Cluster: Geopolitics

Switzerland backs UN resolution calling for ceasefire in Middle East

This content was published on Oct 29, 2023 Switzerland was one of 120 countries, which backed a resolution at the UN General Assembly calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East.

Foreign Affairs

Hundreds demonstrate in Zurich for a ‘free Palestine’

This content was published on Oct 28, 2023 Several hundred people gathered in Zurich on Saturday afternoon for a rally for “a free Palestine”. The city of Zurich approved the demonstration.

Foreign Affairs

Li Keqiang: the ex-Chinese premier who wanted open trade with Switzerland

This content was published on Oct 27, 2023 The former Chinese premier died on Friday but his legacy lives on in the form of the historic free trade deal with Switzerland.

Ibrahim Khraishi at the United Nations Human Rights Council

Foreign Affairs

Label Netanyahu a ‘terrorist’, says Palestinian ambassador in Switzerland

This content was published on Oct 26, 2023 The Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva has condemned the Swiss government's intention to put Hamas on a terror list.

Foreign Affairs

Canton Zurich provides emergency funds for reconstruction in Israel

This content was published on Oct 26, 2023 The Canton of Zurich has pledged CHF500,000 ($555,917) for the survivors of the terrorist attacks in Israel and reconstruction.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland suspends funding of 11 Palestinian and Israeli NGOs

This content was published on Oct 25, 2023 Switzerland is suspending its financial support for eleven Palestinian and Israeli non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

International Geneva

Afghanistan: the battle to save the sick from sanctions

This content was published on Oct 25, 2023 How can populations in sanctioned countries have access to medicine? There are no easy answers.

Foreign Affairs

The good wife: Nepali migrants’ wives struggle to fill in for husbands and the state

This content was published on Oct 25, 2023 The 2022 FIFA football world cup highlighted the plight of Nepali migrant workers in the Gulf, but the price paid by their wives goes unacknowledged.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss help for Nepalese migrant workers is at a crossroads

This content was published on Oct 25, 2023 The Safer Migration Project (SaMi) has helped half a million migrant workers and their families. Is the Nepalese government ready to take it over?

International Geneva

The Middle East conflict: a huge challenge to humanitarian law

This content was published on Oct 24, 2023 One of the worst conflicts in decades has erupted in the Middle East. What do the rules of law allow? And what do they forbid?

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