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Swiss president calls for solidarity at Wrestling Festival

President of the Swiss Confederation propagates values at the ESAF

This content was published on Aug 31, 2025 Swiss president lauds unity at Wrestling Festival, urging national solidarity in challenging times.

Former diplomats call on Switzerland to act

Foreign Affairs

Former diplomats criticise Switzerland’s silence on Gaza

This content was published on Aug 31, 2025 Former diplomats urge Switzerland to take concrete action over Gaza conflict.

Sahgal says judgement weakens US negotiating position

Foreign Affairs

US court ruling on tariffs weakens US negotiating position with Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 31, 2025 US court ruling limits Trump's tariff powers, complicating trade talks with Switzerland.

Pharma supply chains

Swiss medtech industry shows strong support for EU deal

This content was published on Aug 30, 2025 Over 70% of Swiss medtech firms back the EU deal, citing market access and free movement.

Russia has been increasing its isolation in technology, culture and education.

Foreign Affairs

Russia bans International Baccalaureate over ‘Russophobia’

This content was published on Aug 29, 2025 Russia bans International Baccalaureate: Students lose access to global diplomas as Kremlin tightens educational isolation.

On August 13, Roskomnadzor, the state media regulator, restricted calls on WhatsApp and Telegram, calling them “main voice services used to deceive and extort money, and to involve Russian citizens in sabotage and terrorist activities”

Foreign Affairs

Behind Russia’s digital Iron Curtain: how the West and Switzerland look online

This content was published on Aug 29, 2025 We demonstrate how Russia’s digital Iron Curtain works with and without a VPN. [Spoiler: Swissinfo’s website doesn’t load in the country without one.]

Geneva hosts some 1,350 foundations, many of which receive public funding from Switzerland and other countries.

International Geneva

A Geneva-based global health foundation in turmoil. Where were regulators?   

This content was published on Aug 28, 2025 Swissinfo investigates how Swiss regulators failed to avert a crisis which upended operations at a prominent Geneva-based diagnostics non-profit.

This photo taken on May 21, 2024 shows a destroyed house and burned trees following fighting between Myanmar's military and the Arakan Army (AA) ethnic minority armed group in a village in Minbya Township in western Rakhine State. Fighting has rocked Myanmar's western Rakhine state since the Arakan Army (AA) attacked the junta there in November last year, and according to the UN more than 100,000 people have been displaced by conflict in the state since then. (Photo by AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-CONFLICT-COUP-RAKHINE'

International Geneva

How digital evidence is reshaping UN investigations in Myanmar

This content was published on Aug 27, 2025 UN investigators are using digital evidence to document war crimes in Myanmar, from torture to airstrikes, but shrinking funds threaten the work.

Swiss tech sector continues to suffer from shrinking demand

Global trade

Swiss machinery sector continues to suffer from shrinking demand

This content was published on Aug 26, 2025 The number of orders have continued to fall, as has turnover.

Geneva organisations

Ripple effect of aid freeze becomes real in Geneva

This content was published on Aug 26, 2025 Geneva is reckoning with fewer funds, fewer people and competition from cheaper countries vying for an international role.

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