Cluster: Geopolitics

Switzerland confirms UN Security Council priorities

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis applauds the election of Switzerland to the Security Council this year.

This content was published on Aug 31, 2022 Switzerland confirms United Nations Security Council targets: sustainable peace, protection of civilians, climate security and greater transparency at the UN body.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland’s EU ‘cohesion’ payment targets eight countries

This content was published on Aug 31, 2022 Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Malta and Poland will benefit from CHF1.1 billion in Swiss funding to the EU.

International Geneva

Swiss relief agencies raise funds for Pakistan

This content was published on Aug 31, 2022 Floods in Pakistan have already claimed the lives of more than 1,100 people. The Swiss are showing solidarity with the south-Asian country.

US Senator Marsha Blackburn and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen

Foreign Affairs

‘Taiwan on everyone’s lips is the last thing China wants’

This content was published on Aug 31, 2022 Swiss observers weigh in on the possibility for closer ties with Taiwan – and the limited options Switzerland has if China were to attack the island.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss president pays tribute to ‘man of peace’ Gorbachev

This content was published on Aug 31, 2022 Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91, visited Switzerland several times during his career.

Foreign Affairs

Planned initiative would push government on Europe

This content was published on Aug 30, 2022 "Alliance Europe" plans a possible popular initiative that would force Bern to act on its deadlocked relations with the European Union.

Israel s President Isaac Herzog (left) shakes hands with Cassis in Bern.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland and Israel to boost scientific ties

This content was published on Aug 29, 2022 Switzerland has signed an agreement with Israel to intensify scientific research and innovation.

International Geneva

The (long) wait continues for the UN’s human rights report on Xinjiang

This content was published on Aug 26, 2022 The UN Human Rights chief promised a report on the treatment of China’s Uyghur minority over a year ago. Human rights groups are still waiting.

Foreign Affairs

Tourist visa ban for Russians divides Europe

This content was published on Aug 25, 2022 If the EU decides to impose a visa ban on all Russian citizens, Switzerland would have to follow suit.

International Geneva

Evidence-gathering boosts justice chances for Myanmar’s Rohingya

This content was published on Aug 25, 2022 Five years after the Myanmar crackdown that drove one million Rohingya into Bangladesh, a UN body in Geneva hopes to help bring justice.

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