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Swiss ease Covid entry rules for 21 countries

This content was published on Jul 17, 2020 Switzerland will relax coronavirus-related entry restrictions for 21 further countries, including Australia and Canada. The move applies from July 20.

Foreign Affairs

Belgium adds, then removes, Ticino from travel warning list

This content was published on Jul 16, 2020 Ticino was briefly added to a Belgian “orange” travel warning list, which urged arrivals to quarantine and take a Covid-19 test if they had been in the southern Swiss canton. An intervention by the Swiss foreign ministry then saw Ticino struck off the list on Thursday.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland exported half a billion francs worth of arms in six months

This content was published on Jul 15, 2020 Swiss companies exported CHF501 million (around $530 million) in war materiel in the first half of the year, almost twice as much as the same period in 2019.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland deplores the shrinking of democracy in Venezuela

This content was published on Jul 15, 2020 At Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Swiss have called on Venezuela to establish ‘free and fair conditions’ for the December legislative elections.

International Geneva

The WTO’s next leader: Swiss perspectives on a global challenge

This content was published on Jul 15, 2020 Switzerland wants to see a new World Trade Organization leader who can build consensus and push through reforms.

Foreign Affairs

Report alleges targeting of Swiss-based Catalan separatist’s phone

This content was published on Jul 14, 2020 It has been reported that Anna Gabriel, who sought refuge in Geneva, was one of 100 people who was allegedly targeted last year using spyware.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss minister attends France’s Bastille Day ceremony

This content was published on Jul 14, 2020 Swiss Health Minister Alain Berset is among several European dignitaries invited to France’s July 14 celebrations in Paris.

Foreign Affairs

Up to Switzerland to move on EU deal, Juncker says

This content was published on Jul 12, 2020 “Now it’s Switzerland’s turn,” Jean-Claude Juncker stated in an interview with the weekly NZZ am Sonntag newspaper. He expressed disappointment that the deal, which would replace a raft of bilateral accords between Switzerland and the EU, was not concluded during his mandate. He noted that three issues remain particularly problematic for the Alpine nation: wage…

Foreign Affairs

Swiss envoy Thomas Greminger loses post as Europe’s peace manager

This content was published on Jul 12, 2020 Greminger’s term in office, which began in July 2017, will expire on July 18, according to Swiss media reports published over the weekend. He was the OSCE’s first Swiss secretary general. The OSCE is the biggest regional security organisation in the world, with 57 member states in north America, Europe and Asia. An OSCE meeting held…

International Geneva

Inside Geneva: World trade at a crossroads

This content was published on Jul 9, 2020 Who makes the rules around trade? This episode of the Inside Geneva podcast looks at what the World Trade Organization can do, and what it can’t.

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