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Student filmmaker in Switzerland highlights plight of Afghan girls

Actors in the short film Tamanna and Tabassum

This content was published on Aug 28, 2023 An Afghan poet and film student in Switzerland wants to show that girls are both the true enemy of the Taliban and the real heroes of Afghanistan.

Foreign Affairs

Radioactive gas auctioned off in Swiss bankruptcy sale

This content was published on Aug 26, 2023 Twenty tonnes of uranium hexafluoride belonging to a bankrupt Swiss company have been sold at auction for CHF 17 million ($19.2 million).

International Geneva

Prigozhin’s death and how to prevent the next Wagner

This content was published on Aug 25, 2023 Switzerland has been a hub for trying to regulate private military groups like Wagner. We find out more from an expert.

view of the palais des nations in Geneva, and the UN flag

International Geneva

UN’s Geneva site briefly shut due to security incident

This content was published on Aug 25, 2023 The Palais des Nations was temporarily sealed off on Friday morning after an intruder broke through the security perimeter.

A photo of Male, capital of the Maldives

International Geneva

Small island states punch above their weight at UN Human Rights Council

This content was published on Aug 24, 2023 Tiny island states with few diplomats in Geneva struggle to participate in the UN rights body. Without them, climate change might be off the agenda.

International Geneva

August is for humanitarians

This content was published on Aug 22, 2023 To mark the Day of the Disappeared and World Humanitarian day, we speak to the ICRC and Laura Dolci who lost her husband in the 2003 Baghdad bombings.

Sanctions: a headache for humanitarian action

This content was published on Aug 22, 2023 As the use of sanctions has exploded over the past few years, concerns are growing about the human suffering they cause.

International Geneva

Inside Geneva: August is for humanitarians

This content was published on Aug 22, 2023 Inside Geneva host Imogen Foulkes marks two important days in the humanitarian calendar - the day of the disappeared and World Humanitarian Day.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss defence minister orders inquiry over Leopard tanks

This content was published on Aug 21, 2023 The issue of tanks that could be sent to Ukraine is extremely delicate against the backdrop of Russia's war on Ukraine and Swiss neutrality.

Foreign Affairs

SECO sharpens focus on sanctions and export controls

This content was published on Aug 21, 2023 From September 1, it will combine the departments of sanctions, arms control and export controls in a separate service area.

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