More More Swiss abroad retain assisted suicide option This content was published on Feb 28, 2021 Feb 28, 2021 Swiss people living abroad will still be able to use the services of assisted suicide organisation EXIT after members rejected a proposal to...
More More ‘Switzerland has to know where it wants to go in the world’ This content was published on Feb 23, 2021 Feb 23, 2021 Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis talks about Africa, the Swiss role as mediator in the Middle East, and the upcoming eID vote.
More More Renewed calls for release of Swiss citizen in Belarus This content was published on Feb 10, 2021 Feb 10, 2021 A rights group has called on Belarus to release a Swiss-Belarus dual national convicted for taking part in anti-government protests.
More More Lotti’s return to Switzerland: the countdown is on This content was published on Feb 6, 2021 Feb 6, 2021 Lotti Pfyl, a Swiss emigrant, is getting excited - and nervous - about her imminent move back to Switzerland from Germany.
More More Headaches abound for Swiss citizens in post-Brexit Britain This content was published on Jan 24, 2021 Jan 24, 2021 There are more questions than answers for Swiss living in the UK, who are facing personal and commercial hurdles.
More More Pandemic year ‘not all bad’ for the Swiss abroad This content was published on Dec 30, 2020 Dec 30, 2020 The director of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA) says the interests of the “Fifth Switzerland” have been boosted in 2020.
More More Shattered dreams – a Swiss emigrant returns home This content was published on Dec 28, 2020 Dec 28, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has hit many Swiss abroad hard. More and more are returning to Switzerland. Lotti Pfyl. 60, tells her story.
More More ‘Merry Christmas from Plague Island Britain’ This content was published on Dec 23, 2020 Dec 23, 2020 For Swiss living in the UK, Switzerland remained within reach for holiday visits home – until recently.
More More Swiss expats given emergency Covid-19 aid This content was published on Nov 5, 2020 Nov 5, 2020 The government has provided financial assistance to 56 Swiss citizens living abroad who are struggling because of the coronavirus pandemic.
More More Swiss in New York: ‘The US is very much based on the individual’ This content was published on Nov 2, 2020 Nov 2, 2020 From the moment Paolo Grassi arrived in the United States some thirty years ago, he’s noticed American politics deteriorating.
More More Swiss in Ohio: ‘We have two choices. I don’t like either of them.’ This content was published on Nov 2, 2020 Nov 2, 2020 If André Odermatt’s four decades in the United States have shown him anything about US politics, it’s that it’s a fascinating and messy affair.
More More Swiss abroad feel let down by vote failures This content was published on Sep 28, 2020 Sep 28, 2020 Swiss citizens living abroad complain that they were not given a chance to cast their votes at the weekend.
More More The Swiss woman uniting people in Jerusalem This content was published on Sep 19, 2020 Sep 19, 2020 Irène Pollak-Rein has been made an honorary citizen of Jerusalem for her dedication to the only school open to both Jewish and Arab children.
More More Immigration initiative could spell trouble for Swiss expats This content was published on Aug 26, 2020 Aug 26, 2020 Approval of the right-wing initiative could have a negative impact on many Swiss living in European countries.
More More 1,500 state-repatriated travellers yet to pay flight bills This content was published on Aug 23, 2020 Aug 23, 2020 Of the 7,100 stranded passengers flown back to Switzerland by the foreign ministry’s Covid-19 repatriation operation, 1,500 haven’t yet paid the bill.
More More Assisted suicide options set to shrink for Swiss abroad This content was published on Aug 9, 2020 Aug 9, 2020 Swiss citizens living abroad may in future be rejected by assisted suicide organisation EXIT, the group says.
More More To the Swiss Abroad: 'You represent Switzerland and its democratic values' This content was published on Jul 29, 2020 Jul 29, 2020 For Swiss National Day, the Swiss president addresses Swiss people living outside the country.
More More ‘No point in staying here’: Swiss expats head home for schooling amid pandemic This content was published on Jul 24, 2020 Jul 24, 2020 Some Swiss families living abroad are considering a return to their homeland for their children’s education.
More More A job in Zurich thanks to Swiss roots This content was published on Jul 11, 2020 Jul 11, 2020 Switzerland can seem far away for the young Swiss abroad. But it is possible to live, study or work in the country of their roots.
More More Do politics from home resonate with Swiss abroad? This content was published on Jul 8, 2020 Jul 8, 2020 We travelled across the United States to meet Swiss living there and find out if Swiss politics play a role in their lives.
More More Baking the Swiss way in Boston This content was published on Jun 16, 2020 Jun 16, 2020 Swiss couple Helene and Thomas Stohr run their own bakery in Massachusetts. Every day, they produce an array of Swiss and European treats.
More More How Swiss people are experiencing lockdown in India This content was published on May 5, 2020 May 5, 2020 A few hundred Swiss people have been caught up in the massive Covid-19 lockdown in India. Most returned home, but some chose to stay.
More More Following Swiss footsteps in New Orleans This content was published on Apr 26, 2020 Apr 26, 2020 Thanks to a shipwreck, this man was born in Louisiana rather than Switzerland.
More More Swiss catch last flights home during Covid-19 travel freeze This content was published on Apr 24, 2020 Apr 24, 2020 Almost 7,000 Swiss residents who were stuck abroad are being brought home.
More More The jazz singer with Swiss folk roots This content was published on Apr 19, 2020 Apr 19, 2020 When you first see her with her sleek bob and glossy fingernails, it’s kind of surprising to learn that Gabriela Martina was raised on a farm. But...
More More Can expat Swiss get Covid-19 financial aid? This content was published on Apr 6, 2020 Apr 6, 2020 There are question marks over whether Swiss citizens living around the world are entitled to state support to cope with the coronavirus pandemic.
More More Over 2,000 Swiss flown home in repatriation operation This content was published on Apr 2, 2020 Apr 2, 2020 Since March 24, over 2,000 Swiss have been repatriated on 13 flights amid the coronavirus pandemic.
More More Expatriate Swiss community grows and ages This content was published on Mar 31, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 The Swiss Abroad community hits 770,900 and lives mainly in Europe and North America according to latest statistics.
More More Different continent, same virus: how families are coping This content was published on Mar 30, 2020 Mar 30, 2020 Families separated by oceans are finding comfort in their shared experience under the strain of the coronavirus pandemic.
More More Swiss tourists flown home from South America and Africa This content was published on Mar 25, 2020 Mar 25, 2020 The first flights carrying Swiss tourists stranded in different parts of the world have arrived at Zurich airport.
More More How to become Swiss This content was published on Mar 4, 2020 Mar 4, 2020 If you have a connection to Switzerland through your family and want to make it official by becoming Swiss yourself – this is how you can go about it.
More More All fired up – with Swiss army rifles in America This content was published on Mar 3, 2020 Mar 3, 2020 Swiss rifles were coveted during the American revolutionary and civil wars. Today they’re used for fun by the Swiss Rifle Club of Minneapolis.
More More ‘Holy cow!’ This Swiss never thought he’d be a cop in the US This content was published on Mar 3, 2020 Mar 3, 2020 Two decades ago, Adrian Hoesli followed his father to America for a fresh start. Though they don’t see eye to eye on guns, both share Swiss values.
More More More Swiss leave Wuhan This content was published on Feb 21, 2020 Feb 21, 2020 A further five Swiss citizens and two of their Chinese relatives have been flown out of the Wuhan region, the hub of the coronavirus, SRF says.
More More Did you ever go on holiday to the Swiss Abroad Home? This content was published on Jan 31, 2020 Jan 31, 2020 Between 1956 and 1979 a holiday camp was run in northern Switzerland for the Swiss Abroad. Did you ever spend a holiday in Dürrenäsch?
More More Switzerland hopes to repatriate citizens from China at the weekend This content was published on Jan 31, 2020 Jan 31, 2020 Switzerland hopes to begin repatriating its citizens from China at the weekend but cannot yet give guarantees for the ten people who have asked to...
More More Rules about handling of expat Swiss data to change This content was published on Jan 15, 2020 Jan 15, 2020 The government wants to make it easier for the foreign ministry to process data about expatriate Swiss citizens to ease consular services.
More More Swiss mom an ‘unofficial cultural ambassador’ in America This content was published on Jan 4, 2020 Jan 4, 2020 She kept dreaming of being on a plane that never reached its destination. Those dreams stopped about a year after moving to Colorado.
More More The Swiss behind the world’s ‘most beautiful’ bookshop This content was published on Dec 21, 2019 Dec 21, 2019 The world-famous El Ateneo Grand Splendid bookshop in Argentina’s capital owes its existence to an entrepreneurial family with Swiss roots.
More More Swiss circus performer brings her passion to New Orleans This content was published on Dec 8, 2019 Dec 8, 2019 At a young age, Meret Ryhiner moved to the United States to study circus arts. An accident changed everything.
