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Trial of Tamil Tiger financiers begins in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 8, 2018 The accused are from Switzerland, Germany and Sri Lanka. Some are former members of the World Tamil Coordinating Committee (WTCC), which represented the LTTE in Switzerland until 2009, and include its founder, his deputy and the person in charge of finances. Between 1999 and 2009, they allegedly created a complex fundraising structure which involved coaxing…

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Is there hope for diplomacy in 2018?

This content was published on Dec 29, 2017 How has the brutal conflict in Syria been allowed to drag on for seven years, and what has happened to traditional diplomacy, asks Imogen Foulkes.

Kobane broken tank with kids playing on it

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Islamic State had appropriated ammunition procured by Swiss firm

This content was published on Dec 24, 2017 The European Union funded report released on December 19 was a result of a three-year investigation by the NGO Conflict Armament Research. Entitled Weapons of the Islamic StateExternal link, the publication analysed more than 40,000 items recovered from Islamic State between 2014 and 2017. In 2015, researchers found 19 boxes of 7.62 x 54R mm ball…

Three blue barracks - known as Conference Row - connect North Korea (visible across the street) and the South.

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Korean peninsula’s ‘only impartial body’ watches and waits

This content was published on Dec 22, 2017 The Swiss military contingent on the tense border between North and South Korea is part of a neutral force in a conflict that is far from over.

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A tour of the DMZ with a Swiss guard

This content was published on Dec 22, 2017 A look at key patrol points and locations, accompanied by the so-called "noise war" between North Korean propaganda and attempts to drown it out.

The entrance area of the library and documentation centre at the United Nations in Geneva

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A rewarding visit to a quiet corner of the UN

This content was published on Dec 18, 2017 A visit to the little-known United Nations Library in the historic Palais des Nations building in Geneva.

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Former Swiss minister on mission to troubled Burundi

This content was published on Dec 13, 2017 This “information and contact” mission is expected to meet with senior government officials, heads of institutions, civil society representatives and international partners, according to the OIF. Couchepin, 75, has previously led two similar missions to Burundi in June and September 2015 to try and help find a way out of the country’s crisis. As OIF…

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‘It’ll take ages for Bosnia to be mine free’

This content was published on Dec 4, 2017 More than 20 years have passed since the end of the war in Bosnia, but the country is still contaminated with landmines and cluster bombs.

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‘We are here to get a feel for the place’

This content was published on Dec 4, 2017 Calm, but not stable: insights into the lives of the Swiss Army's European Union Force observation team on the ground in Mostar.

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Switzerland denies asylum to Pakistan’s most wanted man

This content was published on Nov 23, 2017 The decision was communicated to Bugti by his lawyer Carlo Sommaruga on Wednesday. “The decision mentioned allegations that my party had links to guerrilla fighters waging armed struggle against Pakistan. These allegations were made by Pakistan and another country which is most likely to be China,” Bugti told swissinfo.ch. He added that he will ask…

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