/01/30 Switzerland tops the Global Innovation Index again The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2015 was released today. Switzerland remains the undisputed leader for the fifth year in a row.
News 2018/01/30 Chinese business school opens campus in Zurich The China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), which is headquartered in Shanghai, is expanding its European offering out of a campus in...
News 2017/09/15 Gulf States: a worthwhile challenge Four Swiss companies talk about their successful involvement, and the economic prospects, in the Arab Gulf States.
News 2018/01/30 Switzerland is still the world’s most competitive nation The World Economic Forum unveiled today the 2015-2016 edition of its World Competitiveness Index. Switzerland has managed to stay on top of the r...
News 2018/01/30 Swiss universities are top in education and research Switzerland’s universities once more come off utterly well in several international rankings. The EPFL is one among many: it has been elected as ...
News 2018/01/30 A healthy economy reflected by an increasing income equality Income inequality has not stopped increasing globally over the past years. However, it keeps decreasing in Switzerland since 2009.