Cluster: Geopolitics

US ends funding for four Swiss-run children’s aid projects

USA ends funding for four children's aid organization projects

This content was published on Feb 28, 2025 The United States has definitively ended its funding for four projects run by the children's aid organisation Terre des hommes.

People displaced by violence in towns across the Catatumbo region, where rebels of the National Liberation Army, or ELN, have been clashing with former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, line up to register for shelter at a soccer stadium in Cúcuta, Colombia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Swiss position

Switzerland continues to support peace in Colombia, despite recent violence

This content was published on Feb 28, 2025 With National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels once again resorting to violence, peace in Colombia is under threat. Switzerland, meanwhile, continues to support implementation of the 2016 peace agreement.

International Geneva

UN and Switzerland against forced displacement of Palestinians

This content was published on Feb 27, 2025 The UN and the Swiss government are opposed to any forced displacement of Palestinians, as proposed by US President Donald Trump.

Swiss diplomacy

Switzerland’s global image got a boost

This content was published on Feb 26, 2025 Around the world, Switzerland is seen in a positive light – especially by people who live far away from it.

The regime in Nicaragua "has dismantled the last checks and balances".

International Geneva

Geneva report urges ICJ action against Nicaragua for ‘repression’

This content was published on Feb 26, 2025 International investigators in Geneva have accused Nicaragua's regime of possible crimes against humanity, urging the country be brought before the ICJ.

Photo of entrance of WHO offices in Geneva

International Geneva

WHO’s global lab network faces collapse without new funding

This content was published on Feb 26, 2025 As measles cases surge in Texas, Geneva-based WHO warns its largest global laboratory network is on the brink of collapse unless new funding is secured.

Moscow's return to the Council of Europe "hard to imagine".

Foreign Affairs

Berset rules out Russia’s return to Council of Europe anytime soon

This content was published on Feb 26, 2025 Former Swiss president Alain Berset, now Secretary General of the Council of Europe, says it's hard to imagine Russia rejoining the Council.

Donald Trump signs an executive order to leave the WHO

International Geneva

US withdrawal from WHO puts global health in jeopardy

This content was published on Feb 26, 2025 Donald Trump’s decision to leave the World Health Organization (WHO) will leave a gaping hole in the budget of the Geneva-based health agency.

Around 2000 people show solidarity with Ukraine in Zurich

Foreign Affairs

Thousands show solidarity with Ukraine in Switzerland

This content was published on Feb 25, 2025 Some 2,000 people gathered in Zurich on Monday evening to show solidarity for Ukraine, three years after the invasion by Russia.

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