SwissCommunity News Football: Excitement ahead of Euro 2024 (and Euro 2025?) June will see the Swiss men’s national football team competing again in the finals of a major tournament. The multicultural squad has been hailed as a success for integration – overshadowing their female counterparts who still struggle for recognition. The winner of our congress competition Congratulations to Anne Kräuchi from Berlin on winning the 3-day pass for the 100th Congress of the Swiss Abroad. The registration deadline for the congress is June 23rd, 2024, so register now! Dayana Pfammatter ist the first-ever yodelling graduate Does a university course risk turning this quintessentially Swiss singing technique into something a little too polished? Not at all, says Pfammatter, who wants to pass on her knowledge to young people. Scholarships for an education in Switzerland? The “Foundation for the Swiss Abroad” has been managing funds since 1961 to support young Swiss abroad Webinar «Popular votes» Swiss politics understandable to everyone, whatever their age or level of political knowledge – our new webinar series in collaboration with “easyvote” starts on 14 May. The new Pro Patria stamps have arrived! Young Swiss Abroad contributed to the design of the stamps. They are valid from 2 May 2024. Max Groenveld is the new YPSA president The 24-year-old has just started his 2-year term connecting young Swiss Abroad around the world. Swiss Abroad Statistics 2023 The number of pensioners in the Fifth Switzerland is rising steadily – not least due to fears of poverty in old age.
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