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20 May 2025

International aeroradiometric exercise from 2 to 6 June in Switzerland

Specialists from France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Switzerland will train in Switzerland from 2 to 6 June to carry out joint radioactivity measurements from the air.

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21 August 2025

Deputy National Armaments Director receives foreign defence attachés

The Deputy National Armaments Director Thomas Rothacher will receive the defence attachés accredited in Switzerland from ten countries on 21 August 2025. The traditional professional exchange will take place in Bern and Spiez.

27 November 2024

Federal Council to evaluate legal form of RUAG MRO

At its meeting on 27 November, the Federal Council decided to evaluate the possibility of converting RUAG MRO Holding AG (RUAG MRO) into a public-law entity. The DDPS will now examine various options and prepare a bill for consultation on the revision of the Federal Act on Federal Armaments Companies by end of May 2025.

27 November 2024

Federal Council appoints Jürg Rötheli as chairman of RUAG MRO’s board of directors

At its meeting on 27 November, the Federal Council appointed Jürg Rötheli as Chairman of the Board of Directors of RUAG MRO Holding AG (RUAG MRO). Mr Rötheli will take up his position on 1 January 2025.

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8 December 2023

Protection of Cultural Property

The following pages offer you basic information about Switzerland's Protection of Cultural Property, about organisation, protective measures and legal basis.

Integral Risk Management Cycle, FOCP 2019

17 November 2023

Hazards and Risks

In civil protection, hazard and risk analyses provide the basis for action planning in the areas of prevention and precaution for coping with catastrophes and emergencies.

16 November 2021

NBC Protection

NBC protection covers all measures to defend against and prevent nuclear (N), biological (B) and chemical (C) threats and hazards.

31 August 2023

Critical infrastructure protection

The term „critical infrastructures“ refers to those facilities and organizations, whose disruption could cause severe damage on a supra-regional level, e.g. in the energy sector, the communication sector or in the transport sector. The Federal Office of Civil Protection FOCP is responsible for the coordination of the works in the field of Critical Infrastructure Protection.

23 August 2023

Protective structures

Protective structures were designed primarily to protect the population (shelters), and to ensure the readiness of civil protection resources (protected premises) during an armed conflict.