Cluster: Geopolitics

Court rules on strict criteria for asylum transfers to Italy

This content was published on Jan 17, 2020 Very ill asylum seekers and families may only be sent back to Italy under the Dublin agreement if the Swiss have received certain assurances.

Foreign Affairs

When Switzerland recognised the new China

This content was published on Jan 17, 2020 Seventy years ago, Switzerland was one of the first Western nations to officially recognise the People’s Republic of China.

Foreign Affairs

Without Switzerland, ‘the situation could be worse’

This content was published on Jan 17, 2020

Foreign Affairs

Iran: ‘Without Switzerland the situation could be worse’

This content was published on Jan 17, 2020 Without Switzerland’s good offices, the situation in the Persian Gulf could deteriorate, says the Iranian ambassador in Bern.

International Geneva

Is the Léman Express on the right track with passengers?

This content was published on Jan 17, 2020 One month after the launch of the Léman Express, swissinfo.ch jumps aboard to gauge public interest in the new cross-border rail network.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland was ‘inspiration’ for Brexit, says Farage

This content was published on Jan 17, 2020 Nigel Farage, head of the UK’s Brexit party, says Switzerland was an “inspiration” for the United Kingdom on leaving the European Union.

International Geneva

More than half of Swiss millennials expect nuclear attack in next decade

This content was published on Jan 16, 2020 More than 56% of Swiss millennials think it's likely that there will be a nuclear attack somewhere in the world within the next decade.

Vladimir Putin presents his annual address to the Federal Assembly

Foreign Affairs

Putin risks ‘political fossilisation’, say Swiss papers

This content was published on Jan 16, 2020 Swiss newspapers say whatever role the Russian president ends up taking, Russians on the street are unlikely to enjoy more democracy.

Swiss finance minister Stich at a reception in Uzbekistan

Foreign Affairs

Swiss return seized funds to Turkmenistan

This content was published on Jan 15, 2020 Switzerland is repatriating $1.3 million (CHF1.26 million) in seized assets to Turkmenistan, money which will be used for the purchase of medicine.

Foreign Affairs

US places Switzerland on trade ‘watch list’

This content was published on Jan 14, 2020 The US Treasury Department has put Switzerland back on a list of countries that are under observation because of large trade surpluses with the US.

Cluster: Geopolitics

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