Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter will participate at the NATO Summit scheduled to be held on 20 and 21 May 2012 in Chicago. On this occasion, the Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) will evoke the common challenges the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and its partner states including Switzerland are facing, and the best approaches to coping with them in the years to come.

Today, President Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf paid a working visit to the Republic of Cyprus. The main focus was on talks with key Cypriot European policy decision-makers. Cyprus will take over the EU Presidency on 1 July 2012.

Radio Media AG is taking over Radio 24 from Tamedia AG. The Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC) has approved the corresponding transfer of the Radio 24 licence.