Cluster: Swiss Abroad

Swiss Abroad elect representatives online for first time

Swiss abroad elect their representatives online for the first time

This content was published on May 16, 2025 Swiss citizens in 50 countries have used electronic voting for the first time to elect representatives to the Council of the Swiss Abroad for the 2025-2029 legislative.

Swiss Abroad

Switzerland Today

This content was published on May 16, 2025 Switzerland is in Eurovision fever. The grand final takes place tomorrow.

Picture of the day

This content was published on May 16, 2025 Road traffic on the Gotthard Pass near Hospenthal after the pass re-opened at 11am on Friday after closing for the winter. (Keystone/Urs Flüeler)

Swiss National Bank chairman warns of ‘great insecurity’ caused by US tariffs

This content was published on May 16, 2025 The president of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), Martin Schlegel, has warned of the huge financial uncertainties caused by recent US tariffs.

Defence Minister Martin Pfister poses with Swiss soldiers at the Trias training exercise in Austria on May 1, 2025.

Swiss Politics

Committee launched to find new Swiss army chief

This content was published on May 16, 2025 The Swiss defence ministry has begun work to find a replacement for outgoing army chief Thomas Süssli.

The overall proportion of births by caesarean section has been gradually increasing since 2019, reaching 34% in 2023.

Swiss Abroad

Switzerland sees fewer weekend births as planned deliveries rise

This content was published on May 16, 2025 In Swiss hospitals in 2023, 16% of babies were born on Fridays, compared to just 11% on Sundays.

The Swiss federal government does not want to increase the retirement age, but people should voluntarily work longer.

Swiss Abroad

Switzerland Today

This content was published on May 15, 2025 How can Switzerland shore up its pension system? People will not be forced to work longer, but they should be encouraged to do so, the government reckons.

Picture of the day

This content was published on May 15, 2025 A blue diamond weighing 10.03 carats has been sold at auction in Geneva for CHF18 million ($21.5 million).

University of Zurich’s first gender medicine professor sparks interest

This content was published on May 15, 2025 The new academic role has faced some hurdles in its first year, but overall the university and the professor herself are happy with progress.

Children play at a traveller site in Nidau, near Biel, 1954.

History

How Switzerland, Scotland and Norway seized children from itinerant families

This content was published on May 15, 2025 In the 20th century, Yenish children in Switzerland were placed in institutions as part of a state-backed effort to destroy their way of life. Similar practices existed in Norway and Scotland.

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