Cluster: Geopolitics

Switzerland expects asylum seeker numbers to fall again in 2025

Federal government expects asylum numbers to fall again this year

This content was published on Jan 31, 2025 Swiss migration officials expect around 24,000 new asylum applications this year - some 4,000 fewer than in 2024.

China's DeepSeek R1 model has set new standards on efficiency

Swiss AI

Switzerland caught in middle of US-China race for AI dominance

This content was published on Jan 30, 2025 The US is threatening to choke the supply of AI chips to Switzerland just as Chinese DeepSeek model boosts innovation.

WEF's host and hostess pose for a groupe picture on the stage of the Congress Hall prior to the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Monday,

Swiss diplomacy

How Swiss companies lobby in Brussels and at the WEF

This content was published on Jan 30, 2025 New analysis shows where lobbyists and the European Commission met most often. And which Swiss-based organisations lobby in Brussels.

Programs for Albania, Bangladesh and Zambia to be discontinued

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland cuts foreign aid to Albania, Bangladesh and Zambia

This content was published on Jan 29, 2025 This decision comes after the parliament allocated less funding for foreign aid in December than the government had requested.

International Geneva

DRC fighting: UN reports rape and relocates non-essential staff

This content was published on Jan 29, 2025 The UN has moved non-essential staff from Goma in the DRC, after M23 rebels entered on Monday. Reports of rape and looting have emerged.

Since the war in Ukraine, disinformation has focused on spreading false claims about Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky. The primary aim is to undermine support for Ukraine in the international community and to discourage aid, by portraying the Ukrainian president as someone who supposedly misuses Western assistance for personal gain.

Swiss diplomacy

How Switzerland is caught up in Russia’s propaganda machine

This content was published on Jan 27, 2025 Switzerland’s neutrality has not prevented it from becoming the target of fake news and propaganda from Moscow. An explainer.

Karin Keller-Sutter commemorates the liberation of Auschwitz

Foreign Affairs

Swiss president decries anti-Semitism during Auschwitz liberation ceremony

This content was published on Jan 27, 2025 Swiss President expresses concern at resurgence of anti-Semitism, at Auschwitz liberation commemoration.

International Geneva

International Geneva ‘needs reform’: ex-Swiss foreign minister

This content was published on Jan 27, 2025 Geneva-based global bodies, such as WHO, must respond with reform to the US cold shoulder, says ex-Swiss foreign minister.

Republican Elise Stefanik testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on her nomination to be Ambassador to the United Nations on Capitol Hill on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC.

International Geneva

New US ambassador to the UN vows to implement Trump’s agenda

This content was published on Jan 27, 2025 Donald Trump has said he is pulling the US out of the WHO. He has the full support of his new ambassador to the UN, Elise Stefanik.

GE: over 2000 people at pro-Palestine march

Foreign Affairs

Palestinian solidarity demonstration draws 2,000 people in Geneva

This content was published on Jan 26, 2025 Some 2,200 people took to the streets in Geneva Saturday to show solidarity with the Palestinian people and to denounce Swiss policy in the Middle East.

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