Who noticed the new signs on the motorway in the area Sarganserland-Werdenberg? New tourist signposts are currently being installed. The process has taken almost eight years.

The Flumserberg and Pizol cableways had to postpone the start of the summer season by one month due to the Corona pandemic. In that time, it was in doubt whether these losses could be compensated. Today it is clear: Yes! Both are registering a strong plus.

Since September 2020, the former Interstate University of Applied Sciences Buchs NTB together with the former FHS St.Gallen and the former HSR Rapperswil have formed the new Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences OST. The fusion also marks the beginning of a new era for the long-standing NTB Rector Lothar Ritter.

Over the past 10 years, the Melser town centre has developed from a backyard into a meeting zone. The centrepiece is the Verrucano Culture and Congress Centre. The manager is the actress Eva Maron, known from "Die Wache" and "Alarm für Cobra 11".

The canton of St. Gallen presented the "Sportvision Ost" project. The heart of the project is a winter sports facility in the Hagerbach trial mine in Flums. Top athletes from eastern Switzerland, the whole of Switzerland and abroad will one day be able to use a training facility of the highest standard here.