Swiss Review
April 2/16

Dear readers, I became the new editor-in-chief of “Swiss Review” in Berne last November. As this is my first editorial piece, I would like to extend…

Money from the state for everyone unconditionally – that is the aim of the popular initiative for an unconditional basic income which will be put to…

Three very different proposals will also be put to the vote on 5 June.

Three of the four parties represented on the Federal Council will be led by new presidents from April. Toni Brunner’s departure was a real…

Almost 60 % of voters rejected the SVP’s implementing initiative following an unprecedented campaign. The law on foreign nationals will nevertheless…

There were no surprises amongst the other referenda on 28 February. The result of the vote on the marriage penalty was nevertheless tight.

The Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA) is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016. Taking the title ’Switzerland in the World’, the anniversary…

We hope you are able to attend.

The Council of the Swiss Abroad (CSA) will be re-elected in 2017. At its meeting in August 2015, the CSA adopted a number of recommendations for the…