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Family and school

Family allowances, childcare, school and apprenticeships: family life for cross-border workers.

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• Nursery in the Canton of St. Gallen: costs and subsidies

  Rates decided by the Municipalities, cantonal subsidies, day families and after-school: practical guide to extra-family custody in the Canton of St. Gallen.

• Child Custody in Switzerland: Facilities, Fees and Subsidies

  How kindergartens work, childcare fees and subsidies. Financing models and tax deductions.

• St. Gallen Scholarships: Requirements and Amounts

  The Canton of St. Gallen provides scholarships and loans for studies through the competent cantonal office. Here's what the source says about requirements, amounts, and terms.

• Family allowances St. Gallen: amounts and application

  St. Gallen cantonal scheme on family benefits and training: who is entitled, which fund to contact and how to submit the application.

• Army, the drone battalion is born: operational since 2028

  Competence center presented to Thun by Pfister, Roos and Loher: reconnaissance and defense, plus a dedicated recruit school.

• Family allowances in the canton of Svitto: a practical guide

  Federal LAFam framework applied in Canton Svitto: law, documents, role of the employer and step-by-step procedure for the application.

• School in Ticino: VPOD asks for staff, time and resources

  At the opening of the schools, the VPOD Ticino teachers' committee led by Matteo Finali relaunches the request to invest in the working conditions of school staff.

• Graubünden: no new fines for detour traffic

  The Grand Council of Grisons rejects the UDC motion by 67 votes to 41: no anti-divert project until a ruling on the Birsfelden model.

• Repower Grisons: seasonal rates and 20 francs less for families

  From 2027 in the Repower area, a typical family will spend 1,449 francs a year, -1.4% compared to 2026. Differentiated summer/winter rates and the new Optima variable option are coming soon.

• Graubünden, light -1.4%: savings of 20 francs, Optima rate arrives

  Repower (Poschiavo) lowers domestic rates in Graubünden by 2027. Annual savings of 20 francs per typical family. New: Optima rate with green, yellow and red bands from 1 January 2027.

• Family allowances in Canton Uri: amounts and application

  Framework of family and training allowances in the Uri Canton: federal base LAFam, cantonal amounts, competent coffers and application procedure.

• Feed shortages: 54 million in federal aid

  Parmelin visits a company that experiments with anti-drought crops. Confederation disburses CHF 54 million in loans and reduces duties on hay and corn.

• Asylum and security: costs on border municipalities

  An interpellation in Balerna rekindles the debate on the division of competences and funding between the Confederation, Canton and Municipalities in the management of asylum.

• Parmelin farm visit: aid against drought

  The president of the Confederation visits research on resistant crops in Vaud. Government supports farmers with CHF 54 million in interest-free loans and suspends duties.

• Drones and robotics: DDPS sets strategic priority

  DDPS announces a center for unmanned systems, a drone battalion from 2028, and investments to counter hybrid threats on August 27, 2026.

• Musical training: reduced fees for young people

  From 2026, fees up to 90% for fragile families and extended access up to 25 years. Ticino invests CHF 2.5 million per year in extracurricular music training.

• Public finances 2025: surplus but debt grows

  Federal administration: surplus of 4 billion in 2025, gross debt rises to 353.2 billion (40.7% GDP). Impact on taxes and social benefits.

• Family allowances Lucerne: amounts and procedure

  How to apply for family allowances in Lucerne: who is entitled, monthly amounts per child, necessary documents and application procedure at the compensation fund.

• School and future: young people from Ticino are at risk of leaving

  On August 31, school begins again in Ticino. But what future awaits young people after training? Salaries, rents and sick pay premiums put economic independence at risk.

• Veil in Argovian schools: rights and constitution

  The Parliament of Aargau voted to ban the veil in public schools until the age of 16 with 78 yes and 54 no, but the Federal Court questions the legality of the measure.

• Asylum: applications drop in Switzerland in 2026

  In the first half of 2026, for the first time since 2022, fewer than 10,000 requests were received. The SEM revises downwards: from 26,000 to 22,000 annual applications.

• A compromise to fund the army

  The Finance Commission of the Council of States approves the plan. Fund with debt of up to 6 billion per year from 2027, financed by an increase in VAT and residual credit.

• Asylum and crimes, the expert: prisons are not scary

  Crime rate over 80% among asylum seekers from the Maghreb. According to expert Beat Stauffer, the causes are socio-economic and Swiss prisons have almost no deterrent effect.

• Aargau towards a ban on headscarves in schools

  The Argovian Grand Council approved the motion with 78 votes. Cantonal government objects due to constitutional doubts on the basis of the 2015 Federal Court ruling.