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In northern Kosovo, tensions between Kosovo and Serbia have increased in recent days. Pictures of Serbian army convoys are fuelling fears that the violence will escalate further. On behalf of the UN Security Council, the Kosovo Force (KFOR) has been present in the region since 1999 to ensure a peaceful and secure environment. Within the framework of military peacebuilding, Switzerland is also deployed in the KFOR mission with the SWISSCOY. Switzerland also supports efforts to normalise relations between Serbia and Kosovo with other instruments.

The New Year greetings ceremony with the diplomatic corps, the 1 August message to the nation. But also the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Lugano. The main appointments of the President of the Confederation and Head of the FDFA, Ignazio Cassis, are summarised in short news and pictures.

Approximately 780,000 Swiss citizens abroad currently benefit from the wide range of services provided by a global network of representations offering advice and support. The FDFA Helpline is also on hand to answer queries 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Now there's a new app that makes staying in touch even easier: SwissInTouch keeps Switzerland at your fingertips.

The FDFA and Switzerland's representations abroad are once again participating in the Week of the Italian Language in the World, whose theme this year is 'Young People and the Italian Language'. To mark the occasion, FDFA interns created a video of their study trip to Italian-speaking Switzerland. We join them in Bellinzona, before heading on to Paris to hear some tips from the Swiss embassy in France.

La giuventetgna e la lingua taliana: quai è il tema da la «Settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo». Er quest onn sa participescha il DFAE ensemen cun las represchentanzas svizras a l'exteriur a questa occurrenza. Las emprendistas ed ils emprendists dal Departament federal d'affars exteriurs han realisà in video davart lur viadi da studi en la Svizra taliana. Nus ans scuntrain l'emprim cun ellas ed els a Bellinzona e faschain silsuenter ina pitschna excursiun a Paris per preschentar ina idea da l'ambassada svizra en Frantscha.

At the invitation of the Canton of Ticino, a special train leaves Bern on 14 September 2022 for Lugano in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino to mark Ignazio Cassis' presidential year. The party includes Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin, members of Parliament, Federal Administration staff and distinguished guests from all across Switzerland. The train makes four stops along the way to allow Mr Cassis to meet representatives of cantonal and communal authorities and members of the public.