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Switzerland shouldn’t count on its ‘best friends’ for EU help

This content was published on Nov 15, 2021 Switzerland has manoeuvred itself into a dead end in its relations with the EU, partly because it has never altered its strategy. An analysis.

migrants at the Belarus border with Poland

Foreign Affairs

Swiss Justice Minister ‘outraged’ by Belarus migrant crisis

This content was published on Nov 12, 2021 The Swiss justice minister says the EU should not give in to Belarus blackmail in the migrant crisis on its border.

Swiss border police checking cars at the border

Foreign Affairs

Afghan refugee numbers pick up in Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 11, 2021 Switzerland does not expect a sustained wave of Afghan refugees despite large numbers crossing the border in recent months.

International Geneva

Worldwide landmine casualties remain high, Swiss NGO says

This content was published on Nov 10, 2021 The number of victims of anti-personnel landmines around the world increased by more than 20% last year, according to a Geneva-based NGO.

Patricia Danzi, Director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland pledges more funds for UN development scheme

This content was published on Nov 8, 2021 Switzerland pledges CHF9.4 million to UN Resident Coordinator scheme.

Foreign Affairs

The bizarre case of Youssef Nada and Switzerland’s role in the ‘War on Terror’

This content was published on Nov 7, 2021 This is the story of how an Egyptian businessman living in Switzerland ended up in the crosshairs of the Swiss and American judiciary.

Opinion

Foreign Affairs

Tax avoidance is a children’s rights issue

This content was published on Nov 6, 2021 The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child should ask Switzerland to report the extraterritorial impact of its tax policies.

International Geneva

Geneva Internationals: Driving action to protect the environment

This content was published on Nov 3, 2021 Meet Zaninka Ntagungira, a climate specialist. She came to Geneva to study and focus on the policies that help combat climate change.

International Geneva

COP26: What do aid agencies want?

This content was published on Nov 2, 2021 Aid agencies have been facing up to the humanitarian consequences of climate change for quite some time now.

International Geneva

COP26: Why the climate crisis is also a humanitarian crisis

This content was published on Nov 2, 2021 What are humanitarian agencies expecting from leaders at COP26, the UN Climate Change conference taking place in Glasgow?

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