Cluster: Geopolitics

Swiss Senate votes to spend CHF11.3bn on foreign aid

Parliament is debating the size of Swiss foreign aid

This content was published on Sep 12, 2024 Parliamentary chamber broadly follows the Federal Council's spending proposals.

Swiss people and companies benefited from colonial explotation.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss colonial exploitation highlighted by National Museum

This content was published on Sep 12, 2024 Switzerland's colonial history is the focus of an exhibition at the National Museum.

Afghan women stitch clothes at a workshop in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 04 September 2024.

International Geneva

States criticise Taliban’s new morality law

This content was published on Sep 11, 2024 Almost 60 countries, including Switzerland, have issued a joint statement condemning a new morality law introduced in Afghanistan by the Taliban.

International Geneva

The WTO, global trade, and why we need ‘re-globalisation’

This content was published on Sep 10, 2024 Inside Geneva goes to the WTO to find out why its still useful and what lies ahead for international trade.

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International Geneva

Inside Geneva: can the WTO shape a fairer world economy?

This content was published on Sep 10, 2024 The WTO Public Forum is underway in Geneva, focusing on ‘re-globalisation’. Inside Geneva spoke with WTO officials to explore its meaning.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss parliamentarians want to stop UNRWA funding

This content was published on Sep 10, 2024 On Monday, one of the two chambers of parliament in Bern voted to immediately stop payments to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.

Foreign Affairs

Sperisen case in Switzerland a ‘legacy of the dirty war in Guatemala’

This content was published on Sep 10, 2024 The trial of the former Guatemalan police chief Erwin Sperisen has been going on for ten years. The Swiss-Guatemalan dual citizen is now on trial in Geneva for the fourth time. An explainer.

International Geneva

Switzerland calls for UN probe of Sri Lanka army

This content was published on Sep 9, 2024 Switzerland has called for an investigation into evidence of arbitrary arrests and abuse by the army in Sri Lanka.

Foreign Affairs

EU delays planned changing of ambassador in Bern

This content was published on Sep 7, 2024 Appointed in April as the EU's incoming ambassador, Slovak man Miroslav Lajčák will ultimately not take up the post in Bern this year.

International Geneva

First UN fact-finding report on Sudan released in Geneva

This content was published on Sep 6, 2024 Numerous acts amounting to crimes against humanity and war crimes have been committed in Sudan, according to UN investigators.

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