Cluster: Geopolitics

WHO director defends Chinese over coronavirus criticism

Medical staff transfer patients to the newly completed Huoshenshan temporary field hospital in Wuhan

This content was published on Feb 6, 2020 The new coronavirus is an epidemic with “many battlefields”, but it can be stopped via the drastic measures being imposed, says a WHO director.

Foreign Affairs

How do Swiss arms end up in conflict zones?

This content was published on Feb 4, 2020 How have arms found their way from neutral Switzerland, a country that likes to underline its humanitarian tradition, to conflict countries?

Ghassan Salame, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General

International Geneva

UN envoy reports positive start to Libya talks in Geneva

This content was published on Feb 4, 2020 Rival Libyan military factions are meeting in Geneva to secure a “lasting ceasefire”, said UN envoy Ghassan Salamé on Tuesday.

Foreign Affairs

Federer to play in South Africa for first time

This content was published on Feb 3, 2020 Swiss tennis star Roger Federer, who has South African citizenship, is set to play Rafael Nadal in a charity match on Friday.

Boy with cancer in hospital with his mother

Foreign Affairs

Tehran remains cautious about Swiss humanitarian channel

This content was published on Feb 3, 2020 Iran has downplayed the political importance of a Swiss humanitarian channel to bring food and medicine to the struggling population.

Foreign Affairs

UN rapporteur: Assange being set up to be ‘burnt at the stake’

This content was published on Jan 31, 2020 In an interview with news outlet RepublikExternal link, Melzer delivered a damning indictment of the legal and political systems in the United States, Britain, Sweden and Ecuador. “It is obvious that what we are dealing with here is political persecution,” he said. “The case is a huge scandal and represents the failure of Western rule…

People wearing EU and Union Jack scarves

Foreign Affairs

Brexit: a day to celebrate or commiserate?

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).

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