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Stay informed about what happens in Switzerland and what you must know as Swiss Abroad. We at SwissCommunity and our partner organisations keep you updated by means of printed and electronic information.

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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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Living abroad as a Swiss citizen involves many challenges and questions. Here at SwissCommunity, we know which topics are of particular importance to you and we are available to assist you with advice and support.

Emigration & return migration

Have you decided to realise your dream of emigrating? Or would you like to return to Switzerland? Here you will find all the information you require to carefully plan this major undertaking.

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As a Swiss Abroad you may take part in elections and votes in Switzerland. You must, however, satisfy certain criteria, which may differ depending on the canton.

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Votes and Elections

Notes from the Federal Palace

A wonderful week of snow

90 years of camps – a successful New Year camp

Gain initial work experience in Switzerland

A possible dignified farewell

Discussion

Rejecting the violence she suffered

Literature series

Declaration of love for the threatened Alpine glaciers

The 100th Congress of the Swiss Abroad – Lucerne set for a historic celebration

News

Your donation goes a long way

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Switzerland: an ageing, happy country of solo households

Carole Durussel

A parliamentary group for the “Fifth Switzerland”

Changes to OASI – what these mean for the Swiss Abroad

Notes from the Federal Palace

Ban nuclear weapons? Yes, but ...

Quiet, please!The calls for quiet can be quite deafening

Nature et environnement

Lio still has a lot to learn

“Working with 150-year-old wood is an honour”

The return of emergency stockpiling

“Birds are a reflection of the environment”

Nature et environnement

The big wolf hunt in the Swiss mountains

What to store in your own cellar

Switzerland’s emergency stocks

Aus dem Bundeshaus

Notes from the Federal Palace

Please note: Provide your Swiss representation with your email address(es) and mobile phone number(s) and/or any changes thereto...

Votes and Elections

Notes from the Federal Palace

Switzerland – a nation of settled people and places in shadow

Swiss statistics

Holiday camps – the best time of the year

Holiday camps since 1934

Why there are different types of universities

Simon Ammann

“What are the rules regarding health insurance when returning to Switzerland?”

Zep asks Titeuf to save the planet

“I notice much more than before that every evening has a power of its own”

News

Is our magazine arriving late?

Small initial steps on the long road to more democratic CSA elections

Switzerland’s crack epidemic causes shock

A mushroom cloud above Linth plain

Literature series

A global coordinate grid

Seniors are challenging Switzerland

Energy Minister Rösti pulls the plug on new nuclear plants

Nature et environnement

How can I acquire Swiss nationality from outside the country?

Notes from the Federal Palace

Big decisions on retirement pensions are pending

Priests: from protectors to abusers

Parliament opts for status quo in the Federal Council

Switzerland’s latest pet craze sees demand for chickens soar

“Be brave and implement reforms”

The church protected the perpetrators, not the victims

An apprenticeship in Switzerland opens up prospects for the future

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The Swiss Abroad, ambassadors of cross-border philanthropy

Holiday camps in 2024 for Swiss Abroad aged 15 or over

Summer camps for children aged 8 to 14

Elections and votes

Notes from the Federal Palace

From zero to a hundred

Swiss culture on the international stage

Notes from the Federal Palace

Poetic tributes to the lonely deceased

News

“Grannies” take Switzerland to court to demand more action on climate change

Back to herself

Walter Thurnherr

“The depths of despair”

Literature series

Discussion: an order of merit – and calls for more democracy

Museum pays homage to Swiss multilingualism

Together across borders

Switzerland’s salt industry is still state-run

The print edition of “Swiss Review” remains reliant on donations

Now for the hard truth: the print edition of “Swiss Review”, particularly appreciated by many readers in the “Fifth Switzerland”, will continue to…

The potato crop is suffering from the heat and threatening to trigger water shortages

Nature et environnement

Transparent election campaign funding – an important first in Swiss democracy

“Foudre”, an Alpine tale of temptation

Switzerland shifts to the right

Santa’s post office

A shift to the right, and other hot potatoes

Discussion: comments on the “Swiss Review” election survey

Several readers responded to one of the answers in our election survey (“Swiss Review” 4/2023). We quoted the SVP as follows: “Compared to other…

News

“At the age of 15, I returned to Switzerland alone”

Swiss culture – an international success story

The Council of the Swiss Abroad wants more political participation for the “Fifth Switzerland”

Emma, Emma & Emma

Swiss statistics

A more democratic “Parliament of the Fifth Switzerland”

The elections to the Council of the Swiss Abroad (CSA), the “Parliament of the Fifth Switzerland”, are to proceed in line with contemporary,…

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Votes and Elections

Notes from the Federal Palace

Working for Switzerland: two reports from Haiti and Venezuela

Notes from the Federal Palace

Switzerland moves one step closer to NATO

The music of a mid-life free of crisis

The tale of a valley

A utopian one hundred years ahead of his time

Literature series

Recycling is not the panacea for Switzerland’s plastic addiction

Nature et environnement

Four summer camps full of fun, sport, mobility and socialising

Switzerland’s champion voters

CBD oil in Switzerland – popular but banned

Switzerland and its bench culture

EU negotiations: time to try again

Lia Wälti

Expatriate voters double down or deviate – but they never tip the scales

Swiss Alps less than rock-solid

When continents collide

Discussion: Carl Lutz and the Holocaust

The “Swiss Review” thanks its readers

“Will I have to do military service when I return to Switzerland?”

OSA to hold more webinars after successful debut

Well-trained camp leaders are essential to every great holiday camp

The new e-voting system is “miles better than all the alternatives”

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“Swiss Review” – theft of mailing address data

Help to obtain an education or training in Switzerland

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Votes and Elections

Notes from the Federal Palace

Please note

Notes from the Federal Palace

The Swiss Abroad are our calling card

Notes from the Federal Palace

Number of Swiss Abroad up by 34% since 2002

Notes from the Federal Palace

She wrote with all her senses

Literature series

“La grande peur dans la montagne”

Gjon’s Tears – the Swiss voice making the whole world sob

Ylfete Fanaj, a Lucerne trailblazer

Swiss politician – and convicted criminal – Pierre Maudet wins re-election

No ticket to ride

Swiss statistics

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Swiss Abroad aiming for the Federal Palace

What should Switzerland’s direction be over the next four years? Welcome to our big 2023 election survey.

Switzerland’s sunniest mountain is a solar research hotspot

How to declutter a museum

Switzerland aims to become carbon-neutral by 2050

The new e-voting trials have gone well

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