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Family and school

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

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• Asylum applications: SEM lowers estimates for 2026

  In the first half of 2026, fewer than 10,000 asylum applications (the first drop since 2022). SEM forecasts 22,000 for the full year, vs. 26,000 initially estimated.

• Child care in the Canton of Bern: costs and subsidies

  Nurseries, day families, after-school: how income-based rates work and what cantonal subsidies are available that reduce the economic burden on families.

• Apprenticeship and vocational training in the Canton of Appenzello Outer

  Find out how to find a traineeship, traineeship contract, apprentice salary and professional maturity in the Outer Appenzell Canton.

• Canton Schaffhausen Scholarships: Requirements and Amounts

  Canton Schaffhausen offers scholarships for students and apprentices, but maximum amounts and submission deadlines are not yet specified.

• Family allowances Canton Schaffhausen: amounts and demand

  Border workers residing in the Canton of Schaffhausen can benefit from a minimum federal base amount.

• Nursery and childcare: costs and subsidies in Switzerland

  Find out how childcare works in Switzerland: kindergartens, fees, cantonal subsidies and tax deductions. Practical guide for families.

• USES and SUPSI: semester fees for students will increase

  Ticino universities will increase semester fees for students starting from the academic year 2027/2028, due to the reduction in public support by the Confederation.

• Summer break and learning: how to take advantage of it

  Swiss schools reopen between 11 and 31 August. Summer break causes temporary stagnation, but it is critical for brain rest. How to organize children's summer effectively.

• Childcare in Switzerland: cantonal costs and subsidies

  How childcare works in Switzerland, what are the costs of kindergartens and the subsidies available to families at cantonal level.

• Apprenticeship and training in the Glarus Canton

  Complete guide to job search, contract, salary and professional maturity: rights of the apprentice and procedure in the Canton of Glarus.

• Swiss Army: Assessment of anti-violence measures

  16 additional measures against discrimination and sexualized violence: interim report 2026 shows 8 implemented, 7 in implementation. Nearly 20,000 recruits have completed mandatory training.

• Discrimination in the army: the Swiss 2027 plan

  The Swiss army implemented 8 out of 16 anti-discrimination measures. Complete plan by 2027. Impact assessment planned for 2028.

• Appenzello Child Custody Interior: costs and subsidies

  Nurseries, after-school and daytime family in the canton: how income-based rates work and what cantonal subsidies to take advantage of.

• Army, anti-discrimination measures work

  The Swiss Army has announced that it has implemented half of the measures announced to combat sexism and discrimination

• Family allowances Internal Appenzello: amounts and application

  Complete guide to family allowances in the Inner Appenzell Canton: federal system, monthly amounts per child, legal conditions, compensation fund and step-by-step application procedure.

• Asylum seekers, Bern asks for stricter measures

  The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) is studying changes to the law to exclude young people from the Maghreb who have just arrived in Switzerland from the asylum procedure.

• Nursery and care: costs in the External Appenzello

  Rates calculated on income, cantonal subsidies and tax deductions: all on kindergartens, day families and after-school in the canton of Appenzello Esterno.

• Family allowances External Appenzello: amounts and application

  Complete guide to family allowances in Outer Appenzell: how the federal-cantonal system works, conditions of law, compensation fund and application procedure.

• Gas, a new option for winter in Switzerland

  The Confederation activates the ITA.SWAPtion.26 option to access the France-Italy gas pipeline. Cost 2-3 francs per family. Available from October 2026.

• Family allowances Canton Basel Countryside: amounts and demand

  How to request them, monthly amounts per child, conditions and compensation fund: practical guide to family allowances in the Canton of Basel-Country.

• Federal budget 2026: surplus of 0.8 billion

  The Federal Council projects a surplus of CHF 0.8 billion in 2026 thanks to windfall income tax revenues. Implications for taxpayers and public finances.

• Federal surplus 2026: +800 million

  The Confederation expects a surplus of just under CHF 800 million for 2026, against the budgeted deficit of CHF 700 million. The improvement is due to the increase in income tax of 1.4 billion.

• Asylum, Quadri asks the Federal Council about the costs

  Lorenzo Quadri asks for clarity on the costs incurred by the Confederation for the blockade of Dublin transfers to Italy since December 2022.

• Asylum: July 2026 statistics

  The State Secretariat for Migration registered 1915 asylum applications in July 2026, a decrease of 22.8% compared to the same month of the previous year.