SwissCommunity “Swiss Review” – more regional news despite cost-cutting “Swiss Review” is to strengthen its regional coverage, starting from next year. Every edition will include a regional supplement. At the same time, subsidy cuts have forced our hand, meaning “Swiss Review” will appear five instead of the customary six times a year, from 2025 onwards. Rising production costs and, in particular, the sharp increase in mailing costs since the Covid pandemic are a huge challenge for our magazine. To compound matters, the federal government is cutting subsidies in many areas next year – including funding for “Swiss Review”. Additional costs combined with less revenue have prompted our publisher, the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad, SwissCommunity, to make important changes. From 2025 onwards we will produce five editions of the magazine a year instead of six as at present. As regrettable and unavoidable as this step is, it is mitigated by more positive news: every future edition will now contain a regional supplement. To date, regional supplements have only featured in four editions every year. For many readers, the regional supplements are important sources of information on Swiss community life in their part of the world, reflecting events on the ground within the “Fifth Switzerland”. The parent magazine, on the other hand, has the primary role of covering the latest news from Switzerland and, in particular, addressing the issues at stake in upcoming popular votes. Editorial teams at regional level are currently responsible for producing 14 different regional supplements. These publications represent one of our magazine’s unique selling points and will gain further prominence as a result of this strategic realignment. Five instead of six magazines a year, but a regional supplement with every edition. Notwithstanding our decision, we want to continue improving our magazine and are ready to make further changes where necessary. The next few weeks will see us evaluating the many thousands of submissions that we received in response to our 2024 readership survey. “Swiss Review” 1/2025 will cover the results, outlining your feedback and the improvements that you, our readers, would like to see. FILIPPO LOMBARDI, OSA PRESIDENT ARIANE RUSTICHELLI, OSA DIRECTOR Our 14 regional supplements: www.revue.link/regional Ensuring the future of “Swiss Review” “Swiss Review” is blessed with an experienced editorial team well-versed in giving their independent journalistic take on the latest burning issues in Switzerland and making this content relatable to readers in the “Fifth Switzerland”. Through your donation, you can support independent, quality journalism directly. Given that printing and mailing costs are so prohibitively high at the moment, we are particularly grateful for donations towards our print edition. MARC LETTAU, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The bank details for the transfer of voluntary subscriptions are as follows: Donate via credit card: www.revue.link/creditrevue Donate via PayPal: www.revue.link/revue Bank account for donations: IBAN: CH97 0079 0016 1294 4609 8 Bank: Berner Kantonalbank Bundesplatz 8 CH-3011 Berne BIC/SWIFT: KBBECH22 Beneficiary: BEKB Bern, Account 16.129.446.0.98, Organisation of the Swiss Abroad, FAO Mr A. Kiskery, Alpenstrasse 26, CH-3006 Berne Email: revue@swisscommunity.org Read it instead of waiting. Getting impatient waiting for your printed copy of “Swiss Review” to arrive? Pick up the magazine on your tablet or smartphone. The app is free of charge and contains no advertising. You can find the app by searching for “Swiss Review” in your App Store. SWISS REVIEW Cycling through Jura, the rebellious canton Switzerland’s multi-billion motorway investment – excessive or the end of congestion? Meet ten-tonne “Susanne” – Switzerland’s biggest bell with a beautiful singing voice OCTOBER 2024 The magazine for the Swiss Abroad 33 Swiss Review / October 2024 / No.5
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