Cluster: Geopolitics

Why countries are banning international adoptions

Switzerland is planning to ban international adoptions, following revelations of shady practices in the past. Other countries banning international adoptions claim they are doing it for the child’s welfare, but sometimes it’s just about power politics.

This content was published on Feb 14, 2025 Countries banning international adoptions claim they are doing it for the child’s welfare, but sometimes it’s just about power politics.

Foreign Affairs

China rejects report on Tibetans and Uyghurs in Switzerland

This content was published on Feb 13, 2025 The Chinese foreign ministry on Thursday rejected a Swiss government report suggesting that China has been cracking down on Tibetans and Uighurs living in Switzerland.

USAID shutdown: aid agencies call on Cassis to act

Foreign Affairs

USAID funding: Swiss aid groups urge foreign minister to act

This content was published on Feb 13, 2025 Swiss aid agencies and churches have urged Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis to take action following the freeze to funds disbursed by USAID.

A worker in a protective suit pokes a metal rod to tap slag from a smelting furnace at PT Vale Indonesia's nickel processing plant in Sorowako, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. As demand for materials needed for batteries, solar panels and other components vital for cutting global emissions rises, carbon emissions by miners and refiners will likewise rise unless companies actively work to decarbonize. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

International Geneva

Can Indonesia reply to global nickel demand without destroying its environment?

This content was published on Feb 13, 2025 Indonesia's nickel industry is thriving on the back of global demand for electric vehicules. But this comes at the cost of its environment.

Swiss diplomacy

New country, old fear: an overview of Syria’s realities

This content was published on Feb 13, 2025 What role will democracy and secularism play in Syria? An analysis through the eyes of a Syrian living in Switzerland.

A Swiss mercenary dies on the front in Ukraine - a first

Foreign Affairs

First Swiss mercenary dies fighting in Ukraine

This content was published on Feb 12, 2025 For the first time since the start of the Russian invasion in 2022, a Swiss combatant has died on the front in Ukraine.

International Geneva

WHO boss saddened by US absence

This content was published on Feb 12, 2025 Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the American "absence" on the executive board since last week makes him "sad".

Foreign Affairs

Need a diplomatic messenger? Switzerland is eager to help

Swiss diplomacy has a long-standing tradition of trying to talk to all sides “to build trust”. 

An employee works at the melting furnace in the production facility of Stahl Gerlafingen AG in Gerlafingen in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland,

Foreign Affairs

Swiss business lobby warns Trump tariff turmoil could escalate

This content was published on Feb 11, 2025 The US wants to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. This brings back bad memories in Switzerland.

Pipe clogged with quagga mussels from Lake Constance

Research frontiers

Can the spread of invasive quagga mussels be stopped in Switzerland?

This content was published on Feb 11, 2025 New technology and international cooperation are being deployed to fight the invasion.

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