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Re-election of the CSA for the 2025-2029 mandate

The election of the delegates of the Council of the Swiss Abroad (CSA), the supreme body of the Organization of the Swiss Abroad (OSA), will take place worldwide between January and June 2025. (Information available in German and French)

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Swiss communities abroad

Discover active Swiss communities around the globe: facts, traditions, club life, and contacts – brought to you by Swiss citizens living abroad.

The new edition of "Swiss Review" is out

Switzerland’s culinary heritage – a patchwork of delights | Swiss-EU relations – the moment of truth awaits | Reaching for the sky in Switzerland – high-rise buildings made of wood

Get to know the candidates

From April 12 to May 11, 2025, you can vote for your CSA delegates in 13 constituencies. The complete PIN codes have been duly sent to the voters; the original delivery error has been resolved.

Scholarships for an education in Switzerland?

The “Foundation for the Swiss Abroad” has been managing funds since 1961 to support young Swiss abroad

The new director of the Organization of the Swiss Abroad

The OSA Board has unanimously elected Dr. Lukas Weber as the new Director of the Organization's Secretariat. He succeeds Ariane Rustichelli, who is taking on a new professional challenge after 17 years with the OSA. (Media release in German)

Swiss Abroad Statistics 2024

The Swiss abroad population grew to 826,700 in 2024, with most holding multiple nationalities.

Fifth Switzerland | Sentiment turns against the Swiss Abroad

Indifference and disdain – the mood in Switzerland has turned against the Swiss Abroad of late. No longer flavour of the month, or symptomatic of a more general malaise?

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Join the Council of the Swiss Abroad (CSA) – the Parliament of the Fifth Switzerland!

For the first time, centralized online direct elections are being held in 13 countries or country groups. Is your country one of them? If so, you can nominate yourself as a candidate until Saturday, February 15.

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Most Swiss Abroad won’t be able to vote online in 2027 federal election

17. June 2025 - Only a handful of cantons are likely to have an online voting system for the next federal elections, according to a survey by SWI swissinfo.ch. Six…

Picture of the day

16. June 2025 - The artist Katharina Grosse is drenching Basel’s Messeplatz in colour. In the picture, a team member is working on the large-scale installation, which…

What a love of cat ladders says about the Swiss

14. June 2025 - Visitors to Bern are often surprised by the number and variety of cat ladders snaking their way up houses. “That can’t be safe!” is a common reaction.…

Swiss societies in Britain rebrand as SwissCommunity UK

11. June 2025 - Major changes are taking place for the Swiss community in the UK: a new ambassador will arrive in London, and FOSSUK, the federation of Swiss…

Flat-hunting in Switzerland’s cheapest and most expensive municipalities

08. June 2025 - It’s just a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Le Locle in the Neuchâtel Jura to Kilchberg on Lake Zurich. But when it comes to property prices, the two…

The difficult search for real Swiss cows

07. June 2025 - For tourists and locals alike, cows are inextricably linked with the image of Switzerland. But in most cases, this Swiss national symbol has non-Swiss…

Around the world with a young Swiss explorer in 1900 

07. June 2025 - Long before he became president of the ICRC, Zurich-born Max Huber travelled the world for two years. The young lawyer documented every step of his…

Swiss food labels must declare animal suffering from July

04. June 2025 - From July 1, food labels in Switzerland will have to disclose whether products of animal origin involve painful practices. The Swiss federal…

One against the other: zero-sum thinking can be found on both the political left and right

03. June 2025 - Your gain, my loss. This is the concept behind zero-sum thinking. Supporters of both left-wing and right-wing parties hold this worldview, as shown by…

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