#Switzerland

Apartment moving, Swiss style

Switzerland Will Not Cost Much

Europeans covered by the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons can easily settle in Switzerland provided they have sufficient financial means. For people from other regions of the world…

Naturalization Simplified for Grandchildren

At the last national referendum held in Switzerland on February 12, citizens answered three questions, one of which concerned the format of naturalization for grandchildren of migrants. In…

Refugee flow decreases

In the past year of 2016, the number of applications for refugee status in Switzerland sharply declined. At the same time, a record number of asylum seekers decided to withdraw from the procedure of…

Foreign Switzerland

As is known, Switzerland is home to a total of approximately 2.3 million foreign nationals. And what about the country's major cities with a population of 50,000 or more? In all these localities, the…

A look at typical Switzerland

Typical Switzerland – what is it? What is a typical Swiss person like? And a typical Swiss woman? How should a foreigner who has come to Switzerland behave in order to be recognized and accepted by…

Lost Banking Secrecy

As of January 1, 2017, new OECD standards on the exchange of information on financial accounts came into effect in Switzerland. Thus, Switzerland began the process of implementing international…

Switzerland updates its law on foreigners

The Swiss law "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens on the Territory of the Swiss Confederation" has received an important addition to its title, now becoming the "Law on Foreigners and…

Many refugees bid farewell to the Alps

This year, Switzerland deported a record number of refugees – 327 people whose asylum applications were rejected. This required 65 flights to their countries of origin.

Where in Switzerland it is good to live

To optimize their expenses and achieve significant budget savings, a Swiss family sometimes just needs to move a couple of kilometers away. This is stated in a report by Credit Suisse bank on the…

Without quotas, but with a choice

The Council of States of Switzerland, the small chamber of parliament, traditionally has a reputation in the country as a balanced and prudent state body, whose decisions are dominated not by…

Awaken Your Capital

Swiss banks have published a new batch of 'forgotten' accounts. On the dormantaccounts.ch website, anyone can try to find their own surname and a long-forgotten account or even safe deposit box at a…