Cluster: Geopolitics

Study: Cross-border workers do not steal Swiss jobs

This content was published on May 17, 2019 Cross-border commuters working in Switzerland do not replace the local workforce. On the contrary, they can have a beneficial impact on the Swiss labour market.

Opinion

Foreign Affairs

Oval Office meeting shows Swiss potential amid US-Iran tensions

This content was published on May 17, 2019 Swiss President Ueli Maurer’s meeting with Donald Trump was a unique bilateral event at a moment of increasing tensions between the US and Iran.

International Geneva

Many Swiss ‘know little’ about International Geneva

This content was published on May 17, 2019 Switzerland invests millions in its strategy towards “International Geneva”, yet many people in the German-speaking region are unfamiliar with it.

Foreign Affairs

Why did the Swiss president go to Washington?

This content was published on May 16, 2019 Ueli Maurer met Donald Trump at the White House. These are some of the top foreign policy and trade issues affecting the US-Swiss relationship.

International Geneva

Switzerland blacklisted by ILO

This content was published on May 16, 2019 Employees who are active in trade unions are not sufficiently protected from being sacked in Switzerland, says the International Labour Organization.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland to open an embassy in Belarus

This content was published on May 16, 2019 The Swiss representation in Minsk will be upgraded to a full embassy due to the growing strategic importance of the former Soviet republic.

Foreign Affairs

Trump to receive Swiss president in White House

This content was published on May 16, 2019 US President Donald Trump has offered a surprise invitation to Ueli Maurer, who holds the rotating Swiss presidency this year.

A woman cooks a meal outdoors after her house was damaged by Cyclone Fani

International Geneva

Swiss official urges nations to invest more in disaster risk reduction

This content was published on May 15, 2019 Too little is spent to protect communities around the world against the rising risks of drought, floods and other threats, warns a top Swiss official.

Birds scavenge on plastic polluted beach

International Geneva

Geneva meeting agrees landmark deal on plastic waste

This content was published on May 10, 2019 Most of the world's countries meeting in Geneva have reached agreement on a legally binding framework to help regulate exports of plastic waste.

demonstration in London against Brunei anti-gay law

Foreign Affairs

Bern urges Brunei to scrap death penalty for homosexuals

This content was published on May 10, 2019 Switzerland has called on Brunei to reverse a recent change to its penal code allowing capital punishment for homosexual acts and adultery.

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