FDFA Communication telephone service

The FDFA Information telephone service will respond to your calls daily from Monday through Friday from 9.00 to 12.30 and from 13.30 to 17.00.

FDFA Communication during festive day/weekend emergency on-call service 

Specifications about the responsible emergency on call service spokesperson for the coming weekend will be published this Friday.

Accreditation of foreign media representatives

The FDFA accredits members of the media working for foreign media.

Requirements/eligibility

Representatives of foreign media are journalists or photographers who work for one or more media outlet abroad. Representatives of foreign media also include freelance journalists and photographers who can prove that they work principally and regularly for foreign media outlets.

Accreditation requirements have to be submitted at FDFA Communication (kommunikation@eda.admin.ch) including following forms and documents:

• Accreditation request
• Declaration (PDF, Página 1, 26.5 kB)
• short CV
• photo
• employer confirmation
• copies of passport , press card and stay permit if not Swiss nationality

The accreditation is valid for two years.

The regulations do not apply to journalists accredited to the Federal Palace. For more information please contact the Federal Chancellery (de).