Cluster: Geopolitics

Switzerland and EU mark formal end to negotiations

Switzerland - EU: negotiators initial package agreements in Bern

This content was published on May 21, 2025 This means the lead negotiators signed off on the agreement, confirming that the text reflects the outcome of the talks.

International Geneva

WHO members agree to 20% rise in mandatory contributions

This content was published on May 21, 2025 If the resolution is backed in the plenary session, the organisation’s budget for 2026-2027 will rise to CHF4.2 billion ($5.1 billion).

Foreign Affairs

Swiss government pledges CHF11 million to UNRWA amid Gaza crisis

This content was published on May 21, 2025 Switzerland will contribute CHF20 million to meet urgent humanitarian needs in the occupied Palestinian territory and to support UNRWA operations.

Children react as Palestinians wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, April 24, 2025.

International Geneva

A Geneva-based NGO is Israel’s answer to aid in Gaza

This content was published on May 21, 2025 The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an NGO backed by Israel and the US, will privatise aid into Gaza. The UN has strongly opposed the plan.

Swiss Politics

European defence: tensions rise, budgets follow – but public support is uneven

This content was published on May 21, 2025 As European Union countries ramp up military spending, public support across the continent remains uneven.

President John F. Kennedy signed the Foreign Assistance Act on 3 November 1961. It served as the legal basis for the creation of USAID that same month.

International Geneva

How the United States used humanitarian aid for influence

This content was published on May 20, 2025 By dismantling USAID and weakening a pillar of US diplomacy, Washington risks running counter to its own interests.

International Geneva

WHO opens annual meeting amid financial crisis

This content was published on May 19, 2025 The World Health Organization (WHO) boss, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says the Geneva-based UN agency has revised down its budget to $4.2 billion (CHF3.5 billion) for 2026-2027.

Switzerland announces funding of 80 million dollars for the WHO

International Geneva

Switzerland pledges $80 million to WHO

This content was published on May 19, 2025 Switzerland plans to give an additional $80 million (CHF67 million) for the 2025-2028 period to the World Health Organization (WHO), which is facing financial difficulties.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss president meets Zelensky in Rome ahead of pope’s inauguration

This content was published on May 18, 2025 The two politicians spoke on Saturday about humanitarian issues and the prospect of a ceasefire in Ukraine.

Dolores Reyes Fernández, 61, hugs her father, José Reyes Lozano, 87, for the first time in nearly four months as visits resume at the nursing home in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, June 22, 2020.

International Geneva

Pandemic treaty comes as welcome sign of multilateralism

This content was published on May 16, 2025 Can the pandemic treaty withstand the withdrawal of the United States from the WHO?

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