Geopolitics

Switzerland helps fight Europe’s fires – but official cooperation remains tricky

Exhausted rescuer: a female firefighter in the area affected by the wildfire west of Madrid.

This content was published on Jul 31, 2026 Switzerland is still on the waiting list to join Europe's most important emergency response mechanism.

Opinion

Swiss position

To save football, it’s time to start over – beyond FIFA

This content was published on Jul 31, 2026 Rather than try to reform FIFA, a better option would be to abolish it and replace it with a new world body, argues ethics expert Thomas Beschorner.

Housing

Housing costs drive more French-speaking Swiss to emigrate

This content was published on Jul 30, 2026 High housing costs in French-speaking Switzerland have fuelled interest in moving to France.

Human rights

Human trafficking and sexual exploitation are rife in Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 30, 2026 Sexual and labour exploitation remains a serious problem in Switzerland. In 2025, 532 victims received support from aid groups.

The European Space Agency (ESA) opened the European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Centre (ESDI) on May 27, 2025, at the Switzerland Innovation Park Innovaare in Villigen.

Foreign Affairs

In AI arms race, Swiss neutrality is double-edged sword

This content was published on Jul 30, 2026 From Google and Anthropic to tech startups, AI developers are keen on Switzerland – despite concerns that military neutrality may curb access to lucrative foreign defence markets.

Young savers, waning agricultural power, and the return of measles

This content was published on Jul 29, 2026 A round-up of US-related news as reported by the Swiss media.

Swiss Army uses helicopters to fight fires in Corsica

Foreign Affairs

Swiss Army helps fight fires in Corsica

This content was published on Jul 29, 2026 Three Swiss Army helicopters are on their way to fight forest fires on the French island of Corsica.

Switzerland calls for the protection of the Refugee Convention

International Geneva

Switzerland calls for protection of UN Refugee Convention

This content was published on Jul 29, 2026 Switzerland urges countries to uphold the UN Refugee Convention and focus asylum support on those in need.

A group of Rwandese waiting for the distribution of food rations at a refugee centre in Uganda's Oruchinga Valley. Until 1964, refugees from Rwanda accounted for the greater part of UNHCR's activities in Africa.

International Geneva

UN Refugee Convention turns 75 amid rising political pressures

This content was published on Jul 28, 2026 The UN Convention on Refugees is marking its 75th anniversary this week, at a time when migration and asylum are increasingly divisive issues.

A Kashmiri worker paints the red and white medical emblem in the shape of a cross on the roof of the SMHS hospital as tensions escalate between India and Pakistan in Srinagar, in Indian-administered Kashmir, on Wednesday 27 February 2019. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

International Geneva

The Red Cross plans to extend its protection to cyberspace

This content was published on Jul 27, 2026 The ICRC has unveiled a prototype of its new digital emblem designed to protect humanitarian and health organisations against cyberattacks.

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