Geopolitics

Layoffs at UN agencies will affect food safety worldwide

This content was published on Sep 21, 2026 The FAO and WHO are shedding hundreds of jobs. Food safety could be at risk.

Entrance to the Natural History Museum in Basel

Swiss diplomacy

Human remains in museum depots force Swiss to confront colonial legacy

This content was published on Sep 21, 2026 Canton Basel City is returning the remains of three Indigenous people to Chile. At least 4,000 human remains from the colonial era are held in Swiss museums.

A Nama skull shortly before its return from Germany to Namibia (2011). Thousands of similar human remains are still stored in Swiss museum repositories to this day.

Swiss diplomacy

Why are human remains from the colonial era stored in Swiss museums?

This content was published on Sep 21, 2026 At least 4,000 human remains from the colonial era are still held in Swiss museums. A cultural anthropologist explains how this came about.

Switzerland is set to reduce the number of countries it provides aid to from 2029

International cooperation

Switzerland plans to end development aid for certain countries from 2029

This content was published on Sep 20, 2026 Switzerland plans to focus its development aid on 21 priority countries from 2029, down from the current 34.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland concerned about attacks on Saudi Arabia

This content was published on Sep 19, 2026 Swiss authorities have expressed their deep concern at the escalation of conflict. They are calling on all parties to exercise the utmost restraint.

Alleged Lukashenko henchman to appear before the St Gallen Cantonal Court

Foreign Affairs

Alleged Lukashenko henchman to appear again before a Swiss court

This content was published on Sep 19, 2026 The Belarusian is alleged to have been involved in three murders on behalf of Alexander Lukashenko’s regime.

Swissinfo reporter next to Churchill Arrow train in Zurich

Foreign Affairs

Remembering Churchill’s Zurich speech as Europe faces security crisis

This content was published on Sep 19, 2026 As Europe again grapples with complex threats to its security, do the words Winston Churchill pronounced in Zurich in 1946 still resonate?

History

When Winston Churchill called for European unity in neutral Zurich

This content was published on Sep 19, 2026 In September 1946, Winston Churchill delivered a famous speech in Zurich, calling for a “United States of Europe”. What became of his idea?

Two Nestlé subsidiaries are under the control of a Russian administrator

Global trade

Switzerland seeks reversal of Russia’s Nestlé seizure

This content was published on Sep 18, 2026 Swiss authorities working with Nestlé to remove the firm from Russian administration.

We’re getting into football, signing Thierry Henry and Kylian Mbappé

Global trade

Swiss shoe maker On signs up French football star Mbappé

This content was published on Sep 18, 2026 Real Madrid striker Mbappé to contribute "expert insight" to shoe manufacturer.

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