Geopolitics

Africa’s relevance is growing – and everyone wants in

This content was published on Jul 21, 2025 Africa is the future – by 2100, one in three people will live there. As the African Union’s clout grows, Switzerland is stepping up engagement.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is seen on a screen delivering his report before delegates during the World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 19, 2025.

Geneva organisations

The WHO has to close a billion-dollar gap. Can private funding help?

This content was published on Jul 21, 2025 The US withdrawal from the WHO has left it scrambling for funds. Private donors are one solution but come with caveats.

Global trade

Beyond tariffs: how Switzerland turned trade talks into climate action with Mercosur

This content was published on Jul 18, 2025 After eight years, EFTA and Mercosur have a deal. But with such agreements facing public scrutiny, negotiators were keen to include protections – including environmental ones.

International Geneva

Cambodia’s Tun Channareth renews fight for mine-free world in Geneva

This content was published on Jul 18, 2025 A long-standing campaigner against anti-personnel mines, Cambodian Tun Channareth was in Geneva to defend the convention banning them, which has been weakened by the withdrawal of several Eastern European countries.

Afghan men who have lost their legs due to landmines learn to use their new prosthetics at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) physical rehabilitation center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 16, 2022.

International Geneva

Why five European countries want to allow anti-personnel mines again

This content was published on Jul 18, 2025 The three Baltic countries, Poland and Finland have decided to withdraw from the international treaty banning anti-personnel mines. Why now?

Swiss diplomacy

When East met West – the 1955 Geneva Summit

This content was published on Jul 18, 2025 Exactly 70 years ago, the major powers negotiated security, disarmament and the reunification of Germany in Geneva.

War & peace

US delays delivery of Patriot missiles to Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 17, 2025 The US Department of Defense is reprioritising the delivery of Patriot systems in order to give more support to Ukraine.

Swiss exports fall between April and June

Global trade

Swiss exports fall in second quarter of 2025

This content was published on Jul 17, 2025 Foreign trade dipped between April and June, a downturn largely driven by the chemicals and pharma sector.

Geneva organisations

Russian and Ukrainian politicians expected at Geneva event

This content was published on Jul 16, 2025 Top parliamentarians from the warring states have registered for an international conference at the end of July.

Customs fears and a trade slump: Swiss companies more pessimistic

Global trade

Swiss firms among the gloomiest globally for Q3 2025

This content was published on Jul 16, 2025 In an international comparison, Swiss firms have become much more pessimistic about the third quarter of 2025.

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