According to annual statistics, almost two-thirds of Swiss Abroad live in Europe, with France the most common destination. Almost a quarter of all Swiss around the world are pensioners. On Decemb...
The spectacular Guggenheim museums in New York, Venice and Bilbao attract art lovers from all over the world. The success story of the Guggenheims, a family of American industrialists, began from...
The Swiss House of Representatives is in favour of abolishing child pensions. This also affects retired Swiss Abroad and foreign workers who have left Switzerland and returned to their country of...
How much social welfare does Switzerland transfer abroad? And why is the amount getting smaller and smaller? An in-depth look at the financial aid that Bern provides to its citizens abroad. Let�...
Swiss citizens who live abroad are delighted with the result of the national vote on Sunday, in which a 13th monthly pension payment was approved. However, concerns about financing also led to so...
In Sunday's pension votes, around two-thirds (65%) of Swiss citizens who live abroad backed the proposal to increase monthly pension payments. A similar percentage (66%) rejected a plan to raise ...
The Swiss parliament is meeting in Bern for the spring session. The Swiss Abroad will be directly affected by many of the motions and proposals put forward. One of the main issues that will affec...
For a long time, the fate of six historic Swiss chalets in Canada was uncertain. Now the former home of the legendary Swiss mountain guides in the Rocky Mountains has been saved. A group of simpl...
On March 3 the Swiss will vote on an extra – or 13th – monthly pension payment. Martina Bircher, a parliamentarian from the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, claims that some retired Swiss A...
The goodwill of the Swiss towards fellow citizens living abroad appears to have taken a blow as the debate over pension payments heats up in Switzerland ahead of the March 3 votes. SWI swissinfo....
The Swiss government wants to introduce a free, voluntary digital identity document. This will offer improved security and make it easier for Swiss citizens living abroad to exercise their politi...
San Francisco is in the grip of an opioid crisis. Allowing users to inject drugs in a controlled environment, as the Swiss city of Zurich has done in the past, could be a solution. But there is a...
E-voting promises access to democracy for the Swiss Abroad. However, the project is once again arousing scepticism as it costs enormous sums of money. Switzerland is lagging behind when it comes ...
Born in Colombia, Nathalie Favre was adopted by Swiss parents when she was seven months old. In search of her roots, she returned to her native country where she has now lived for almost five yea...
Emigrating as a family can be exciting. But moving abroad with children also brings a fair share of uncertainties and concerns. This guide answers common questions with a focus on education and h...
The Mondial de la Fondue, the Fondue World Championship, is held every two years to crown the cheesemaker with the best melty, cheesy recipe. This year, Swiss Abroad competitors from Brazil and C...
The Swiss government says it is opposed to separate constituencies for Swiss Abroad in parliamentary elections. While it is important for Swiss citizens living abroad to be represented in parliam...
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Only 81 Swiss nationals live in the occupied West Bank. Rami Daqqa, a Swiss-Palestinian dual citizen, is one of them. The 39-year-old talks to SWI swissinfo.ch about the mounting daily challenges...
Graffiti artist Krystel (Krissy) Suire first set foot in Kosovo five years ago to attend a street art festival. “It was 8.30am, the airport was empty, and I asked myself what am I doing here wi...
As in Switzerland, the green vote in 2023 federal elections dropped among the Swiss diaspora, mainly in favour of the Social Democratic Party. By contrast, the rise in support for the Swiss Peopl...
In three cantons, eligible voters can once again vote online. But the timing is bad. Confidence in the state’s digital competence has taken a hit. It’s been a 20-year tale of woe. Switzerland...
Marcel Schütz moved from Switzerland to the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen at the age of 20. Today he is the main foreign diplomat in the region, helping scientists and other visitors when ...
Swiss photographer Marc Progin, a long-time resident of Hong Kong, got caught up in a legal nightmare after he covered a pro-democracy demonstration in 2019. Recently he received an adverse court...
As the current parliamentary term comes to an end, issues concerning the Swiss Abroad are popping up on the political agenda. SWI swissinfo.ch gives an overview of all the proposals that have bee...
From the vegetable farmer in France to the Berlin-based writer to the diplomat in Australia – the 43 Swiss Abroad who are seeking election to the 200-member House of Representatives come from a...
How have the Swiss Abroad voted in the last four years? We have analysed the results of the last 36 federal popular votes – and our findings are nuanced. The Swiss Abroad confounded many with i...
Political and economic problems in China are forcing Western companies to look for alternative locations. One such alternative is Thailand, where Swiss companies have been operating for over a ce...
Aside from a lot of domestic politics, the autumn session will focus on issues that directly affect the Swiss Abroad. Those issues are less headline-grabbing but no less important. The final sess...
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Pressure from competition, declining birth rates and a shortage of teachers: Swiss schools abroad are facing challenging times. The former managing director of educationsuisse, Barbara Sulzer Smi...
Military service in Switzerland always raises questions for young Swiss Abroad. What happens, for example, when they study in Switzerland? Question: “I live in France and have both a Swiss and ...
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Ahead of federal elections in October, SWI swissinfo.ch headed to London to find out which issues are most important for Swiss citizens living in Brexit-battered Britain. Trooping the Colour is a...
Swiss citizens living abroad have held the right to vote in Switzerland since 1976. Casting a ballot from outside the country was – and to some extent still is – something of an obstacle cour...
The Swiss Confederation should go over its books on the new building plans for the embassy in Beijing, starting with the size of the project. That is the advice of the Swiss Federal Audit Office....