Geopolitics

Swiss against joining NATO but in favour of closer cooperation

This content was published on Apr 17, 2022 Most Swiss want to see closer cooperation with intergovernmental defence alliance NATO. However, they do not want to become a member.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland wants Russians and Belarusians excluded from sports federations

This content was published on Apr 16, 2022 The International Olympic Committee is under pressure to exclude Russian and Belarusians from top positions in international sports federations.

International Geneva

Russia’s suspension from UN Human Rights Council raises big questions

This content was published on Apr 13, 2022 We look at the implications of Russia's suspension from the UN Human Rights Council over “gross and systematic human rights abuses” in Ukraine.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss development aid spending climbs slightly

This content was published on Apr 12, 2022 Switzerland spent CHF3.59 billion ($3.85 billion) on official development aid in 2021, or 0.51% of gross national income (GNI).

Foreign Affairs

Russia criticises Swiss diplomatic reaction to Ukraine

This content was published on Apr 12, 2022 The Russian foreign ministry has criticised what it labelled the “arbitrary” understanding of history of Swiss President Ignazio Cassis.

Foreign Affairs

Former Swiss prosecutor ‘targeted by Serbian assassins’

This content was published on Apr 12, 2022 Ex-Swiss prosecutor Dick Marty has been under armed guard for two years following death threats he believes originate from Serbia.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss media reacts to cliffhanger French election runoff

This content was published on Apr 11, 2022 Victory for Emmanuel Macron, like in the previous presidential duel against Marine Le Pen in 2017, is far from guaranteed, warn Swiss newspapers.

Greetings for refugees in Ukrainian and other languages in a classroom at the Holbein secondary school in Basel.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland will not cap number of Ukrainian refugees, says minister

This content was published on Apr 11, 2022 Switzerland is not setting a maximum limit on how many Ukrainian refugees it accepts, says the justice minister.

Buildings in Ukraine destroyed by Russian bombs

Foreign Affairs

Ambassadors urge tougher Swiss stance against Russia

This content was published on Apr 10, 2022 The Ukrainian and United States ambassadors to Bern have called on Switzerland to redouble its efforts to enforce sanctions against Russia.

Remains of a missile outside the Kramatorsk railway station in eastern Ukraine

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland protests Kramatorsk rail station bombing

This content was published on Apr 9, 2022 Switzerland has formally protested the bombing of the Kramatorsk railway station in Ukraine to the Russian ambassador to Bern.

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