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Swiss not swayed by US vaccine waiver announcement

This content was published on May 6, 2021 Switzerland will “evaluate” the new proposition, but “many questions remain open”, the economics ministry said.

Citizens of India line up for a nasal swab.

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Switzerland sends oxygen and body bags to India

This content was published on May 6, 2021 Switzerland is helping India confront its brutal second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic with more than 13 tonnes of supplies.

Foreign Affairs

Parmelin visits the Vatican for Swiss Guard swearing in

This content was published on May 6, 2021 Switzerland’s President met Pope Francis in the Vatican on Thursday, in a visit that also included the swearing-in of 34 new Swiss Guards.

Foreign Affairs

Olympic athletes to get free shots from Pfizer and BioNTech

This content was published on May 6, 2021 The doses will be delivered this month so that Olympic delegations can receive two shots before arriving in Tokyo for the opening of the games on July 23. “We are inviting the athletes and participating delegations of the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games to lead by example and accept the vaccine where and when possible,” IOC President…

A surgical operating theatre in a hospital at Ariha, in the Syrian province of Idlib.

International Geneva

Report finds over 4,000 attacks against health workers since 2016

This content was published on May 5, 2021 Violence against health workers and facilities continues unabated, a new Swiss-UK funded report reveals.

the federal asylum centre at Boudry, canton Neuchâtel

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland launches probe into suspected asylum centre violence

This content was published on May 5, 2021 An independent investigation has been opened into allegations of violence at several federal asylum centres in Switzerland.

A vote at the United Nations Security Council

International Geneva

War crimes cases on the rise despite Covid-19

This content was published on May 5, 2021 Universal jurisdiction cases are on the rise, but the fight to bring justice to victims of international crimes is not over, says a Geneva NGO.

International Geneva

The people fighting to prevent enforced disappearances

This content was published on May 4, 2021 There is nothing, perhaps, so determined, so quietly courageous, as the relatives of the disappeared.

Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland in Lausanne

International Geneva

Universal jurisdiction around the world

This content was published on May 4, 2021 Philip Grant of Geneva-based NGO, Trial International, explains how universal jurisdiction helps bring justice to victims of international crimes.

Foreign Affairs

Senior Swiss embassy official in Iran dies in high-rise fall

This content was published on May 4, 2021 The woman fell from her residential apartment building in Tehran, according to local reports.

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