Cluster: Geopolitics

ICRC: Fighting intensifying around key Yemen port

A fisherman paddles his boat past destroyed buildings on the coast of the port city of Hodeida

This content was published on Nov 22, 2018 “After a lull at the end of last week, fighting has intensified in the last two days,” testified Sanaa Mirella Hodeib, a spokesperson for the ICRC delegation in Yemen, on Wednesday. “While the city of Hodeida is surrounded by fighting, the port itself has not yet been affected,” she noted. “Humanitarian aid can therefore still…

Christine Schraner Burgener in Rakhine by helicopter

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Meet some of the Swiss in key international roles

This content was published on Nov 18, 2018 You may not know it, but there are quite a number of Swiss people working in important international positions. swissinfo.ch talks to four of them.

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Switzerland’s armistice memories, carved in stone

This content was published on Nov 11, 2018 On Sunday, many countries are celebrating the centenary of the end of the First World War. Monuments to the fallen have a special place.

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Google staff in Zurich join global walkout

This content was published on Nov 1, 2018 More than 1,000 Google employees and contractors in Asia, the United States and Europe – including in Zurich – have staged brief walk-outs.

Alain Berset in front of the Europa Building in Brussels

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Swiss president sidelined by EU leader

This content was published on Oct 19, 2018 Swiss President Alain Berset has met leaders from Europe and Asia in Brussels but the EU leader gave him the cold shoulder.

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Switzerland tightens sanctions on Myanmar

This content was published on Oct 17, 2018 The Swiss government has tightened sanctions against Myanmar because of human rights concerns.

Polish President Andrzej Duda lays a wreath

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Polish president honours former vice-consul to Bern

This content was published on Oct 9, 2018 On Tuesday, Polish President Andrzej Duda paid respects to Holocaust rescuer Konstanty Rokicki in Lucerne.

Alain Berset and Ignazio Cassis at the UN

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Multilateralism in crisis, says foreign minister

This content was published on Sep 26, 2018 Multilateralism is in crisis, but remains important for Switzerland, foreign minister Ignazio Cassis has told the press in New York.

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Values and weapons, Switzerland delivers both

This content was published on Sep 26, 2018 Swiss peace brokering and Swiss weapons in the world’s wars are uncomfortable bedfellows. We take a closer look at the issue.

Swiss Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann and Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng toast the deal in 2013.

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‘Glass half full’ rating for Swiss-Chinese trade deal

This content was published on Sep 26, 2018 The Sino-Swiss free trade agreement saved companies CHF100 million in customs duties last year, but not all firms are convinced.

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