Cluster: Geopolitics

UNRWA funding: how is Switzerland responding to latest allegations?

Picture of people outside of an UNRWA school in Gaza.

This content was published on Jan 30, 2024 A funding crisis hits UNRWA as countries suspend funding, and allegations against its staff escalate. But Switzerland awaits a UN investigation.

Swiss tanks being prepared to be sent to Germany by train.

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Switzerland hands over first batch of Leopard 2 tanks to Germany

This content was published on Jan 30, 2024 The Swiss army has sent nine Leopard 2 battle tanks to Germany out of the 25 tanks that will be handed to their German manufacturer Rheinmetall.

Palestinians displaced by fighting in Gaza.

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Swiss aid payments for UNRWA are in doubt

This content was published on Jan 28, 2024 Switzerland is awaiting the results of a probe before deciding on 'what action to take' about its funding of UNRWA.

International Geneva

Nora Kronig Romero named director of Swiss Red Cross

This content was published on Jan 26, 2024 Nora Kronig Romero is to become the new director of the Swiss Red Cross (SRC). Her election comes at a turbulent time.

Andrea Studer, Deputy Director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation,

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Deputy director exits amidst controversy over NGO activities in Israel-Palestine

This content was published on Jan 26, 2024 Andrea Studer, Deputy Director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, is leaving her post at the end of August.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss attorney general charges two people with terror financing

This content was published on Jan 25, 2024 Two people have been accused by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) for having financially supported the Islamic State (IS).

Foreign Affairs

Russian descendant of Swiss mathematician faces asylum roadblock

This content was published on Jan 25, 2024 Alexander Euler, a descendant of Leonhard Euler, one of the fathers of modern mathematics, does not want to be drafted into the Russian army.

Foreign Affairs

EU Ambassador optimistic about new Swiss-EU agreement

This content was published on Jan 25, 2024 The Swiss government realises that abandoning talks on a deal with the EU almost three years ago was an error, says the bloc’s ambassador to Switzerland.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland to remove air border controls with Bulgaria and Romania

This content was published on Jan 24, 2024 The Swiss government has agreed to follow the EU and lift internal controls at air borders with Bulgaria and Romania.

Foreign Affairs

‘The world of conflict mediation is evolving’

This content was published on Jan 24, 2024 Engaging constructively with both states and non-states is key to resolving complex conflicts, argues Thomas Greminger.

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