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The Organisation of the Swiss Abroad has represented the overall interests of Swiss nationals abroad in Switzerland since 1916, and is recognised by the authorities as the mouthpiece of the “Fifth Switzerland”.

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The experiences of Swiss citizens who live abroad are of great importance to Switzerland. Through a variety of offers and events, we encourage social exchanges and networking between citizens of Switzerland at home and abroad.

Swiss Review
July 3/22

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Focus

Refugees welcome

Tens of thousands of Ukrainians fleeing the war have arrived in Switzerland. The unbureaucratic manner in which they have been admitted into the…

Our highlights

My best friend, the forest

Nature and the environment

Lakes set to cool and heat an increasing proportion of our buildings

Growing calls to ban Nazi symbols and salutes

Their meagre luggage belies a heavy burden

Bucha, Irpin, Mariupol – we have all seen the terrible images from Ukraine. They show the reality of war: fear and horror, death and destruction,…

Questions over Swiss neutrality

Tanja Stadler

The 89-year-old “Heimat” now runs on green fuel

Voters back the Federal Council and parliament

Federal Palace to be completed at last

Sonnenberg bunker is drawing attention due to the war in Ukraine

From free-range hens to freedom of the press

Swiss statistics

Charles Linsmayer | Giving Swiss literature a chance

Literature series

Hecht | A rainbow world

Ursula Hasler | What really happened

A new look for the print edition of “Swiss Review”

From the editor’s desk

Sprinter Mujinga Kambundji is aiming high

Aid associations for the Swiss Abroad

Notes from the Federal Palace

Federal Votes and Elections

Notes from the Federal Palace

The Federal Council determines voting proposals at least four months before the voting date.

FDFA Helpline – your central contact point

Notes from the Federal Palace

Travel Admin – the FDFA travel app

Notes from the Federal Palace

The diversity of the Swiss Abroad

Notes from the Federal Palace

Let’s go to JUSKILA!

Children from around Switzerland aged 13 and 14 will attend a week-long snow sports camp in Lenk in the Bernese Oberland from 2 to 8 January 2023.…

Winter holiday camps for children aged 8 to 14

How do we negotiate tomorrow’s challenges and opportunities?

The annual Congress of the Swiss Abroad can finally take place again. Delegates will gather in sunny Lugano from 19 to 21 August 2022 to look at a…

Youth camps – what it takes to organise them

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