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Congress of the Swiss Abroad 2024

The 100th Congress of the Swiss Abroad 2024 will be held in Lucerne from Thursday 11 July to Saturday 13 July 2024.

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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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A herd of ibex climb a Swiss dam for an acrobatic picnic

19. junio 2024 - It's a rare sight: a whole herd of ibex climbing the Salanfe dam. You have to be lucky to witness this acrobatic act, during which the animals…

Juggling codes and documents: how complicated is Swiss e-voting?

18. junio 2024 - A few clicks and it's done: that's how one might imagine e-voting. But it is not that simple, as a journalist finds out. In some Swiss cantons and…

Swiss Abroad narrowly support capping health premiums

10. junio 2024 - While most Swiss voters rejected it, almost 51% of the Swiss Abroad approved the initiative to reduce healthcare premiums. On the other three issues…

Swiss politicians agree that healthcare system has to change – but how?

30. mayo 2024 - Swiss parliamentarians on all sides are convinced that the healthcare system needs reforming. Yet the people’s initiatives on health costs and health…

Swiss duo who saved Edelweiss Village scoop up award in Canada

29. mayo 2024 - Ilona Spaar and Johann Roduit, two Swiss living in Canada, have been recognised for their campaign to save a group of historic chalets, known as…

Social security takes centre stage in Swiss parliamentary debates

27. mayo 2024 - The abolition of children’s pensions, the export of extraordinary invalidity pensions and the right to family reunification: parliamentarians will be…

How are you? What is on your mind? Take part in our big survey

24. mayo 2024 - The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), SWI swissinfo.ch's parent company, would like to know your concerns about everyday life and your thoughts on…

The Swiss Abroad in Germany and Italy have very different concerns

23. mayo 2024 - At their annual congress in Perugia, the Swiss in Italy discussed artificial intelligence and chocolate. Yet, Swiss living in northern Germany instead…

Swiss distiller creates world’s best vodka in Cape Verde

20. mayo 2024 - Think of vodka and you probably think of cold locations. But the vodka voted the best in the world comes from a warm island in the Atlantic:…
 

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