Which issues are important to the Swiss abroad?

two women and a microphone — Jeannette Seifert-Wittmer, left, telling SWI's Susan Misicka about her first year as an OSA delegate. swissinfo.ch

Hundreds of Swiss citizens living abroad are gathered in the Alps to compare notes and find solutions for issues affecting them.

This content was published on August 11, 2018 - 13:44

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Not content to mind her own business, Susan studied journalism in Boston so she’d have the perfect excuse to put herself in other people’s shoes and worlds. When not writing, she presents and produces podcasts and videos.

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At the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA)External link annual conference in Visp, we asked attendees from all over the world to tell us about themselves and why keeping up with Swiss affairs is important to them.

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