Cluster: Geopolitics

Swiss-EU: Federal Council adopts measures to secure wage protection

Federal Council wants to secure wage protection vis-à-vis the EU with a package of measures

This content was published on Mar 21, 2025 The Swiss government has adopted a package of measures to protect Swiss wages, should the new agreements negotiated with the European Union (EU) come into force.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Nicolas Levrat.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss UN rapporteur urges Washington to release Columbia University student

This content was published on Mar 21, 2025 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Nicolas Levrat, and eight other legal experts, have called on the US to release Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil.

Medicine access

How Trump’s attack on diversity could derail drug development in Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 21, 2025 If Big Pharma abandons diversity goals in clinical research, it could set drug development back decades.

Federal government wants to deport rejected asylum seekers from Afghanistan

Foreign Affairs

Swiss government to deport rejected asylum seekers from Afghanistan

This content was published on Mar 20, 2025 The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) is changing its asylum policy for Afghanistan. Single men with rejected applications can now be deported.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss parliament approves free trade agreement with India

This content was published on Mar 20, 2025 Swiss parliament gave the green light for Switzerland to ratify the free trade agreement between EFTA and India.

An aerial view of the Volkswagen car factory in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, June 28, 2023.

Foreign Affairs

Trump’s trade war pushes Europe and Switzerland closer to Mercosur

This content was published on Mar 20, 2025 The European Free Trade Association (EFTA), led by Switzerland, is following the EU’s lead by pushing ahead on a free trade deal with Mercosur states.

Exhibit from Gaza on display at the MAH in Geneva.

History

How Switzerland helps protect the world’s endangered cultural heritage

This content was published on Mar 19, 2025 Geneva safeguards cultural treasures, from Spanish art to Ukrainian and Gaza heritage, reflecting Switzerland's global heritage commitment.

The Council of States maintains its confidence in the WHO

International Geneva

Swiss Senate maintains confidence in the WHO

This content was published on Mar 19, 2025 The Swiss Senate has voted against a motion that would call into question the new WHO International Health Regulations.

Head of Seco smoothes trade tensions with the USA in Washington

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland’s top trade official eases tensions with US during Washington visit

This content was published on Mar 19, 2025 Switzerland's top trade official, Helene Budliger Artieda, was able to refute US allegations of unfair trade practices during a visit to Washington.

International Geneva

Where are women in the peace talks?

This content was published on Mar 18, 2025 Inside Geneva asks whether involving more women in peace deals would lead to more peace.

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