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Covid-19: When hindsight is 20-20

This content was published on Feb 9, 2021 It’s a year since Covid 19 went global, and we all headed into lockdown. In this episode Imogen Foulkes revisits some eerily prescient interviews.

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Libya: Swiss welcome nomination of new interim government

This content was published on Feb 5, 2021 Switzerland has welcomed the selection of a new unified transitional authority for Libya.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss to boost ‘laptop’ diplomat network

This content was published on Feb 5, 2021 Swiss to send more diplomatic staff abroad after the coronavirus pandemic highlighted the need for more personnel on the ground, SRF reports.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland to return $266 million in illegal commissions to Taiwan

This content was published on Feb 4, 2021 The money, worth CHF240 million, is part of illicit kickbacks on the sale of six French-made Lafayette warships to Taiwan in 1991.

International Geneva

In the vaccine race, can COVAX help poorer countries catch up?

This content was published on Feb 4, 2021 COVAX expects to start rolling out Covid-19 vaccines to poorer countries at the end of February. Can it really help them catch up?

Foreign Affairs

WEF forced to postpone Singapore meeting to August

This content was published on Feb 3, 2021 The World Economic Forum’s special annual meeting – exceptionally being held in Singapore this year – has been pushed back by three months.

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Foreign Affairs

Brexit explainer: visiting, studying and working in Switzerland

This content was published on Feb 3, 2021 From holidays to studying to finding a job in the Alpine nation, we look at what has changed for UK nationals.

Foreign Affairs

Myanmar faces “catastrophe”: Swiss UN diplomat

This content was published on Feb 2, 2021 On Monday, the Swiss diplomat told Swiss public television SRF that the situation is extremely concerning. “It would be catastrophic if Myanmar takes a step back to 2011 when the country had been under a dictatorship for 50 years,” said Schraner Burgener. “We fear that all attempts to democratise the country will again be crushed…

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Foreign Affairs

Switzerland calls for end to Myanmar coup

This content was published on Feb 1, 2021 The Swiss foreign ministry has urged Myanmar’s military, which seized power on Monday in a coup, to “immediately suspend its actions”.

Foreign Affairs

Is the grass greener outside the EU?

This content was published on Feb 1, 2021 One of the arguments for Brexit was that UK agriculture would become more environment friendly.

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Switzerland to return $266 million in illegal commissions to Taiwan

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WEF forced to postpone Singapore meeting to August

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