Cluster: Geopolitics

Switzerland proposes financial support for foreign policy agencies

Man with metal detector de-mining a field

This content was published on Dec 2, 2022 Swiss parliament asked for CHF130 million funding for three Geneva-based agencies that focus on international security and foreign policy issues.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss pledge CHF40 million to struggling UNRWA

This content was published on Dec 2, 2022 The government has pledged CHF20 million annually for the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency in 2023 and 2024.

Volleyball für Schulkinder am Sandstrand im Hafen von Mariehamn.

Foreign Affairs

Spitzbergen and Aland

This content was published on Dec 2, 2022

Swiss note another slight rise in frozen Russian funds

This content was published on Dec 1, 2022 Since the invasion of Ukraine in February and the start of sanctions, Switzerland has frozen some CHF7.5 billion ($7.9 billion) in Russian assets.

French ambassador to Switzerland Frédéric Journès

Foreign Affairs

French-Swiss relations back on track, says ambassador

This content was published on Nov 30, 2022 French-Swiss relations are back on track after Bern bought American rather than French fighter jets, says ambassador.

International Geneva

Red Cross says it is doing all it can in Ukraine

This content was published on Nov 30, 2022 The ICRC “continues to move heaven and earth” to gain access to all prisoners of war in Ukraine, says its director.

International Geneva

How big is the nuclear threat?

This content was published on Nov 29, 2022 Vladimir Putin has threathened the West and Ukraine with nuclear strikes. How worried should we be?

International Geneva

Inside Geneva: What is the nuclear threat?

This content was published on Nov 29, 2022 Russia has hinted nuclear weapons could be used again. In this podcast episode, Inside Geneva host Imogen Foulkes asks experts how big the threat is.

Foreign Affairs

Arrests dismantle Swiss-Hungarian sex trafficking ring

This content was published on Nov 28, 2022 A coordinated police operation between Switzerland and Hungary has broken up a criminal network involved in trafficking women for forced sex work.

Armoured cars travel down a highway with normal traffic in Switzerland.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss military tests defences against invasion

This content was published on Nov 28, 2022 The largest Swiss military exercises since 1989 test the nation's defences against a possible land invasion.

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