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The day Palestinian militants attacked Zurich Airport

This content was published on Feb 18, 2019 Fifty years ago, an airplane about to take off from Zurich for Tel Aviv was attacked by four armed Palestinian militants.

girl survivor of Islamist terror sits in a hut in Mali

Foreign Affairs

Meet the woman who investigates domestic violence and political assassinations

This content was published on Feb 18, 2019 What’s it like to be an expert investigator on international crimes? We talk to Laurence Boillat, a Swiss prosecutor who likes to get things done.

Foreign Affairs

Court dismisses Gambian minister’s prison torture claims

This content was published on Feb 14, 2019 A Swiss court has rejected the demand of former Gambian interior minister Ousman Sonko, currently detained in Switzerland under charges of war crimes.

Foreign Affairs

1MDB whistleblower under investigation in Switzerland

This content was published on Feb 14, 2019 The Swiss Attorney General has opened the investigation into Xavier Justo on the grounds of suspected economic espionage.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland supports peace agreement ahead of Nigerian elections

This content was published on Feb 13, 2019 Leading candidates in the Nigerian presidential election have signed a peace agreement ahead of tightly contested elections on Saturday.

Foreign Affairs

British expats face quotas in Switzerland

This content was published on Feb 13, 2019 The Swiss government says it will limit the number of Britons who can enter the country to work in the case of a no deal on March 29.

International Geneva

Poll: Majority of Geneva residents believe Maudet should resign

This content was published on Feb 12, 2019 Almost two-thirds of Geneva residents believe cantonal government minister Pierre Maudet should step down, a survey has shown.

International Geneva

Mechanism sends ‘strong signal to perpetrators of crimes in Syria’

This content was published on Feb 6, 2019 More and more European countries, including Germany, France, Sweden and Austria, are prosecuting people for war crimes in Syria.

Opinion

Foreign Affairs

Remembering Switzerland’s role in the American hostage crisis in Iran

This content was published on Feb 4, 2019 A Swiss documentary looks at how Swiss diplomats found themselves at the centre of a geopolitical flashpoint 40 years ago.

Members of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH)

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland and partners lament end of Hebron observer mission

This content was published on Feb 1, 2019 Five countries, including Switzerland, have protested against Israel's decision to end the Hebron observer mission.

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