Cluster: Geopolitics

Brexit: a day to celebrate or commiserate?

People wearing EU and Union Jack scarves

This content was published on Jan 31, 2020 We asked you what you'd be doing and feeling on Friday night as Britain leaves the EU. Here’s a selection of reader comments.

Emmanuel Mathias Geebelen and his family

Foreign Affairs

How a Swiss-Chinese family returned to Wuhan

This content was published on Jan 30, 2020 When the coronavirus spread in China, one Swiss expat and his family were on holiday in Hong Kong. How did they get home to Wuhan?

Foregin Minister Cassis at a news conference

Foreign Affairs

Swiss foreign policy prioritises digitalisation

This content was published on Jan 30, 2020 The Swiss government wants to give increasing importance to sustainable development and digitalisation in its foreign policy strategy.

International Geneva

WHO experts worry as coronavirus spreads beyond China

This content was published on Jan 30, 2020 The spread of the new coronavirus from China to other parts of the world has triggered concern at the World Health Organization (WHO).

Foreign Affairs

Peru cracks down on illegal gold mining

This content was published on Jan 30, 2020 Wildcat mining has devastated chunks of the Peruvian Amazon, where gold is extracted and makes its way to the refineries and banks in Switzerland.

International Geneva

United Nations IT systems breached in Geneva and Vienna

This content was published on Jan 29, 2020 Dozens of servers were “compromised” at United Nations offices in Geneva and Vienna last summer.

Swiss and US ministers meeting with Trump

Foreign Affairs

Swiss Economics Minister wants to move US trade deal forward

This content was published on Jan 26, 2020 Talks with US President Donald Trump this week at WEF were useful, says Swiss Economics Minister Guy Parmelin.

Swiss Ambassador to the US Jacques Pitteloud

Foreign Affairs

Swiss ambassador on global trade tensions and WTO

This content was published on Jan 24, 2020 On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Swiss Ambassador to the US Jacques Pitteloud talked to swissinfo.ch about how trade tensions between the US and China as well as Europe are having an impact on Switzerland and of the importance of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and free trade to Switzerland’s economic…

Swiss government delegation and WTO director Azevedo at Davos conference

International Geneva

WTO members agree on temporary body to settle disputes

This content was published on Jan 24, 2020 World Trade Organization members, including Switzerland, the EU and China, have agreed on a temporary fix to break the appeals system gridlock.

A migrant boy walks over discarded garbage outside the Moria refugee camp

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland plans to take in unaccompanied minors from Greece

This content was published on Jan 24, 2020 Switzerland is planning to take in “a certain number” of unaccompanied migrant children who have sought refuge in Greece.

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