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Press Release: U.S. Embassy Bern Announces Recruitment for 2020 SelectUSA Investment Summit

4 December, 2019 | Business, News, Press Releases

Ambassador Edward McMullen today announced he is recruiting companies to join the Swiss and Liechtenstein business delegation to the 2020 SelectUSA Investment Summit, which will…

Speaker Joshua Tucker on Social Media and Democracy

3 December, 2019 | Events, News, Public Affairs, Science & Tech, Speakers Program

On invitation of the U.S. Embassy in Bern, Joshua Tucker, Director of New York University’s Jordan Center for Advanced Study of Russia , and co-director of…

Security Alert: U. S. Embassy Bern, Switzerland (November 27, 2019)

27 November, 2019 | Consular Affairs, News, Security & Emergency Messages

Security Alert – U. S. Embassy Bern, Switzerland (November 27, 2019) Subject: U.S. Embassy Bern (November 27, 2019)   Location: Switzerland and Liechtenstein countrywide  …

Closure Notice for Thanksgiving Day 2019

19 November, 2019 | News

Please note that the U.S. Embassy Bern is CLOSED on Thanksgiving Day 2019. We will be closed and there will be NO visa or passport…

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Demonstration Alert – Geneva Airport

15 November, 2019 | Consular Affairs, News, Security & Emergency Messages

Demonstration Alert – U. S. Embassy Bern, Switzerland (November 15, 2019) Subject: Demonstration Alert for Geneva Airport on November 16, 2019 – U.S. Embassy Bern,…

Call for Applications for the 2020 Benjamin Franklin Summer Institute

13 November, 2019 | Education, News, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S.

Interested in learning about diplomacy, exploring global issues, community activism and American culture? Then you should apply for the 2020 Benjamin Franklin Summer Institute at…

Americans in Switzerland: Meet Fulbright Specialist Joanna Woronkowicz

12 November, 2019 | Culture, Education, News, Scholarships and Exchanges

Social scientist Joanna Woronkowicz was selected as a Fulbright Specialist to work with Zurich University of the Arts (ZhdK Zurich). We caught up with her…

Speaker Joshua Tucker on Social Media and Democracy

12 November, 2019 | Events, News, Speakers Program

U.S. Politics Professor Joshua A. Tucker will be in Switzerland the week of November 20, 2019 to give several talks on the relationship between social…

Celebrating Years of Fruitful Apprenticeship Cooperation

11 November, 2019 | News, U.S. & Switzerland

As the U.S. celebrates the 5th National Apprenticeship Week , we look back on recent highlights of Swiss-U.S. apprenticeship cooperation. In the U.S., apprenticeships are…

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Demonstration Alert

8 November, 2019 | Consular Affairs, News, Security & Emergency Messages

Demonstration Alert – U.S. Embassy Bern, Switzerland (November 08, 2019) Subject: U.S. Embassy Bern – Demonstration Alert for Bern and other locations on November 8,…

Closure Notice for Veterans Day 2019

5 November, 2019 | News

Please note that the U.S. Embassy Bern is CLOSED on Veterans Day 2019. We will be closed and there will be NO visa or passport…

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Demonstration Alert

25 October, 2019 | Consular Affairs, News, Security & Emergency Messages

Demonstration Alert – U. S. Embassy Bern, Switzerland (October, 25, 2019) Subject: U.S. Embassy Bern – Demonstration Alert (October 25, 2019)   Location: Bern and…

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Demonstration Alert

11 October, 2019 | Consular Affairs, News, Security & Emergency Messages

Demonstration Alert – U. S. Embassy Bern, Switzerland (October 11, 2019) Subject: U.S. Embassy Bern – Demonstration Alert   Location: Bern, Zurich, Geneva, and possibly…

Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman on Speaking Tour in Switzerland

9 October, 2019 | News, Speakers Program

On invitation from U.S. Embassy Bern, Jeffrey Hoffman – a former U.S. astronomist, astronaut, diplomat, and now astronautics professor at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts –…

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Strengthening U.S. – Liechtenstein Relations: Ambassador Hosts Reception at Princely Winery

4 October, 2019 | Ambassador, Events, Liechtenstein, News

On October 2, 2019, U.S. Ambassador McMullen hosted a reception at the princely winery in Vaduz to celebrate the close U.S.-Liechtenstein ties. “The U.S. and…

State Secretary Daniela Stoffel and Ambassador Edward McMullen Bring U.S.-Switzerland Taxation Proto

20 September, 2019 | Ambassador, News, President of the United States, Press Releases, U.S. & Switzerland

On Friday, September 20, 2019 in Bern, the United States of America and Switzerland exchanged the instruments of ratification of the protocol of amendment to…

Joint Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) FAQ

20 September, 2019 | Consular Affairs, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, U.S. Citizen Services

The 2010 Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, known as FATCA, created new reporting requirements for taxpayers with specified foreign assets. Visit the Joint Frequently Asked…

United States Embassy Bern – Art in Embassies Exhibition and Reception

19 September, 2019 | Ambassador, Art & Culture, Culture, Events

Nearly 70 years ago, the Museum of Modern Art first envisioned a worldwide U.S. arts program. It was President John F. Kennedy who, a decade…

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