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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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Webinar – Marriage, birth, death

Civil status events also play a key role abroad. The webinar recording from June 17, 2025 provides practical information and helpful tips in a concise and easy-to-understand format.Available in German and French.

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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Consular protection: more and more elderly Swiss are dying abroad

27. junio 2025 - The number of Swiss nationals travelling and living abroad is increasing resulting in more and more consular protection cases. In an interview with…

How to vote from abroad as a Swiss citizen

25. junio 2025 - Living outside Switzerland doesn’t mean losing your right to vote. Yet only a small percentage of Swiss citizens living abroad actually cast their…

Swiss parliamentary session sets stage for noisy national debates

23. junio 2025 - The summer session of parliament drew to a close last week. What's clear is that political debate in Switzerland is picking up again. Parliamentarians…

With Isabella Kocum, all that glitters really is gold

22. junio 2025 - Isabella Kocum left Switzerland and experienced the creative, dangerous 1980s in New York; today she works in London among paintings by Van Gogh and…

Velcro: how space race helped Swiss invention catch on

21. junio 2025 - Swiss engineer George de Mestral patented the Velcro fastener in the 1950s. However, the principle was initially met with scepticism and rejection. It…

Mortgages in Switzerland: how the system works

21. junio 2025 - Home loans are cheap in Switzerland. There are good sides and bad sides to this. Here is what you need to know about mortgages in Switzerland, a…

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

17. junio 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. junio 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. junio 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.…

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