Geopolitics

Venezuelan ex-minister hoarded money in Switzerland

This content was published on Dec 12, 2018 As US justice authorities investigate corruption among Venezuela’s former leaders, there is evidence that embezzled funds flowed into Swiss banks.

Foreign Affairs

Initiative launched to stop relaxation of Swiss arms exports

This content was published on Dec 11, 2018 Campaigners have launched a people’s initiative to prevent the Swiss government from relaxing rules for exporting arms to conflict-ridden states.

Christine Schraner Burgener arrives in Rakhine by helicopter

Foreign Affairs

Meet the Swiss woman charged with bringing peace to Myanmar

This content was published on Nov 30, 2018 How do you help a country from which nearly a million fled? This is the task facing UN envoy to Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener of Switzerland.

A fisherman paddles his boat past destroyed buildings on the coast of the port city of Hodeida

Foreign Affairs

ICRC: Fighting intensifying around key Yemen port

This content was published on Nov 22, 2018 “After a lull at the end of last week, fighting has intensified in the last two days,” testified Sanaa Mirella Hodeib, a spokesperson for the ICRC delegation in Yemen, on Wednesday. “While the city of Hodeida is surrounded by fighting, the port itself has not yet been affected,” she noted. “Humanitarian aid can therefore still…

Christine Schraner Burgener in Rakhine by helicopter

Foreign Affairs

Meet some of the Swiss in key international roles

This content was published on Nov 18, 2018 You may not know it, but there are quite a number of Swiss people working in important international positions. swissinfo.ch talks to four of them.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland’s armistice memories, carved in stone

This content was published on Nov 11, 2018 On Sunday, many countries are celebrating the centenary of the end of the First World War. Monuments to the fallen have a special place.

Foreign Affairs

Google staff in Zurich join global walkout

This content was published on Nov 1, 2018 More than 1,000 Google employees and contractors in Asia, the United States and Europe – including in Zurich – have staged brief walk-outs.

Alain Berset in front of the Europa Building in Brussels

Foreign Affairs

Swiss president sidelined by EU leader

This content was published on Oct 19, 2018 Swiss President Alain Berset has met leaders from Europe and Asia in Brussels but the EU leader gave him the cold shoulder.