http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ swissinfo - swiss news and information platform about Switzerland en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:58:11 Copyright 2009, swissinfo. http://www.swissinfo.ch/images/logos/swissinfo_120x37.gif http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ 12037swissinfo - swiss news and information platform about Switzerland http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/foreign_affairs/index/Leaders_pledge_to_end_silent_hunger_crisis.html?siteSect=1520&sid=11501544&rss=true&ty=st Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:14:51 GMT As the World Food Summit draws to a close, the Swiss have welcomed moves to increase agricultural aid and renew commitments to stopping hunger. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/foreign_affairs/index/Council_of_Europe_needs_to_slim_down.html?siteSect=1520&sid=11453588&rss=true&ty=st Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:14:28 GMT The Council of Europe, which is marking its 60th anniversary this year, must concentrate on its key mission of human rights if it is to survive, a Swiss expert says. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/foreign_affairs/index/Switzerland_upbeat_despite_climate_setback.html?siteSect=1520&sid=11500068&rss=true&ty=st Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:19:00 GMT Swiss government officials, environmentalists and the business community are unfazed that a legally binding treaty on the climate may not be reached in Copenhagen next month. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/foreign_affairs/index/Blair_offers_post_crash_vision_for_Europe.html?siteSect=1520&sid=11489406&rss=true&ty=st Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:42:31 GMT Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has warned a Zurich audience that a protectionist Europe would be hamstrung in the post-financial crash new world order. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/foreign_affairs/index/Swiss_hopeful_of_climate_result_at_Copenhagen.html?siteSect=1520&sid=11483134&rss=true&ty=st Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:59:19 GMT Less than one month from the start of the crucial climate talks in Copenhagen, Switzerland's chief negotiator still believes that some kind of deal can be done. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/foreign_affairs/index/Swiss_hostages_case_swings_in_Libya_s_favour.html?siteSect=1520&sid=11476347&rss=true&ty=st Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:13:00 GMT A Geneva-based Arab expert tells swissinfo.ch that there are clear signs that Libya is gaining an upper-hand in a row between Tripoli and Bern. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/foreign_affairs/index/Swiss_aid_lacks_coherence_OECD_says.html?siteSect=1520&sid=11471918&rss=true&ty=st Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:03:22 GMT The government is facing calls to increase its development aid contributions to improve the coherency and focus of its policy. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/foreign_affairs/index/Hostages_in_Libya_returned_to_Swiss_embassy.html?siteSect=1520&sid=11470642&rss=true&ty=st Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:39:00 GMT The foreign ministry says the two Swiss businessmen abducted by the Libyan government in September have been returned to the Swiss embassy in Tripoli. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/foreign_affairs/index/Swiss_papers_watch_the_wall_come_down.html?siteSect=1520&sid=11450293&rss=true&ty=st Mon, 9 Nov 2009 07:18:01 GMT History was written on November 9, 1989: the Berlin Wall was opened and tens of thousands of East Germans flooded into the western sector of their divided city. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/foreign_affairs/index/Swiss_remember_fascinating_chaos_of_Berlin.html?siteSect=1520&sid=11427822&rss=true&ty=st Sun, 8 Nov 2009 09:12:25 GMT It is 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event that signalled the end of the Cold War and communist domination of Eastern Europe.