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The Swiss Confederation is offering two bonds on a public tender system on 11.02.2026: 0.50%, maturity 27.06.2032 (reopening) and 0.50%, maturity 28.05.2040 (reopening).

With an appeal to fight antisemitism, hatred and discrimination, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis, opened the OSCE conference on ‘Combating anti-Semitism: addressing challenges of intolerance and discrimination’ on 9 February 2026. The two-day conference is taking place in St Gallen and is the first of several international conferences to be held within the framework of Switzerland's 2026 OSCE chairpersonship.

Opening speech by Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, delivered at the OSCE Chairmanship Conference on “Combating anti-Semitism: addressing challenges of intolerance and discrimination” in St Gallen – Check against delivery

In January 2026 the consumer sentiment index stood at –30 points. This is just under 1 point lower than in January 2025. The following sub-index is lower than in January 2025: economic outlook. The following sub-indices are higher than a year ago: past financial situation and moment to make major purchases. The following sub-index has barely changed compared to January 2025: financial outlook.

OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ignazio Cassis and OSCE Secretary General Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow today. This was the first visit by an OSCE Chairperson-in-Office to the Russian Federation since February 24, 2022.

National Armaments Director Urs Loher was on a business trip in Singapore and South Korea from 2 to 6 February 2026. As part of this trip, meetings were held with various authorities, organisations and companies. In addition, the National Armaments Director visited the Singapore Airshow 2026.

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Talks between the Swiss and UK defence ministries will take place in London on 6 February. Markus Mäder, State Secretary for Security Policy, will head the Swiss delegation. The purpose of this dialogue is to strengthen bilateral cooperation on security policy. The discussions will focus on current developments in Europe and transatlantic relations.

OSCE chairman-in-office Ignazio Cassis and OSCE Secretary General, Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu will travel to Moscow on 5-6 February for meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov.

The 7th meeting of the Swiss-South Korean Science and Technology Joint Committee was held in Bern on 4 February 2026. On the Swiss side,the meeting was formally opened by State Secretary Martina Hirayama and chaired by Ambassador Jacques Ducrest, Head of International Relations at the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI). On the South Korean side, the meeting was led by Sunghoon Hwang, Director General of the South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT). It served to assess and to strengthen the bilateral ties in research and innovation.

The third Summit on Responsible Use of AI in the Military Domain (REAIM) will take place in A Coruña, Spain, from 4 to 5 February 2026. Deputy State Secretary for Security Policy, Pälvi Pulli, is heading the Swiss delegation.

In 2025, a total of 232 602 new passenger cars were registered in Switzerland. For the sixth consecutive year, this figure remained well below pre-pandemic levels. Despite a 2% fall in the overall number of new car registrations compared with the previous year, registrations of electric cars increased by 16%, while those of plug-in hybrids rose by 26%. In 2025, there were almost 6.6 million motor vehicles in circulation on Swiss roads. These findings are from the official Road Vehicle Statistics published by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).