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Our partner organisation SWI swissinfo.ch reports daily from Switzerland on the topics of politics, the economy, culture, society, science and direct democracy.

The platform provides information in ten languages, and offers top multimedia stories and analysis in German, French, Italian and English, as well as in Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Japanese and Russian.

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public-law news information platform of SRG SSR which was created from the former Swiss Radio International. It offers independent information from the fields of politics, the economy, culture, science and education as well as on direct democracy. Its target audience includes foreigners who are interested in Switzerland as well as Swiss abroad.

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SWI swissinfo.ch - a branch of Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG SSR Swiss perspectives in 10 languages

Child pensions set to be abolished – in Switzerland and abroad

16. marzo 2024 - The Swiss House of Representatives is in favour of abolishing child pensions. This also affects retired Swiss Abroad and foreign workers who have left…

Welfare for Swiss expats: fewer but increasingly complex cases

15. marzo 2024 - How much social assistance does Switzerland transfer abroad? And why is the amount getting smaller and smaller? An in-depth look at the financial aid…

Relief after anger: how the Swiss Abroad view the pension vote

05. marzo 2024 - Swiss citizens who live abroad are delighted with the result of the national vote on Sunday, in which a 13th monthly pension payment was approved.…

Swiss Abroad gave strong support to ‘13th month’ pension rise

04. marzo 2024 - In Sunday's pension votes, around two-thirds (65%) of Swiss citizens who live abroad backed the proposal to increase monthly pension payments. A…

What you need to know about the Swiss spring parliamentary session

27. febrero 2024 - The Swiss parliament is meeting in Bern for the spring session. The Swiss Abroad will be directly affected by many of the motions and proposals put…

Edelweiss Village becomes a Swiss monument in Canada

16. febrero 2024 - For a long time, the fate of six historic Swiss chalets in Canada was uncertain. Now the former home of the legendary Swiss mountain guides in the…

‘Swiss pensioners who live abroad in luxury are an exception’ 

13. febrero 2024 - On March 3 the Swiss will vote on an extra – or 13th – monthly pension payment. Martina Bircher, a parliamentarian from the right-wing Swiss People’s…

Do Swiss pensioners living abroad ‘milk’ the system?

05. febrero 2024 - The goodwill of the Swiss towards fellow citizens living abroad appears to have taken a blow as the debate over pension payments heats up in…

‘Electronic identity will make life easier for Swiss Abroad’

18. enero 2024 - The Swiss government wants to introduce a free, voluntary digital identity document. This will offer improved security and make it easier for Swiss…

SWI swissinfo.ch – a branch of Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG SSR

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