Switzerland

The Swiss Page

Pascal Couchepin President of the Swiss Confederation, 2008

Federal links:

Behörden der Schweizerischen Eidgenössenschaft --- Autorités fédérales suisses --- Autorità della Confederazione Svizzera --- Autoritads da la confederaziun svizra --- The Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation.

Executive: Schweizerischer Bundesrat --- Conseil fédéral suisse --- Consiglio federale svizzero --- Cussegl federal svizzer --- Federal Council.

Legislative: Bundesversammlung --- Assemblée fédérale --- Assemblea federale --- Assamblea federala --- Federal Assembly (Swiss Parliament).

Judiciary: Schweizerisches Bundesgericht --- Tribunal fédéral suisse --- Tribunale federale svizzero --- Tribunal federal svizzer --- Swiss Federal Supreme Court.

Swiss laws and regulations in German - Systematische Sammlung des Bundesrechts (alphabetisches Sachregister), in French - Recueil systématique du droit fédéral (index alphabétique des matières), and in Italian - Raccolta sistematica del diritto federale (indice alfabetico).

Swiss embassies worldwide with websites: The Embassy of Switzerland in Canada - Ottawa, The Embassy of Switzerland in the United States of America - Washington, The Embassy of Switzerland in the United Kingdom, London.

Schweizerische Landesbibliothek --- Bibliothèque nationale suisse --- Biblioteca nazionale svizzera --- Biblioteca naziunala svizra --- Swiss National Library - General information - Collective Swiss catalog - Swiss ISSN Centre.

The Swiss Abroad:

SwissInfo Switzerland's News and Information Platform (news, TV, Radio, history... everything about Switzerland - in English --- deutsch --- français --- italiano --- español --- português --- Japanese --- Arabic --- Chinese.

The Organization for the Swiss Abroad - A comprehensive range of information from the Secretariat for the Swiss Abroad, i.e. Swiss expatriates who form what has come to be known as the Fifth Switzerland. Check here for the English version, here for die deutsche Version, here for la version française and here for la versione italiana. Here you will also find the Swiss Review, the Magazine for the Swiss Abroad, in English, German (Schweizer Revue), French (Revue Suisse), Italian (Gazzetta Svizzera) and Spanish (Panaroma Suizo).

General sites:

search.ch - The Swiss Search Engine. In German, in French, in English and in Italian.

SwissHome - General Information, Tourism, What's On in Switzerland, Business, Education and Research.

swissworld.org - Gateway to Switzerland (multimedia window on the most important geographic, social, cultural, political and historical aspects of the country). Available in English / German / French / Italian.

TelSearch - To find telephone numbers and addresses in Switzerland. Also available HERE.

Postal Codes of Switzerland.

Yoodle - The Search Index of Switzerland. En français, oder auf deutsch.

Swiss newspapers on the Web:

Swiss newspapers on the Web (zeitung.ch) - 24 Heures (Lausanne VD), Le Matin (Lausanne VD), Tribune de Genève (Geneva GE), Le Nouvelliste (Sion VS), Tages-Anzeiger (Zürich ZH), Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) (Zürich ZH), Basler Zeitung (Basel BS), Corriere del Ticino (Lugano TI).

Swiss radio and television on the Web:

Radio e Televisiun Rumantscha On Air! (Rhaeto-Romanic).

Radio Suisse Romande (French).

Swiss German Radio and TV (click on Multimedia). Webradio (German).

Regionaljournal Bern Freiburg Wallis (German) - Regional information broadcasts in Schwyzertüütsch from Radio DRS for the region of Berne/Fribourg/Valais.

Swiss cities and towns on the Web:

Ascona (TI), Stadt Aarau, Aarau Online (AG). Arosa (GR). Basel Tourismus, Basel Online (BS). Bellinzona (TI). Stadt Bern, Bern Tourismus (BE). Chur Tourismus (GR). Davos (GR). Les Diablerets (VD). Fribourg (FR). Ville de Genève, Geneva (GE). Ville de Lausanne, Lausanne Tourisme (VD). Luzern (LU). Ville de Neuchâtel (NE). Stadt Olten (AG). Pully (VD). St. Gallen (SG). St. Moritz (GR). Stadt Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen (SH). Sion Tourism (VS). Solothurn (SO). Vevey (VD). Stadt Winterthur, Winterthur (ZH). Stadt Zürich, Zurich Tourism (ZH).

Swiss Federal Railways (SBB / CFF / FFS)

Swiss cantons on the Web:

AG-Aargau (Argovie) / AR-Appenzell Ausserrhoden, AI-Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Online / BL-Basel-Landschaft (Bâle-Campagne) / BS-Basel-Stadt (Bâle-Ville) / BE-Bern / Berne / FR-Fribourg / Freiburg / GL-Glarus (Glaris) / GR-Graubünden / Grischun / Grigioni (Grisons) / GE-Genève (Genf / Geneva) / JU-Jura / LU-Luzern (Lucerne) / NE-Neuchâtel (Neuenburg) / NW-Nidwald / OW-Obwald / SG-St. Gallen (St.-Gall) / SH-Schaffhausen (Schaffhouse) / SZ-Schwyz / SO-Solothurn (Soleure) / TG-Thurgau (Thurgovie) / TI-Ticino (Tessin) / UR-Uri / VS-Valais / Wallis, Valais Info / VD-Vaud (Waadt) / ZG-Zug / ZH-Zürich (Zurich).

Swiss culture on the Web:

C.F. RAMUZ, 1878-1947 - A famous writer from the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Also check links to C. F. Ramuz on the Internet. All links and sites are in French.

Swiss Genealogy on the Internet - Pages compiled by a group of volunteers in cooperation with the Swiss Genealogical Society to help genealogists in Switzerland and worldwide with their research. Also provides links to other sources of genealogical information. Site available in the following languages: English, German, French and Italian.